Queensland

State of Origin

Date: May 26th, 2005 | 1 comment

Awww yeah!
Bowen and Kimmorley seal Queensland victory
Looked like a classic and good to see the Maroons getting off to a winning start [read more]

Queensland’s climate allows nudists, and tourists, to enjoy it all year

Date: January 27th, 2005 | No Comments

Here’s a no-brainer: warm weather = more nudists. Gee, who would’ve thought? Queensland’s climate allows nudists, and tourists, to enjoy i [read more]

World’s fastest on narrow tracks

Date: November 20th, 2004 | No Comments

Australia’s fastest train has been a popular and trouble-free way of travelling through tropical Queensland, especially for pensioners and backpackers.
Despite competing in an era of heavily discounted air travel, the high-speed tilt train service between Brisbane and Cairns had almost 70,000 passengers in its first year of operation.
Although the full price of a one-way trip [read more]

Saturday at Eumundi Markets

Date: August 16th, 2004 | 3 comments

As the weather begins to get warmer, the hankering for the beach grows - for me at least. With the Saturday just gone supposed to reach the high 20°C, it was a good excuse to get out of Brisvegas for the day.
Even though I was up at 5:30am, I wasn’t on the road until [read more]

Queensland a bloody rip-off!

Date: June 21st, 2004 | 1 comment

According to a recent news article, backpackers are getting the hump with being ripped off by shoddy tour operators in Queensland. So much so that tourism numbers have taken a hit.
The thing that stood out for me about this article was the power of word of mouth. Through message forums, travel blogs and plain [read more]

Campaign to push Whitsundays in winter

Date: March 24th, 2005 | No Comments

The Whitsundays region will be promoted as an ideal winter destination in a new $800,000 advertising campaign aimed at those living in southern Australia.
The campaign, which will run until the end of June, is the second stage of the Whitsundays region’s ‘Out of the Blue’ promotion.
From Campaign to push Whitsundays [read more]

Sunshine state still tops for tourists

Date: November 20th, 2004 | No Comments

It appears the sun is still shining brightly on Queensland’s lucrative tourism industry, with the state’s main tourism body showing the sunshine state is still Australia’s most popular tourist destination.
According to Tourism Queensland’s annual report, the sector injected more than $18 billion into the Queensland economy during the last financial year.
Queensland attracted 39 per cent [read more]

Sirromet Winery

Date: September 23rd, 2004 | 4 comments

Fellas, if you’re looking for a great location to take a date for an afternoon drive and lunch, I’d have to recommend Sirromet Winery and Lurleen’s Restaurant. Situated on a hill in Mt Cotton, about 20-30 minutes south of Brisbane, you can sit out on the back deck of the restaurant and see all the [read more]

State of Origin III

Date: July 7th, 2004 | 3 comments

The third and deciding game of the State of Origon series kicks off tonight and it has all the makings of a classic. The Blues coach (who every QLD’er loves to hate) is stepping down after the series (although he’s said that before too) and one of their key players who made a comeback for [read more]

State of Origin I

Date: May 27th, 2004 | No Comments

Why can’t we just all get along?
Game one is done and dusted and if you’re from south of the border, you’re a happy chappy. If you’re a Queenslander (or have militant QLD’er friends, like Paul does), you’re wondering why the hell we’re not allowed to have a drawn game in a best of three series.

The [read more]

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