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Category: Queensland

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Paronella Park – QLD

A one night stop to revisit Paronella Park, we had a free return ticket and only $11 per night camping at the “The Paddock” behind the Mena Creek hotel (you must phone to book

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Wallaman Falls – QLD

Located inland from Ingham and is the highest, permanent, single-drop waterfall in Australia. The falls are 268 metres tall. You can drive straight to the lookout and carpark, there’s a short walk to do

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Forrest Beach – QLD

We stayed at a $10 a night beachside camp in this lovely little town. 3 great kids playgrounds within walking distance, takeaway shops and friendly locals. We based ourselves here to visit Wallaman Falls,

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Rollingstone – QLD

Just north of Townsville, Rolling Stone is a beachfront caravan park. This area has such a pretty hinterland, we visited little crystal creek and Big crystal creek. At big crystal we had a BBQ

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Eungella National Park – QLD

Inland from Mackay you’ll find the area of Finch Hatton and Eungella NP. A beautiful area in the clouds where you can find platypus in the wild. There’s a cafe at the top and

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Finch Hatton Gorge – QLD

Not far from the showgrounds in Finch Hatton (inland from Mackay) is the Finch Hatton Gorge; is a dirt road out with about 3 water crossings, not too deep, we saw 2wd cars in

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Mount Baga (Mt Jim Crow) – QLD

Dave climbed Mount Baga just outside Rockhampton. He was able to capture some great shots on the drone of clouds forming on the mountain like a cloud factory. Initially he reached the top and

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Kershaw Gardens – Rockhampton – QLD

We found a rad playground called Kershaw Gardens, it had so much for all ages including water play, slides, huge climbing structure and zip line, we went back each day to play. #rockhampton #rockhamptondiscoverypark

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Rockhampton – QLD

A 4 night stop at Rockhampton Discovery Park for work & school. It’s a good little park with kids facilities, although we had to get creative to unhitch our van (other travellers had the

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