How to spend 24 hours at Hayman, Ellen DeGeneres style

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Ellen sent Jeannie and her writer Lauren to Hayman Island to live it up in style.

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Into the Rainforest

Sep 12, 2011 No Comments by

The Daintree National Park – The heavens opened and it poured with rain, a timely reminder we were approaching the rainforest!

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The Low Isles and Daintree Rainforest

Sep 05, 2011 No Comments by

The road from Palm Cove to Port Douglas follows the coast with some spectacular views out to the Coral Sea,and we are now well into Tropical North Queensland with temperatures at around 30c, but with the air conditioning switched on in our Apollo motorhome it was just right for driving.

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Helicopters and Jazz at Palm Cove

Sep 02, 2011 No Comments by

Our journey from Cairns to Palm Cove was a bit different from our usual road trip in our Apollo Motorhome, in fact a lot different!

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Up to the Tablelands

Aug 26, 2011 No Comments by

The Atherton Tablelands have a wide variety of places to visit and the countryside is so different to the coastal region, stunning green undulating hills, rainforest, lakes and waterfalls.

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Cannonballs and Coffee!

Aug 24, 2011 No Comments

There are two BIG4 caravan parks in Cairns and we have been spending a few days at Crystal Cascades Holiday Park to the north of Cairns and just down the road from the ‘Crystal Cascades’ on Freshwater Creek, are a series of beautiful waterfalls and pools for swimming. The rainforest is right on the door step [...]

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Kuranda and Tjapukai

Aug 19, 2011 No Comments

Our journey north brought us to Cairns in Tropical North Queensland with the rainforest looking lush and green and the sun much hotter!

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Art Deco at Innisfail

Aug 03, 2011 No Comments

The road from the Undara National Park to Innisfail passed through some spectacular scenery.

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Lava tubes at Undara

Aug 01, 2011 1 Comment

Lava Tubes were formed by lava flowing from the Undara volcano when it erupted around 190 million years ago.

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The Ghosts of Charters Towers

Jul 25, 2011 No Comments

Gold was discovered in Charters Towers in 1871 by an Aboriginal horseboy, Jupiter, who was travelling with prospectors looking for gold. He came across it by chance whilst rounding up their horses which had bolted in fright during a thunderstorm.

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