Great Barrier Reef

Itinerary: One week in Queensland from Whitsundays to Cairns

Queensland is my home state, but it wasn’t until I was 21 that I visited Queensland’s most spectacular natural wonders in the tropics. This itinerary for 1 week in Queensland from Whitsundays to Cairns covers some of the most beautiful spots in Australia, including the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest, Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation, to name just a few! I travelled with my … Continue reading Itinerary: One week in Queensland from Whitsundays to Cairns

A Day Trip to Hamilton Island

When my best friend and I spent a week exploring Queensland‘s beautiful tropics, Hamilton Island was a firm must-see destination on our list. One of the few inhabited islands in the Whitsundays archipelago, Hamilton Island was a little out of our price range to stay on, so we stayed in a backpackers in Airlie Beach on the mainland. We visited Hamilton Island & Whitsunday Island … Continue reading A Day Trip to Hamilton Island

Top 5 Travel Experiences of 2014

Some of these experiences or moments are “big” and others are seemingly “small”, but looking back at 2014 these are the most special ones that made it such an exciting year. Snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef  If it wasn’t bad enough that for 21 years I’d lived in Queensland yet never visited our most important icon, I also spent one of those years working for … Continue reading Top 5 Travel Experiences of 2014

Cape Tribulation Queensland

Travel Budget: 1 Week in Queensland

Travel in Australia has a reputation for being expensive, especially when you compare it to many nearby Southeast Asian countries. I recently spent a week traveling in Tropical North Queensland with my best friend, Chloe, and I wanted to share my budget for the trip, and hopefully convince a few more travelers that Tropical North Queensland should be on their list. For flight, buses, accommodation and … Continue reading Travel Budget: 1 Week in Queensland

Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays

Whitehaven Beach: The Most Beautiful Beach in Australia

“The best beach in Australia” is quite a claim in a country famed for its beautiful beaches but Whitehaven Beach is no ordinary patch of sand. The bright white beach in northern Queensland is one of nature’s most beautiful accidents, more than a million years in the making. Whitehaven Beach is on Whitsunday Island, a treasured national park and the biggest island in the Whitsundays … Continue reading Whitehaven Beach: The Most Beautiful Beach in Australia