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Set sail into a perfect new year with a Port Douglas getaway

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:35:04 +0000

It’s the end of a long week and you have some serious unwinding to do. You could do this in the comfort of your own home … or you could treat yourself to a fabulously glam weekend away at Port Douglas like we did.

Head to the hills and escape the heat at Lake Tinaroo

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:11:27 +0000

While the heat and humidity in Cairns were making most locals feel lethargic and irritable, we were feeling fresh and alive while enjoying the cool breezes at our secluded retreat at Lake Tinaroo.

Get away to a cliff-top hideaway close to home

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:02:49 +0000

"OK, there was this astronomer, a scientist and a…" It was a joke made in self-deprecating sweetness.

Go inner city to enjoy the finer things in life at the Mercure

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:02:49 +0000

Allow me to share my guilty secret – I really love Cairns Esplanade.

For the love of birds – Mareeba Wetlands bird tour

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:14:30 +0000

Overseas visitors are amazed at the amount of lifers they can see in an hour here, David "Chook" Crawford, our morning birding guide, tells us.

Freefall of a lifetime skydiving in Cairns

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:17:04 +0000

I had only one issue following my first skydiving experience: how do you go back to normal life after you’ve jumped out of a plane?

Love is in the air at luxury lodge

admin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:01:13 +0000

Heaven on earth can be found tucked away in the Atherthon Tableland hilltops.

Kuranda Scenic Railway celebrates 120 years

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:21:32 +0000

This year on June 25th, the original Kuranda Scenic Railway celebrates 120 years since the first passenger service from Cairns to Kuranda; village in the rainforest.

Relive a bygone era on Savannahlander Outback Rail Experience

admin — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:21:57 +0000

Is there anything more romantic than train travel? Moving into undiscovered country on rails remains one of the great relaxing thrills of our age. And visitors to Far North Queensland can enjoy one of Australia’s most spectacular railway journeys aboard the classic 1960s Savannahlander train.

Abundance of Reef thrills

admin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:02:51 +0000

It doesn’t really get much better than this when it comes to a day of adventure on the Great Barrier Reef.