Turning Pages in Airlie Beach

Turning Pages in Airlie Beach

  Airlie Beach seems like a small, easy-to-find-your-way-around-kind-of-town on the map, but in all reality it’s a humming tourist mecca selling suncream, island trips, over-priced surfwear and backpacker drink ‘n’ dine deals. It also appears to be...
Sweet secrets of a sugar cane factory

Sweet secrets of a sugar cane factory

When I was a kid I had a book called “Tiger’s Milk”.  Can’t recall what the junior novel was about but I do recall that Tiger’s Milk was the name for molasses and milk that the young hero in the book craved. Somewhere along the way, I had the chance to try Tiger’s...
1770 – Cap’n Cook was here and so were we

1770 – Cap’n Cook was here and so were we

When you are on the road ‘Would you kids please clean your room’ is easily swapped for “Would you please write in your diary?” And after comparing notes with others, I’m not alone in this fish-wife nagging. I try to get creative. Crafty. Cleverly-sneaky. Anything to...
Get off the grid on Fraser Island

Get off the grid on Fraser Island

Don’t come to Fraser Island expecting good mobile reception, or a leisurely Sunday drive. Do come however, for a total wilderness sand island experience, where you get off the grid and off the beaten track! Fraser Island deserves every gold star in its World Heritage...
A little eco-luxury with our view please

A little eco-luxury with our view please

  We’re no strangers to Fraser Island. It’s the third time here for The Skipper, the second for me, and it’s a whole new world of adventure about to open up for the Squids as we explore the world’s largest sand island. It’s a first however, for us all to sink our...

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