Beyond Mount Garnet: National Parks Camping:

The wide-open spaces and big rivers of the area around Mount Garnet make for some great wilderness camping and yet some areas are mostly ‘virgin territory’ with National Parks camping areas that hardly anyone has been too, writes Paul Curtis. A few months ago I was...

Ironbark Farm: Dimbulah Outback Getaway

It's not often that you get a chance to have nearly 1400 acres all to yourself, but with only one holiday house on the property, Ironbark Farm near Dimbulah offers just that. Perched on a hill overlooking a vast open landscape with no other buildings in sight,...

Travel NQ’s Guide to Cairns Beaches

While Cairns is best known for the Great Barrier Reef and World Heritage rainforest, this tropical North Queensland city is also home to a string of beautiful golden beaches. All ten of the beaches in Cairns are located to the north of the city in a string of coastal...

Things to do in the Atherton Tablelands

A short drive from Cairns, the Atherton Tablelands are a popular day trip and a great place to escape the tropical humidity of the coast in summer. The Tablelands are always a few degrees cooler than Cairns and with plenty of things to see and do, it is a good...

Road Trip: Cairns to Cobbold Gorge

Most visitors to Tropical North Queensland come here expecting swaying palm trees and lush green rainforest, but if you head west on a road trip you can experience an entirely different landscape. The drive to Cobbold Gorge takes about 6 hours from Cairns so it can be...

Cobbold Gorge: Gorgeous Outback Oasis

After several hours of driving through the parched landscape of the Gulf Savannah country, the last thing you expect to see is a turquoise infinity pool with a swim up bar, but that's exactly what you find on arrival at Cobbold Gorge. Cobbold Gorge is located on Robin...

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New to Travel NQ? Get started by reading some of our most visited and shared posts: There are several posts about individual camping spots on Travel NQ but these two have lists so they are a good overview…

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Festivals/Events 2020

Many of this year’s festivals and events being cancelled. Most of North Queensland’s festivals and events occur in the dry season between May-October when the weather is cooler. Here’s a list of…

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Best Cairns Tablelands Waterfalls

Best Cairns Tablelands Waterfalls

One of the biggest drawcards of the Cairns Tablelands in Far North Queensland is the abundance of beautiful waterfalls. In fact there are so many that there is even an official ‘Waterfalls Circuit’. The best time of year to see the waterfalls near Cairns in the...

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