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What I liked so much about Tasmania was not just its natural diversity with mountains, rainforests, beaches and lakes all packed within the island but also that it’s not that touristic at all with most of the travelers focusing on the east coast and other Australian must-sees like the Uluru and the outback or the … Continue reading »

Australia’s hugely popular East Coast has so many nice places to visit and even the people just traveling up or down from Sydney to Cairns sometimes find it hard to make the choice especially when on a tough schedule. Obviously Sydney and Brisbane are must visits and no one really wants to skip them so … Continue reading »

I don’t know if Cape Tribulation is Australia’s “best” rainforest, but it’s definitely the one best marketed. And it’s also fairly easy to get there, with great value trips being offered from Cairns in the far north of Queensland. Normally I try to avoid tours as you always pay extra for the agents’ commission or simply … Continue reading »

Australia’s east coast is full of national parks that are marketed as perfect one to five-day trips in the city’s backpacker hostels and travel agencies. While for some of them you don’t need to book a tour and can do it via public transport (i.e. North Stradbroke Island near Brisbane), for most of the national … Continue reading »

There are places that you visit during your travels which turn out totally boring and different from how you always pictured them in your head. Cairns on the far north of Australia’s east coast in the state Queensland is such a place. Every single traveler that I met and traveled up or down the east … Continue reading »