Reasons Queensland Should be in Your Australia Itinerary Now More Than Ever

by Brooke | January 21st, 2011   Tweet

The tragedy that has struck large parts of Queensland is nothing less than heartbreaking. I’m sure you’ve heard about it, and I’m sure you’ve been concerned about your upcoming Australia travels because of it. For this reason, I’d like to take a moment to reiterate the sentiments of the various tourism agencies in the state that have been seeing the decline in travelers.

The area in the northern part of Queensland is open to visitors, including the Whitsundays, Cairns, Cooktown, Port Douglas, Townsville and then some. Down to the south, the Gold Coast is waiting to make your acquaintance and offer you an action packed time in doing so. Don’t cancel your future trips, and if you have any questions, the Queensland Tourism group will be happy to help you out.

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With agriculture losses and the cost to repair and rebuild, a stable income from the tourism industry is vital. Since so many amazing places in the sunshine state are doing just fine, they really need travelers to follow through on travel plans and bring some business. You may think that staying away is best for this state (to stay out of their way I suppose), but that is probably the farthest from the truth.

Why would you want to miss that? There are things like sailing the Whitsundays, snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef and lounging on Magnetic Island to take advantage of. How about skydiving or bungy jumping in the Gold Coast? There’s also a few day tour of Fraser Island just waiting to give tourists one of the best times of their life in a unique and beautiful setting.

Don’t give up on Queensland, travelers. They need your love, now more than ever, so do think about booking a trip if you haven’t done so yet.

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Wildflowers in Central Australia...

Wildflowers - Flora of Central Australia

Spring is a popular season for many people, a great time for a holiday break, and for the flora enthusiasts, the perfect period to experience and enjoy the wild flower season throughout Australia.

It is not just the wetter regions of Australia that have beautiful floral display, contrary to some beliefs, the arid heart of Central Australia can also put on a beautiful spring wildflower show.

For those in the know, the word is out that the ?Red Centre? is one of the most perfect places to visit this spring, with local talk being that this years spring wildflower season will be spectacular. The unusual amount of rainfall from the beginning of the year is the trigger for an event that happens once every 15 years, and already wildflowers are evident throughout the region.

For those driving to or through Central Australia, the landscape on either side of the highways and outback roads provide a glimpse of the beauty of the local landscape, with flowering shrubs and trees, and swathes of plants in flower. Under the right conditions, visitors are greeted with the vistas of yellows, purples, blues, and much more.

If you are visiting Alice Springs you can get a close up view of the wonderful plant life, together with plant name tags at either the Olive Pink Botanic Garden or the Alice Springs Desert Park.

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Things You Should Know About Cairns

by Brooke | January 16th, 2011   Tweet

Getting to Cairns is often the final destination for many travelers that fly to Australia. Cairns would be considered the tropical beach destination with great access to some of the best parts of the Great Barrier Reef just off the coast. You can catch a cheap flight to Cairns from most major cities and not break the bank, but the idea of taking a road trip up the east coast sounds a lost more fun to me.

When planning a trip to Cairns, it is always helping to keep the following list of things in mind. Oh, and don’t forget to read these fun and funny things you should know about Australia, too!

Cairns is amazing at early or late winter, and you’ll find that August is typically the busy season for this part of Australia. The weather is warm, but not too warm, but once the summer kicks in, the weather turns hot and humid. Yes, the summer brings the wet season to the tropical north, and besides providing sometimes cyclones and heavy rain, it is just plain muggy. You will sweat.

The Cairns Reef Fleet terminal offers a number of options for getting there on daily reef cruises. You can buy your tickets, and rent an underwater camera, all from the same building. If you’re looking for something longer and more adventurous, there are reef scuba diving getaways that go for days. Check out the Australia tours page for some ideas.

However, I highly recommend renting a car so you can explore the areas around Cairns on your own. These include Port Douglas, Granite Gorge, the Atherton Tablelands and the like (read more in Day Trips from Cairns). Australia bus tours in situations like that just won’t provide the same flexibility and adventure.

When the rainy season starts, jellyfish make their ways into the waters around tropical Queensland, many of which will just cause a bit of a sting. However, there is a tiny stinger, called the Box Jellyfish, that can inhabit the waters and is potentially fatal. When you go to a beach around Cairns during this time of year, do make sure to swim within the stinger nets and follow any safety instructions that may be posted. Box Jellyfish stings are not very common at all.

If you need help deciding where to stay, you can quickly have a look at the following posts for guidance:

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Adelaide is More Than Just Australia's Wine Capital

Most people think of Adelaide as the wine capital of Australia, but they're missing out on a huge part of what makes this city what it is. This is one of the best places in the country to experience the excitement of a big city without the hassle.

Adelaide's centre is comprised of an enchanting mix of historic buildings, cool stores, great restaurants, and expansive avenues. Best of all, Adelaide isn't called the 20-minute city for nothing; all of these great destinations are a quick walk.

If you're a big shopper, head to the Adelaide Central Market, the largest of its kind anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere. From there, drop off your bags at the hotel and take the tram to the suburb of Glenelg, an idyllic destination with gentle surf, and exciting shopping and dining. You could also spend some time in Port Adelaide, well known for its aquatic offerings, including dolphin cruises.

For nature lovers, the Adelaide Botanic Garden can't be beat. Over five thousand roses are on display at the International Rose Garden, a sweet-smelling paradise. You could also take a walk through the Bicentennial Conservatory, the largest glasshouse in all of Australia. After you've had your fill of plants, enjoy their labor with a great glass of wine at the National Wine Centre. This is one of the best starting points for exploration of South Australia's wine heritage.

Amateur anthropologists will appreciate the Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery, one of the most respected collections of indigenous artifacts in all of Australia. This gallery provides an interesting contrast with Tandanya, only a few blocks away, which showcases more contemporary Aboriginal culture.

Last, but certainly not least, is Adelaide's impressive collection of art, housed at the Art Gallery of South Australia. In particular, this gallery is well known for its dot paintings of the Western Desert, along with pieces by some of Australia's most respected artists.

Adelaide is also host to some of the most widely attended festivals in all of Australia. These exciting events include the Tour Down Under cycling race, the Clipsal 500 V8 race, and Adelaide Fringe. Adelaide is a pleasure any time of the year, but it comes alive during these festivals.

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Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide, South Australia was recently granted Australia 's highest heritage honor with its inclusion on the National Heritage List. Named after Queen Adelaide, the consort of King William IV, this enchanting coastal city situated on the eastern side of Gulf St. Vincent was founded by the controversial Colonel William Light as a "planned capital" in 1836 for the only freely settled British province in Australia. A leader in world-first reforms, Adelaide was shaped by religious freedom, civil liberties and political progressivism.

Today, Adelaide is the seat of South Australia 's government and the major commercial site of regional governmental and financial institutions. But before British settlement and "Light's Vision," as it was known, came along, Adelaide was mostly bushland, swamps and marshes. Its traditional owners and inhabitants were the now extinct Koruna aboriginal peoples whose already tiny population was decimated by an early 19th century smallpox epidemic. Adelaide was originally called "Tandanya" which translates as "place of the Red Kangaroo".

Much of Adelaide 's original vegetation has been cleared but preserved in such nearby sanctuaries as Belair National Park and Cleland Conservation Park . Adelaide is easily accessible by bicycle to native bushland hiking in the Mount Lofty Ranges . Adelaide has a Mediterranean climate with most rainfall in the winter months of June through August and little to no snowfall.

Light's Vision -- which was originally very unpopular with not only early settlers by South Australia's first Governor -- set out Adelaide in a grid, interspaced by large public squares and wide boulevards all entirely surrounded by parkland. The benefits of Light's Vision immediately became apparent commercially and aesthetically. Adelaide had easily navigable, wide multi-lane roads from its very beginning, along with a beautiful green ring around the city center. Also from its original design, there are two sets of "ring roads" within Adelaide , the inner ring route bordering parklands and the outer route completely bypassing the inner city. Where mostly bushland had been before, now a number of creeks and rivers flow through the Adelaide region. As the free settling, early European colonists and other diverse cultures began to arrive in 1836, Adelaide blossomed into a vibrant, European-style mecca that nearly two centuries later has become known throughout the world as an epicurean, artistic playground with eclectic cuisines, magnificent wines and an unparalleled arts and culture scene.

Today as a state capital, Adelaide is home to a great number of cultural institutions. But in the 1970s, after more puritanical restrictions on cultural activities all over Australia were finally being lifted, Adelaide began emerging in its own right as a capital of the arts. In these years the world-renowned Adelaide Festival of the Arts and the Fringe Festival were established. Along with "Tasting Australia," a biennial food and wine celebration, Adelaide can also boast that is home to the Adelaide Christmas Pageant, the world's largest Christmas parade, attracting crowds of over 400,000 and televised to millions more.

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