As I’ve said many times on this website, Brisbane doesn’t do beaches very well. But who needs them? Things are changing here in Australia, and I wrote about it for Australia New Zealand magazine some time ago. This article appeared in their September 2017 magazine, and I gave it the title of “Better than beaches”, [...]
Beaches
My last blog entry here, when I added the video about Our Ninth Full Year Living in Australia, was just before Christmas. So, I’ve had a pretty lengthy festive break. Bear in mind though that it is, or rather was, also the long six week school holiday break here for summer. So what with Christmas, [...]
I know we only had an Australia and New Zealand magazine article last week, but again I am trying to catch up a bit. So here’s another one, and it’s probably good timing. If any of you have been following my recent road trip, then you will know that last time I wrote about it we [...]
In Monday’s post I gave you a glimpse of what you could expect from A Winter’s Day in Bowen, North Queensland. Let me take a quick moment to remind you of what winter in Bowen looks like… In that post I also explained how it appeared to me that every road in Bowen led to [...]
In Mondays post about Airlie Beach, we had a stroll around the town, the beaches and the lagoon. I only had one full day there and at around 2 o’clock in the afternoon I decided to jump into my car to go for a drive. I wanted to explore a bit further and wider, and [...]
In Mondays post we looked at Mackay: The Town, the Shops, the River and the Lagoon. I wanted to check out the beaches though, so I jumped into my car to make the short journey east to the coast. Within 10 minutes I’d made my way to the end of East Gordon Street, arriving at [...]
Continuing my road trip, on Saturday morning I left Airlie Beach and headed further north. I was making my way towards Townsville, but I decided to build in a couple of stop offs along the way. The first, Hideaway Bay, required a detour, but the second, Bowen, was on my route. Bowen is a small [...]
Before we go on a tour of Brisbane’s beaches, I want to show you some beaches close to Brisbane, but not in Brisbane. Firstly, just over an hour’s drive north, we have the Sunshine Coast. Here are some beaches on the Sunshine Coast… Next, just over an hour’s drive south, we have the Gold Coast. [...]
