Posted by: travelhouseuk on: December 16, 2008
Forget the crowds on the Gold Coast and discover hip and friendly Mooloolaba, with its expansive, unspoilt, sunny beaches in the heart of Queensland’s sparkling Sunshine Coast. Enjoying both protected waters and surf beaches, the beach resort is a mecca year-round, with about 300 days of sunshine. Home to a large port and fishing fleet, [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: November 28, 2008
One of the first resorts developed on the Gold Coast, Coolangatta was made famous by visitors from New South Wales and Victoria following the sun. In the early 1900s colourful bathing boxes lined the beach to preserve bathers’ modesty. Point Danger Lighthouse marks the rocky headland named by Captain James Cook in 1770, and today [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: November 26, 2008
The progressive, subtropical town of Bundaberg (‘Bundy’), on the Burnett River, is the gateway to Australia’s Southern Great Barrier Reef, close to pristine beaches and subtropical rainforests, and surrounded by sugar cane fields. The thriving sugar cane industry gave birth to Australia’s own Bundaberg Rum, shipped worldwide from the city’s port. Coral reefs ring the [...]
