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Flies, mozzies, crocodiles and killer jelly fish… a pleasant day on the Ross River?

by Gary Wood
Flies, mozzies, crocodiles and killer jelly fish… a pleasant day on the Ross River?

OMG what a shitty place to stop for the night, is there […]

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Captain Cook’s visit to Queensland in 1770

by Gary Wood
Captain Cook’s visit to Queensland in 1770

This story provides an overview of the town of 1770 and a small tribute to the historical events associated with Captain James Cook’s second landing in Australia.

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The story of tin mining and the discovery of the Hidden Valley.

by Gary Wood
The story of tin mining and the discovery of the Hidden Valley.

North Queensland, Australia has two distinct climates. These are hot and dry, […]

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Ship wrecks, ghosts and giant fish….. diving the SS Yongala.

by Gary Wood
Ship wrecks, ghosts and giant fish….. diving the SS Yongala.

Diving the SS Yongala is one of the most breath taking dive […]

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Noosa Everglades Adventure: Kayaking the River of Mirrors

by Gary Wood
Noosa Everglades Adventure: Kayaking the River of Mirrors

Now I’m not one of those existentialist, tree hugging theoretical physicists that […]

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There’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and its called “Forsayth”

by Gary Wood
There’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and its called “Forsayth”

What drove people to walk extreme distances through savage heat, stabbing spinifex, […]

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Sunken wrecks and drunken dynamiters a sea adventure to Magnetic Island

by Gary Wood
Sunken wrecks and drunken dynamiters a sea adventure to Magnetic Island

Sunken wrecks, and drunken dynamiters a sea adventurer to Magnetic Island sound […]

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Is Ravenwood, Queensland’s next gold rush destination

by Gary Wood
Is Ravenwood, Queensland’s next gold rush destination

“Eureka, if I close my eyes I can see the excitment, I […]

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The Enigma that is Einasleigh: Copper, Gold, Silver, Cattle and Sheep.

by Gary Wood
The Enigma that is Einasleigh: Copper, Gold, Silver, Cattle and Sheep.

This part of the Queensland contains some of the most beautiful outback […]

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