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Corporate News
Queensland positioned as adventure tourism capital
22 Feb 2008
Queensland will be positioned as a world-leading nature and adventure tourism destination under a new Tourism Queensland campaign promoting the state’s natural wonders, Tourism Minister Desley Boyle announced today.
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Travel News
Finding new horizons at O'Reilly's
28 Feb 2008
At O'Reilly's Rainforest Guesthouse in Lamington National Park, the first event of the day - the early morning bird walk - reveals why the mountain resort is one of Australia's most successful ecotourism centres.
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Queensland's aquatic and nature wonderland
7 Feb 2008
If your idea of a great holiday is really getting away from it all and relaxing in a natural paradise, then salvation is close at hand at Queensland's Hervey Bay and neighbouring Fraser Island.
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School's in for baby whales in Hervey Bay
6 Feb 2008
For whale calves, their mums are their teachers and the calm waters of Hervey Bay are their classroom, reports Sue Fuller.
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Whales take time out in Hervey Bay
6 Feb 2008
The protected waters of Queensland’s Hervey Bay, Australia’s whale watching capital, are readying themselves for tonnes of fun this winter as their favourite oversized holiday-makers, the humpback whales, return for their annual holiday in the sun.
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Fraser Island - a backpacker magnet
6 Feb 2008
Backpackers in search of sunshine and a good fun holiday should look no further than the safe shores of Australia this winter.
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Mon Repos delivers one of nature's miracles
28 Nov 2007
Every year like clockwork from November to March, the small beach at Mon Repos near Bundaberg is transformed into a make-shift turtle maternity ward.
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It's a real mystery
26 Nov 2007
Everyone has a theory, yet a series of craters out along the Gin Gin Highway, near Bundaberg in Queensland, continue to baffle even the top geological brains of the world.
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Boondall Wetlands adventure
9 Nov 2007
Somewhere between a growl and a moan, the sound of a didgeridoo is unique. Like Scottish bagpipes, South American pan pipes and the Indian sitar, the didgeridoo is an ancient instrument which instantly evokes a specific cultural landscape; that of the Australian bush and its first people.
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The wild side of Brisbane's bay
9 Nov 2007
The first thing that strikes you when hand-feeding a wild dolphin is the size of its teeth. Long, large rows of them swivel towards your hand as you hold your little bait-fish under the water. My companion was unsettled. Standing in knee-deep water, she was sufficiently alarmed to fumble with her fish and drop it.
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