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4WD travel 195, 412, 472Birdsville Track 420Bloomfield Track 12, 379-80, 12Old Telegraph Track 395-6

4WD tours Cooktown 313Daintree 359, 375Fraser Island 146-7, 157, 194-5 Moreton Island 105North Stradbroke Island 102Rainbow Beach 173

AAbattoir Swamp Environment Park

377Abbey Museum 152Aboriginal people, see

Indigenous peopleabseiling 65-6accommodation 459-60, see also

individual locations, farmstaysactivities 19-21, 34-41, see also

individual activitiesAgnes Water 27, 215-18air travel 467-8 Airlie Beach 27, 243-50, 245Akarra Lagoons 178alcohol restrictions 391Alexandra Park & Zoo 188Alligator Creek 280Alligator’s Nest 290Alma Park Zoo 64animals, see individual animalsAnnan River Gorge 378antechinus 440-1Anu, Christine 446aquariums

Daydream Island Resort & Spa 252Reef HQ 265Reef World 177

Araluen Falls 236Arcadia 275-6

Archer River 394area codes 463, 465Arno’s Wall 414art deco architecture

Innisfail 300, 301Mackay 227

art galleries, see galleries, museumsarts 446-9, see also Indigenous

rock artAtherton 344-6Atherton Tableland 337-52ATMs 463Australia Day 19Australia Day Cockroach Races

67, 70Australia Zoo 153Australian Butterfly Sanctuary 339Australian Institute of Marine

Science 280Australian Labor Party 114, 417,

425, 431Australian Outback Spectacular 130Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame &

Outback Heritage Centre 415Australian Venom Zoo 339Avian Cirrus 432Ayr 280Ayton 379

BBabinda 330Ballandean 106-11ballooning, see hot-air ballooningBaloon Cave 223Bama Way 364Bamaga 397Banfield, EJ 298Banjo Paterson 430Barcaldine 417-18Bargara 190Baroon Pocket Dam 167barracuda 29, 214, 322-3barramundi 40, 351, 395, 400, 404,

405, 406 basketball 274Bat House 373BatReach 339, 341beaches 16

Bargara 190Blacks Beach 233Brampton Island 236Bramston Beach 330-1Broadbeach 129Burleigh Heads 130Caloundra 152-3Cape Kimberley Beach 370Cape Tribulation 373Catseye Beach 254Chalkies Beach 244

Clifton Beach 333 Coolangatta 133Dingo Beach 258Eighteen Mile Beach 101Elliot Heads 190Ellis Beach 335Emmagen Beach 379Fisherman’s Beach 208Fitzroy Island 336Four Mile Beach 355Frankland Islands 337Halfway Island 210Harbour Beach 228-9Holloways Beach 332Humpy Island 210Illawong Beach 228Lizard Island 386Long Beach 208Long Island 251Machans Beach 331Mackay 228-9Main Beach 117Maroochydore 155Middle Island 210Monkey Beach 208Mooloolaba 155Moore Park 190Myall Beach 373Newell Beach 365-6North Stradbroke Island 101Palm Cove 333Sarina Beach 232Sunshine Beach 161Surfers Paradise 122Thornton Beach 372Town Beach 228Trinity Beach 332-3Whitehaven Beach

244, 258Wonga Beach 366Yorkeys Knob 332

bêche-de-mer 336Beck Museum 342Bedarra Island 299Bedourie 419beer 452-4Bell, Richard 448Best of All Lookout 139Betoota 420bicycle travel, see cyclingBig Crystal Creek 284bilbies 418Billabong Sanctuary 280Bingil Bay 291Binna Burra 140birds, see individual birds,

birdwatchingBirdsville 419-20

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-CBirdsville Cup horse races 12, 21,

419, 12Birdsville Track 420birdwatching 439, 440, 445

Dunk Island 298Etty Bay 300Eungella National Park 235Iron Range National Park 394Julatten 365Kuranda 339Lady Elliot Island 214Lady Musgrave Island 214Lakefield National Park 393Lizard Island 386Mareeba 342Masthead Island 215Mission Beach 294North West Island 215South Molle Island 253Tryon Island 215Tyto wetlands 285

Birdworld 339Bjelke-Petersen, Joh 434-5Black Mountain National Park 378Blackdown Tableland National Park

219Blacks Beach 233Bloomfield Track 12, 379-80, 12Blue Lake 101Blue Sky Brewery 453 Bluff Point 207boat travel, see cruises, sailingBoodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National

Park 403books 424, see also literature

bushwalking 36food 451health 461history 425, 426, 427, 430politics 435

Boolimba Bluff 223border crossings 468Boreen Point 162-3Boulia 419Bowen 259-61Bowling Green Bay National Park

280box jellyfish 36, 216, 264, 306, 355,

456Brampton Island 236-7Bramston Beach 330-1breweries 452-3, see also distilleries,

wineriesBlue Sky Brewery 453Bundaberg Barrel 186-7Burleigh Brewing Co 453Carlton & United Brewhouse 70Castlemaine-Perkins XXXX

Brewery 70

Mt Tamborine Brewery 137, 453Sunshine Coast Brewery 453

Bribie Island 151Brisbane 5, 45, 52-96, 54-5, 56, 60,

62, 73, 76, 80accommodation 52, 72-8activities 65-7attractions 53-64children, travel with 67climate 52courses 67cruises 64, 71drinking 84-7emergency services 91-2entertainment 87-90festivals & events 72food 52, 78-84gay travellers 87, 460-1highlights 54-5history 53internet access 92itineraries 61, 68-9, 68lesbian travellers 87, 460-1medical services 93shopping 90-1, 92tourist offices 93tours 70-1travel seasons 52travel to/from 93-5travel within 95-6

Brisbane Botanic Gardens 62Brisbane Festival 20, 71, 72Brisbane Go Club 70Brisbane International Film Festival 72Brisbane Open Air 89Brisbane Pride Festival 72Broadbeach 129-30Broken River 235-6brolgas 439Bromfield Swamp 348Brown Lake 102Bucasia 233-4budgeting 14Bundaberg 186-90, 187Bundaberg Barrel 186-7Bundaberg Rum Distillery 186, 453bungee jumping 39-40, 310Burke & Wills’ Camp 119, 404Burketown 404, 406Burleigh Brewing Co 453 Burleigh Heads 130-3, 131Burrum Coast National Park 186bus travel 469-71, 475bush tucker 452bushfires 456bushwalking 34-6

Airlie Beach 244books 36

Bowen 260Brampton Island 236-7Cape Tribulation 373, 375Carnarvon Gorge 35, 223Conway National Park 251Cooloola Wilderness Trail 172Dalrymple Gap Walking Track 288Dunk Island 298Fitzroy Island 336Fraser Island Great Walk 35, 196Great Keppel Island 208Hamilton Island 254Hayman Island 256Hinchinbrook Island 289Kuranda 338Lamington National Park 140Lindeman Island 258Magnetic Island 276Mamu Rainforest Canopy

Walkway 301Marrdja Botanical Walk 372Mission Beach 292Mt Bartle Frere Summit Track 331North Stradbroke Island 101Paluma Range National Park 284-5Sunshine Coast hinterland 35,

167, 168Thorsborne Trail 289Whitsunday Island 35, 258Wooroonooran National Park 301

business hours 460butterflies 292, 339Byfield 207-8

CCaboolture Warplane Museum 152Cairns 11, 27, 48, 304-29, 308, 318

accommodation 304, 313-15activities 306-11attractions 306-11climate 304drinking 325-7emergency services 327entertainment 325-7festivals & events 313food 304, 316, 325highlights 305internet access 327medical services 327shopping 327tourist offices 327-8tours 311-13travel seasons 304travel to/from 328-9travel within 329

Cairns Festival 20, 313Cairns Tropical Zoo 333Cairns Wildlife Dome 307, 309

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Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve339-40

Calliope River Historical Village 211Caloundra 152-5, 154camel races 414, 419camel rides 162campervans 472-3camping 32-3, 459Canecutter Way 300Cania Gorge National Park 193canoeing 38, 173, see also kayaking,

raftingCanyon Lookout 139Cape Hillsborough National Park 238Cape Kimberley Beach 370Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm 373Cape Tribulation 373-7, 374

tours from Cairns 312-13Cape York 397Cape York Peninsula 8, 49, 390-400,

338, 8accommodation 387climate 387food 387highlights 388tours from Cairns 313travel seasons 387

Cape York Turtle Rescue 395Capricorn Caves 203Capricorn Coast 47, 198-224, 199

accommodation 198climate 198food 198highlights 199hinterland 218-24travel seasons 198

Captain Cook, see Cook, Jamescar travel 15, 471-5, see also 4WD

travelCardwell 288-9Carisbrooke Station 415Carlisle Island 237Carlo Sandblow 172Carlton & United Brewhouse 70Carnarvon Creek 223Carnarvon Gorge 9, 17, 222, 223, 9, 17Carnarvon National Park 9, 222-4,

9, 17casinos 58, 129, 273, 326cassowaries 292, 294, 300, 394, 445Castlemaine-Perkins XXXX

Brewery 70Cathedral Cave 222, 223Cathedral Fig 351

cathedrals, see churches & cathedrals

Catseye Beach 254Causeway Lake 207caves

Baloon Cave 223Capricorn Caves 203Cathedral Cave 222, 223Chillagoe 343Kenniff Cave 222

Cedar Bay (Mangkal-Mangkalba) National Park 379-80

Cedar Galleries 212cell phones 15, 463Centenary Lakes 307Chalkies Beach 244Channel Country 418-20Charleville 418Charters Towers 281-4, 328Childers 184-6children, travel with 18, 42-4, 67Chillagoe 343churches & cathedrals

All Souls Quetta Memorial Church 398-9

St John’s Cathedral 61St Mary’s by the Sea 357

Clifton Beach 333climate 14, 19, 20, 21, 27, 422-3, see

also individual regionsclimate change 441 Cloncurry 409-10Cobb & Co Museum 111Cobbold Gorge 402Cod Hole 311Coen 393-4coffee plantations 345Coloured Sand Cliffs (Rainbow

Beach) 172Commissariat Stores Building 58conservation 341Conway National Park 251Cooberrie Park 205Cook, James 215, 380-1, 385, 426-7Cooktown 28, 380-5

coastal route to 379-80inland route to 377-8tours from Cairns 313

Cooktown Discovery Festival 19-20, 382

Coolangatta 133-6, 134Coolangatta Gold 21, 135Cooloola Coast 162-3Cooloola Wilderness Trail 172Coolum 160-1Cooper Creek 372coral cuts 457Cosmos Centre 418costs 14, 15

coursescooking 67diving 30, 36-7

Cow Bay 370-1Crater Lakes National Park 351-2credit cards 463cricket 90, 282Crocodile Dundee 413crocodiles 207, 264, 300, 301, 306,

335, 355, 369, 456-7Crows Nest 114Crows Nest Falls National Park 114Croydon 403-4cruises

Brisbane 64, 71Bundaberg 188Caloundra 153Coolangatta 134Daintree River 369Everglades 147Gladstone 211-12Great Barrier Reef 29-30, 311Great Keppel Island 209Hervey Bay 180Lake Tinaroo 351Main Beach 120Manly 100Maryborough 176Mooloolaba 156Noosa 146Port Douglas 359Rainbow Beach 173Redcliffe 99St Helena 100South Stradbroke Island 117-18Southport 120Whitsundays 241-2

Crystal Cascades 310Crystal Caves 344culture 424, 446-9Cumberland Islands 237-8currency 14Currumbin 130-3Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary 130Curtain Fig 349Curtis Island 214customs regulations 464cycling 65, 469Cyclone Yasi 265, 422-3

DD’Aguilar Range National Park

62-3, 66Daintree 5, 48, 366-77, 5

tours from Cairns 312-13tours from Port Douglas 359

Daintree Discovery Centre 370-1Daintree Ice Cream Company 371

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-FDaintree National Park 367Daintree River 369, 370-3Daintree Village 367-70Daintree Wild Zoo 366Daisy Hill Koala Centre 64Dajarra 419Dalrymple Gap Walking Track 288dangers, see safety David Fleay Wildlife Park 130-1Daydream Island 252-3Deepwater National Park 218Depression, the 432Dig Tree 420digital photography 463Dilli Village 192Dingo Beach 258dingoes 175, 192, 440, 7dinosaur fossils 409, 413, 415disabilities, travellers with 93, 465distilleries 453, see also breweries,

wineriesBundaberg Rum Distillery 186, 453Mt Uncle Distillery 344Tamborine Mountain Distillery 137

diving 16, 36-7Bundaberg 37, 188Cairns 310, 11Cod Hole 311courses 30, 36-7Great Barrier Reef 29-31, 33,

311, 359Great Keppel Island 208-9Hamilton Island 254Hayman Island 256Heron Island 214-5insurance 31Lady Elliot Island 214Lady Musgrave Island 214Lindeman Island 258Lizard Island 386Magnetic Island 276Main Beach 119Mission Beach 293Mooloolaba 37, 155-6Moreton Island 37, 105North Stradbroke Island 37, 101Rainbow Beach 37, 173safety 31Southport 119Whitsundays 239, 241Yongala wreck 280

Djurri Dadagal Art Enterprises 338, 340

Dolphin Heads 233dolphin watching

Fraser Island 190, 193Hervey Bay 180Noosa 144

North Stradbroke Island 101Rainbow Beach 173Tangalooma 105Tin Can Bay 185

Doomadgee Aboriginal Community 406

Double Head 207Dreamtime Cultural Centre 201Dreamworld 123drinks 17, 391, 452-4, see also

breweries, distilleries, wineriesdriving, see car traveldunes

Carlo Sandblow 172Fraser Island 190Simpson Desert National Park 420

Dunk Island 298-9, 324Dunwich 101

EEagle’s Nest Wildlife Hospital 341echidnas 440economy 422, 423-4, 432Egan, Luke 132Eighteen Mile Beach 101Eimeo 233Einasleigh 402‘Ekka’ Royal National Agricultural

(RNA) Show 20, 72El Arish 299El Niño 438electricity 460Eli Creek 192Eliot Falls 396Elliot Heads 190Ellis Beach 335Emerald 219-20emergencies 15Emmagen Beach 379Emu Park 207environmental issues 423-4, 441,

444-5Eton 235Etty Bay 300Eubenangee Swamp National Park

301Eulo 420Eumundi 163-5Eungella 234-5Eungella National Park 235-6Eurimbula National Park 218Eurong 192events 17, 19-21, see also festivals

Airlie Beach Race Week 246Australia Day Cockroach Races

67, 70Beef Australia Expo 201Birdsville Cup horse races 12, 21,

419, 12

Brass Monkey Season 108Brisbane Open Air 89Carnival of Flowers 112Coolangatta Gold 21, 135Dalrymple Sales Yards Cattle

Sales 282Desert Sands Camel Races 419‘Ekka’ Royal National Agricultural

(RNA) Show 20, 72Gold Coast International

Marathon 125Goldfield Ashes 282Great Brisbane Duck Race 70Great Wheelbarrow Race 343Magnetic Island to Townsville Open

Water Swim 269Moonlight Cinema 88Noosa Triathlon 147Queensland Winter Racing

Carnival 72Quicksilver Pro-Surfing

Competition 124Schoolies 125Surf Life-Saving Championships

124Townsville 400 269Townsville Offshore 269

Everglades 147exchange rates 15ex-HMAS Brisbane 155-6

FFairweather, Ian 448farms

Cape Trib Exotic Fruit Farm 373Gallo Dairyland 345Scrub Hill Community Farm 178Whyanbeel Valley 366

farmstays 459-60Myella Farmstay 204outback Queensland 414Stoney Creek 227, 235

festivals 17, 19-21, see also eventsApple & Grape Festival 108Australian Festival of Chamber

Music 269Australian Italian Festival 286Big Day Out 124Brisbane Festival 20, 71, 72Brisbane International Film

Festival 72Brisbane Pride Festival 72Bush Poetry Festival 414Cairns Festival 20, 313Charters Towers Country Music

Festival 282Cooktown Discovery Festival

19-20, 382Feast of the Senses 302

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festivals continuedFestival of Cultures 185Gemfest Festival of Gems 221Go Troppo Arts Festival 360Gold Fever Festival 283Golden Gumboot Festival 290Hervey Bay Whale Festival 20, 181Jazz on Quay 201Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival

392Mission Beach Film Festival 293Mission Evolve Music Fest 294Muster 171National Festival of Beers 67Noosa Food & Wine Festival 19, 147Noosa Jazz Festival 147Noosa Long Weekend 147Paniyiri Festival 72Port Douglas Carnivale 360Queensland Music Festival 72Tropfest 72Valley Fiesta 72Wallaby Creek Festival 380Whitsunday Fun Race Festival 246Wintermoon Folk Festival 229Woodford Folk Festival 21, 165Yungaburra Folk Festival 350

films 424, 431, 447Finch Hatton 234Finch Hatton Gorge 236fishing 40-1

Burketown 406Cairns 311Cooktown 383Emerald 219Hervey Bay 180Karumba 405Kurrimine Beach 299Lake Tinaroo 351Lucinda 287Malanda 348Mission Beach 293North Stradbroke Island 101Port Douglas 359Rainbow Beach 172Townsville 268

Fitzroy Island 336-7Flames of the Forest 359floods 58, 113, 422-3Floravilla Ice Cream Factory 371flying foxes 339, 341, 373food 17, 450-4Forsayth 402Forty Mile Scrub National Park 401

fossicking 40, 220-1, 402Frankland Islands 337Fraser Coast 47, 171-90, 170

accommodation 169climate 169food 169highlights 170travel seasons 169

Fraser Island 7, 47, 190-7, 438, 191, 7Fraser Island Great Walk 35, 196frogs 10, 10Fruit Bat Falls 396fruit bats 339, 341, 373 fruit wines 299, 312, 344, 349, 452

GGab Titui Cultural Centre 398Gabba 90galleries

Artspace Mackay 227Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery

187-8Cairns Regional Gallery 307Cardwell Gallery 288Cedar Galleries 212Centre of Contemporary Arts 307Childers Palace Memorial & Art

Gallery 184Crystal Caves 344Djurri Dadagal Art Enterprises

338, 340Fireworks 64Foots Artwork 254Gallery of Modern Art 59Girringun Aboriginal Corporation

Arts 288Gold Coast Art Gallery 122Institute of Modern Art 64Jan Murphy 64Janbal Gallery 364Judith Wright Centre for

Contemporary Arts 64Kalkadoon Tribal Council Keeping

Place 410Lockhart River Art Centre 394Magarra Gallery 345Milani 64Mill Gallery 205Nature’s Powerhouse 381Nob Creek Pottery 208Perc Tucker Regional Gallery 267Philip Bacon Gallery 64Queensland Art Gallery 59, 5Rockhampton City Art Gallery 200Split Rock Gallery 392Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery 108Suzanne O’Connell Gallery 17, 64Tanks Arts Centre 307

Tolga Woodworks Gallery & Cafe 345

Torres Strait Heritage Museum & Art Gallery 399

Townsville Cultural Centre 266Gallery of Modern Art 59Garden Island 290gardens, see parks & gardensgay travellers 87, 460-1gemfields 40, 220-2, 402geography 437-8geology 437-8Georgetown 402-3Ginger Factory 164Girraween National Park 66, 110Girringun Aboriginal Corporation

Arts 288Girringun National Park 286, 288Gladstone 27, 211-13Glass House Mountains 66, 151-2Gloucester Island 258-9glow worms 137Go Card 95Gold Coast 8, 46, 115-41, 116, 8

accommodation 115climate 115food 115highlights 116hinterland 136-41itineraries 120travel seasons 115travel to/from 117travel within 117

Gold Coast International Marathon 125

gold rush 429-31golden gumboot 290Goldsmith Island 237golf

Brisbane 66-7Cairns 310Hamilton Island 254Magnetic Island 275Mossman 364Paradise Palms 333Port Douglas 357Yeppoon 205Yorkeys Knob 332

Goold Island 290Gordonvale 329-30gorges

Annan River Gorge 378Carnarvon Gorge 9, 17, 222, 223,

9, 17Cobbold Gorge 402Finch Hatton Gorge 236Mossman Gorge 364

Granite Belt 106-11Granite Belt Maze 108

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-JGranite Gorge Nature Park 343-4Great Barrier Reef 4, 26-33, 317-24,

438, 442-3, 4, 317, 320-1,322-3, 324

camping 32-3climate 27cruises 29-30, 311 diving 29-31, 33, 311, 359environmental issues 423internet resources 28planning 27-9resorts 31-2responsible travel 32safety 458snorkelling 29-31, 311tours from Cairns 311tours from Cape Tribulation 373tours from Port Douglas 358-9tours from Townsville 269

Great Brisbane Duck Race 70Great Keppel Island 208-10, 209Great Sandy National Park 162,

163, 172Green Island 28, 335-6Green Mountains 140Gulflander 476Gympie 171-2

HHalfway Island 210Hamilton Island 28, 254-6hang-gliding 40Hard Times Mine 410Hayman Island 256-7health 461heat exhaustion 457-8Herberton 346Heron Island 28, 214-15Hervey Bay 7, 177-84, 178Hervey Bay Whale Festival 20, 181Highfields 114hiking, see bushwalkingHinchinbrook Island 11, 289-90, 11Hinkler Hall of Aviation 186history 425-36

Australian Labor Party 114, 417, 425, 431

books 425, 426, 427, 430Cook, James 215, 380-1, 385, 426-7Depression, the 432exploration 215, 291-2, 380-1, 385,

426-9federation 431gold rush 429-31Indigenous land rights 434postwar immigration 434shearers’ strike 430-1, 417stolen generations 424, 436

White Australia policy 425, 426, 431, 433

white settlement 53, 264, 398, 427-9WWI 425, 431WWII 152, 201, 264, 276, 342-3,

380-1, 399, 410, 432-3holidays 463Holloways Beach 332homesteads, see stations &

homesteadsHook Island 28, 252Hope Islands 384Hopevale Aboriginal Community 393Hopevale Arts Cultural Centre 382 Horn Island 399horse racing 12, 21, 419, 12horse riding

Cape Tribulation 375Gold Coast hinterland 136Hervey Bay 181Kuranda 340Lake Cooroibah 162Mackay 227Magnetic Island 276-7Noosa 146Surfers Paradise 123-4Townsville 268Wonga Beach 366Yeppoon 205

Horseshoe Bay 260, 276hot-air ballooning

Brisbane 66Cairns 312Surfers Paradise 122-3

Hou Wang Temple 345Hughenden 409Hummock 186humpback whales 7, 175, 178, 180,

182, 7Humpy Island 210Hydeaway Bay 258

IIndian Head 193Indigenous galleries & cultural

centresBabinda Heritage Blessing 330Cultural Centre (Townsville) 266Djurri Dadagal Art Enterprises

338, 340 Dreamtime Cultural Centre 201Gab Titui Cultural Centre 398Girringun Aboriginal Corporation

Arts 288Hopevale Arts Cultural Centre

382Janbal Gallery 364 Kalkadoon Tribal Council Keeping

Place 410

Lockhart River Art Centre 394Magarra Gallery 345Murra Wolka Creations 164Tjapukai Cultural Park 307

Indigenous people 302, 429festivals 392food 452land rights 434stolen generations 424, 436

Indigenous rock art 218-19, 222, 223, 343, 364, 392, 448-9, 17

Indigenous tours 19, 173, 293, 359, 364, 383, 391, 411

Ingham 285-6Inlander 476in-line skating 66Innisfail 48, 300-3Innot Hot Springs 347insurance

diving 31health 461travel 462vehicle 473

internet access 462internet resources 15, 28, 467-8Iron Range National Park 394irukandji 216, 306, 355, 456Irwin, Steve 153, 422, 436, 439Isabella Falls 393islands 16, see also individual islandsitineraries 22-5, 22, 23, 24, 25

Brisbane 61, 68-9, 68Gold Coast 120Sunshine Coast 146

JJames Cook Museum 381Janbal Gallery 364Japanese Pearl Memorial 399Jardine, Captain John 398Jardine, Frank 398Jardine River 396-7Jardine River National Park 397jellyfish 36, 216, 264, 306, 355, 456 jet-skiing

Main Beach 119 Mission Beach 293

Johnson, Philip 78Johnstone River Crocodile Farm 300Jondaryan Woolshed Complex 114Josephine Falls 331Jourama Falls 285Jowalbinna Rock Art Safari Camp

392Julatten 365Julia Creek 409Jumpinpin 101

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KKalkadoon people 429Kalkadoon Tribal Council Keeping

Place 410kangaroos 439, 440Karumba 405kayaking 16, 38-9, see also canoeing,

raftingAgnes Water 215Babinda 330Boreen Point 163Caloundra 153Cape Tribulation 375Everglades 147Magnetic Island 39, 277Mission Beach 39, 293Mooloolaba 156-7Moreton Island 105Noosa 39, 146North Stradbroke Island 39Rainbow Beach 173South Stradbroke Island 118Surfers Paradise 122Whitsundays 39, 241

Kazu Pearl Farm 399Keatings Lagoon Conservation

(Mulbabidgee) Park 382Kenilworth 167Kennedy, Edmund 291-2, 397Kenniff Cave 222Keswick Island 237Kinchant Dam 234kite surfing 37-8

Noosa 144-5Port Douglas 357Redcliffe 99

Koala Gardens 339koalas 275, 339, 439, 440Koorana Crocodile Farm 207Kronosaurus Korner 409Kuku Yalanji Dreamtime Walks 364Kuranda 11, 338-42, 338Kuranda Scenic Railway 11, 476, 11Kurrimine Beach 299

LLady Elliot Island 9, 28, 181, 188, 214Lady Musgrave Island 214Lake Awoonga 211Lake Barrine 352Lake Cooroibah 162Lake Cootharaba 162-3Lake Eacham 352Lake Maraboon 219

Lake Moondarra 411Lake Morris 309-10Lake Paluma 285Lake Tinaroo 351Lake Wabby 192Lakefield National Park 393Lakeland 378Lamington National Park 140-1Langford Island 244language 14Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways 415Laura 392Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival 20Leichhardt Falls 404Leichhardt, Ludwig 428lesbian travellers 87, 460-1Licuala State Forest 292Lindeman Island 257-8Lit Zing Khuong 301literature 448, see also booksLittle Crystal Creek 284Lizard Island Group 385-6Lizard Island Research Station 385lizards 386, 441Lockhart River Art Centre 394Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary 63-4 Long Island 251-2Longreach 415-17, 416Lucinda 287

MMabo, Eddie 434macadamia nuts 451Machans Beach 331Mackay 227-32, 228Magnetic Island 275-80Main Beach 117-21, 118Majestic Theatre 164Malanda 348-9Maleny 165-6Malouf, David 433, 448Ma:Mu people 302Mamu Rainforest Canopy Walkway

301Manly 100-1Mapleton 168Mapoon 395maps 462Mareeba 342-4Mareeba Rodeo 20, 344Mareeba Wetlands 342Marian 234Marine Research & Education Centre

105Maritime Museum 59-60markets

Brisbane 92Calliope River Historical Village 211

Eumundi 163Kuranda 342Port Douglas 357Yungaburra 350

Maroochydore 155-60, 156Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve 165Maryborough 175-7Masthead Island 215Maytown 378McKinlay 413measures 464medical services 461Melba House 234Mena Creek 300Middle Island 210Midge Point 243Millaa Millaa 347-8Min Min Light 419mines

Blackwater International Coal Centre 219

Hard Times Mine 410Miners Heritage Walk-in Mine 220-1Mt Morgan 205Ravenswood 281Weipa 395Xstrata Black Star Open Cut

Mine 410Mirani 234Miriam Vale Historical Society

Museum 215Mission Beach 27, 291-8, 292, 296Misty Mountains 290mobile phones 15, 463Moffatt, Tracey 448Mon Repos 188money 14, 15, 460, 462-3Montville 166-8Mooloolaba 155-60, 159Moonlight Cinema 88Moore Park 190Moreton Island 104-6morning glory 404mosquitoes 456Moss Garden 222Mossman 364-5Mossman Gorge 364motion sickness 30motorcycle travel 15, 471-5Mourilyan 299Mt Archer 201Mt Barney National Park 141Mt Bartle Frere 331Mt Beerwah 152Mt Bowen 289Mt Carbine 377Mt Castle Tower National Park 211Mt Coolum 160

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-OMt Coonowrin 152Mt Coot-tha Reserve 61-2Mt Cougal 140Mt Garnet 401Mt Hypipamee National Park 346Mt Isa 410-13, 411Mt Moffatt 222Mt Molloy 377Mt Morgan 205Mt Sorrow 370, 373, 375Mt Surprise 402Mt Tamborine Brewery 137, 453 Mt Tyson 290Mt Uncle Distillery 344Mt Whitfield Conservation Park 307Mudjimba Island 160Mungalla Station 286Mungkan Kandju National Park 394Murra Wolka Creations 164museums

Abbey Museum 152Archer Park Rail Museum 201Australian Age of Dinosaurs 415Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame

& Outback Heritage Centre 415Australian Sugar Industry Museum

299-300Beck Museum 342Bowen Historical Museum 260Brennan & Geraghty 176Caboolture Warplane Museum 152Cairns Museum 307Central Queensland Military &

Artefacts Association 201Cobb & Co Museum 111Corfield & Fitzmaurice Building 414Dreamtime Cultural Centre 201Gympie Gold Mining & Historical

Museum 171Heritage Village 201Hinkler Hall of Aviation 186Historic Cardwell Post Office &

Telegraph Station 288James Cook Museum 381Kronosaurus Korner 409Mareeba Heritage Museum 342Maritime Museum 59-60Maryborough Military & Colonial

Museum 175Mining & Historical Museum 281Miriam Vale Historical Society

Museum 215Mt Morgan Historical Museum 205Museum of Brisbane 53Museum of Tropical Queensland

266-7North Queensland Military Museum

267-8North Stradbroke Historical

Museum 101

Old Pharmacy 184Outback at Isa 410Qantas Founders Outback Museum

415Queensland Air Museum 153Queensland Museum 58-9QUT Art Museum 58Redcliffe Historical Museum 99Sciencentre 59Stanthorpe Heritage Museum 108Torres Strait Heritage Museum &

Art Gallery 399Townsville Cultural Centre 266Townsville Maritime Museum 267Underground Hospital Museum 410Venus Gold Battery 282Waltzing Matilda Centre 414Woodworks Forestry & Timber

Museum 171Zara Clark Museum 282

Musgrave 393music 423, 446-7Myall Beach 373Myora Springs 102

NNardoo Station 414National Basketball League (NBL)

274National Festival of Beers 67national parks 444-5

Black Mountain National Park 378Blackdown Tableland National

Park 219Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National

Park 403Bowling Green Bay National Park

280Brampton Island 236-7Bribie Island National Park 151Burrum Coast National Park 186 Byfield National Park 207-8Cania Gorge National Park 193Cape Hillsborough National Park

238Carnarvon National Park 9, 222-4,

9, 17Cedar Bay (Mangkal-Mangkalba)

National Park 379-80Conway National Park 251Crater Lakes National Park 351-2Crows Nest Falls National Park 114D’Aguilar Range National Park

62-3, 66Daintree National Park 367Deepwater National Park 218Eubenangee Swamp National

Park 301Eungella National Park 235-6Eurimbula National Park 218

Forty Mile Scrub National Park 401Girraween National Park 66, 110Girringun National Park 286, 288Glass House Mountains National

Park 152Great Sandy National Park 162,

163, 172Hinchinbrook Island 11, 289-90, 11Iron Range National Park 394Jardine River National Park 397Kondalilla National Park 167Lakefield National Park 393Lamington National Park 140-1Mapleton Falls National Park 168Mt Archer 201Mt Barney National Park 141Mt Castle Tower National Park 211Mt Hypipamee National Park 346Mt Moffatt 222Mungkan Kandju National Park 394Noosa National Park 144Paluma Range National Park 284-5Porcupine Gorge National Park 409Simpson Desert National Park 420Springbrook National Park 138-40Tamborine Mountain National

Park 137Tully Gorge National Park 290Undara Volcanic National Park

401-2Wooroonooran National Park

301, 331National Rugby League (NRL) 274Natural Bridge 140Nelly Bay 275Newell Beach 365-6Newry Island Group 238newspapers 464Newstead House 61Ngungun 152Noah Beach 372-3Noccundra 420Noosa 46, 144-51, 145, 148Noosa Food & Wine Festival 19, 147Normanton 404North Keppel Island 211North Queensland Cowboys 274North Queensland Military Museum

267-8North Stradbroke Island 66, 101-4,

102North West Island 215nuclear energy 441

Ooceanariums 155octopuses 456Old Rainworth Fort 222Old Telegraph Track 395-6

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Old Windmill & Observatory 57-8Oodgeroo Noonuccal 448opening hours 460Orpheus Island 28, 287-8Outback at Isa 410outback Queensland 49, 407-20, 408

accommodation 407climate 407food 407highlights 408travel seasons 407travel to/from 409travel within 409, 412, 475

Outer Newry Island 238

Ppainting 448Palm Cove 333-5Palmer River 377-8Palmerville 378Paluma Range National Park 284-5Paluma Village 285paragliding 40

Gold Coast hinterland 136Rainbow Beach 172-3

parasailing 40parks & gardens

Abattoir Swamp Environment Park 377

Alexandra Park & Zoo 188Bicentennial Park 381Brisbane Botanic Gardens 62Bundaberg Botanic Gardens 187Cooktown Botanic Gardens 381Emerald Botanic Gardens 219Flecker Botanic Gardens 306-7Granite Gorge Nature Park 343-4Heritage Village 201Ju Raku En Japanese Garden 111Keatings Lagoon Conservation

(Mulbabidgee) Park 382Kershaw Gardens 201Laurel Bank Park 111Mackay Regional Botanic Gardens

227Mt Coot-tha Reserve 61-2Paronella Park 300Queens Park 175-6Rainforestation 339Rockhampton Botanic Gardens

200Roma St Parkland 53, 57-8South Bank Parklands 59Toondoon Botanic Gardens 211

Toowoomba Botanic Gardens 111Townsville Botanic Gardens 268

Parliament House 58Paterson, AB ‘Banjo’ 430pearl farming 399Perc Tucker Regional Gallery 267Peregian 161-2phonecards 465photography 448, 463Picnic Bay 275Pinnacle Point 207Pioneer Valley 234planning, see also individual regions

budgeting 14calendar of events 19-21children 42-4Great Barrier Reef 27-9itineraries 22-5, 61, 68-9, 120, 146,

22, 23, 24, 25, 68Queensland’s regions 45-9travel seasons 14

plants 441platypuses 235, 301, 348-9, 439, 440Poison Waterhole 411politics 431, 434-6Polstone Sugar Cane Farm 233Pomona 164population 422, 423Porcupine Gorge National Park 409Port Douglas 27-8, 48, 318, 355-63,

356, 318-19climate 353cruises 359highlights 354travel seasons 353

Portside Wharf 79possums 445postal services 463Powderfinger 446Prairie 409Proserpine 243public holidays 463Pumpkin Island 211Purling Brook Falls 139

QQantas Founders Outback Museum 415Qantilda Pioneer Place 414QDeck 122Queensland Art Gallery 59, 5Queensland Museum 58-9Queensland Music Festival 72Queensland Winter Racing

Carnival 72Quicksilver Pro-Surfing

Competition 124Quilpie 420QUT Art Museum 58

RRabbit Island 238Radical Bay 276rafting 38, see also canoeing,

kayakingCairns 312Tully River 10, 291, 10

Rainbow Beach 172-5Rainforestation 339Ravenshoe 347Ravenswood 281Redcliffe 99Reef HQ 265Reef Teach 306Rees, Lloyd 448religion 423reptiles 441responsible travel 32Richmond 409Riversleigh Australian Fossil Mammal

Site 438Riversleigh Fossil Field 403Robinson, William 448rock art 218-19, 222, 223, 343, 364,

392, 448-9, 17rock climbing

Brisbane 59, 65-6Glass House Mountains 152

Rockhampton 200-5rodeos

Burketown Rodeo 406Chillagoe 343Mareeba Rodeo 20, 344Mt Isa Rodeo 20, 410Normanton Rodeo & Show 404

Roma St Parkland 53, 57-8Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron

100rugby league 90

SSaddleback Island 258safaris 339-40safety 456-8, 463

animals & insects 456-7bushfires 456coral cuts 457diving & snorkelling 31reefs 458road hazards 474-5swimming 306, 355, 456, 457theft 463

sailing 38-9Main Beach 118Manly 100Port Douglas 357Southport 118Whitsundays 239, 240

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-TSarina 232Sarina Beach 232Savannah Way 49, 400-6, 388

accommodation 387climate 387food 387highlights 388travel seasons 387

Savannahlander 476Scawfell Island 237Schoolies 125scenic flights

Airlie Beach 244Cairns 311-12Fraser Island 193Hayman Island 256Hervey Bay 180-1Mackay 229Mission Beach 293Port Douglas 359-60Seisia 397Townsville 268Whitsundays 242

School of the Air (Longreach) 416School of the Air (Mt Isa) 410-11Sciencentre 59Scrub Hill Community Farm 178sea cucumbers 336sea wasps 216Sea World 123seafood 450Seisia 397senior travellers 460sharks 456-7Sheahan, Dan 286shearers’ strike 417, 430-1, Shoal Point 233-4Silkwood 300Simpson Desert National Park 420Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium 62skydiving 39-40

Airlie Beach 244Brisbane 66Cairns 312Caloundra 153Coolum 160Hervey Bay 181Mission Beach 292Rainbow Beach 173Townsville 268

Skywalk 137slang words 423snakes 457snorkelling 36-7

Great Barrier Reef 29-31, 311Great Keppel Island 208Hamilton Island 254Hayman Island 256

Heron Island 214Hook Island 252Lady Elliot Island 214Lady Musgrave Island 214, 216Lindeman Island 258Magnetic Island 277Mission Beach 293Moreton Island 105North Stradbroke Island 101safety 31Whitsunday Island 258Wilson Island 214Yeppoon 205

Somerset 397, 398South Bank Parklands 59South Johnstone 300South Mission Beach 291South Molle Island 253-4South Stradbroke Island 121-2Southport 117-21, 118spas 139spiders 457Spirit of the Outback 476Split Rock Gallery 392sports, see individual sportsSpringbrook National Park 138-40Springsure 222St Helena 100-1Stanthorpe 106-11stations & homesteads, see also

farmstaysBramwell Homestead 395Carisbrooke Station 415Greenmount Homestead 233Kroombit Lochenbar Station 204Merluna Station 394Mungalla Station 286Nardoo Station 414outback Queensland 414

steam-train tripsBrisbane 71Gympie 171Port Douglas 357Ravenshoe 347

stingers 216, 306, 456stolen generations 424, 436Stoney Creek 235Stradbroke Island, see North Strad-

broke Island, South Stradbroke Island

Streets Beach 59sugar mills 229, 232, 234, 290, 364,

429, 432sugar-cane farms 233, 234, 300sunburn 458Suncorp Piazza 59Sunlander 476Sunshine Beach 161-2, 161

Sunshine Coast 6, 46, 142-68, 143, 6accommodation 142climate 142food 142highlights 143hinterland 165-8itineraries 146travel seasons 142travel to/from 144travel within 144

Sunshine Coast Brewery 453 Surf Life-Saving

Championships 124 Surfers Paradise 6, 122-9, 124surfing 16, 37-8

Agnes Water 38, 215Burleigh Heads 38, 131-2Caloundra 153Coolangatta 38, 133Coolum 160Main Beach 119Mooloolaba 155Noosa 38, 144-6North Stradbroke Island 38, 101Surfers Paradise 122Town of 1770 38

surfing carnivals 8, 124, 8Suzanne O’Connell Gallery 17, 64swimming

Airlie Beach 244Brisbane 66Cairns 306Cape Tribulation 373Fraser Island 193Mackay 227safety 306, 355, 456, 457Streets Beach 59

TTamborine Mountain 137-8Tangalooma 105Tanks Arts Centre 307taxis 475tea plantations 348Teewah coloured sand cliffs 162Telegraph Rd 395telephone services 15, 463, 465temples 301, 345Thargomindah 420theme parks 123Thornton Beach 372Thornton Peak 370Thorsborne Trail 289Thursday Island 398-9Tibrogargan 152ticks 457Tilt Train 476time 465

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Tin Can Bay 185Tip of Australia 397tipping 450Tjapukai Cultural Park 307Tolga Bat Hospital 341Toondoon Botanic Gardens

211Toowoomba 111-14, 112Torres Strait Islands 397-400tourist information 465tours, see also individual locations,

4WD tours, cruises, scenic flightsfood & drink 70, 107, 186-7, 312glow worms 137Indigenous tours 19, 173, 293, 359,

364, 383, 391, 411rainforests 244, 246sugar mills 229

Town of 1770 9, 27, 215-18, 9Townsville 27, 48, 264-75, 318, 266,

318-19accommodation

262, 269-71activities 264-8attractions 264-8climate 262drinking 272-4entertainment 272-4festivals & events 269food 262, 271-2highlights 263history 264internet access 274medical services 274shopping 274tours 268travel seasons 262travel to/from 274-5travel within 275

train travel 475-6, see alsosteam-train trips

Kuranda Scenic Railway 11,476, 11

travellers cheques 463Tree of Knowledge 417trekking, see bushwalkingTrevathen Falls 382Trinity Beach 332-3Tropfest 72Tryon Island 215tubing 312Tully 290-1Tully Gorge National Park

290Tully River 10, 291, 10

turtles 9, 16, 175, 188, 214, 215, 218, 265, 395, 9, 323

TV 464Tyto wetlands 285

UUlysses butterflies 292Undara lava tubes 313, 401Undara Volcanic National Park

401-2Underground Hospital Museum

410Underwater World 155uranium 441, 444-5

Vvacations 463vaccinations 461Valley Rattler 171Venus Gold Battery 282Vic Hislop’s Greath White Shark

& Whale Expo 178video systems 464vineyards, see wineriesvisas 15, 462, 464, 466volcanoes 138, 186, 401, 438volunteering 328, 341, 373, 385,

395, 465

WWalkabout Creek 63Walkabout Creek Hotel 413Walker, Kath 448walking, see bushwalkingWallaby Creek 380Wallaman Falls 286Walsh’s Pyramid 329-30‘Waltzing Matilda’ 413, 414, 430Waltzing Matilda Centre 414Wanggoolba Creek 192Ward’s Canyon 222Warner Bros Movie World 123water 461waterfalls

Araluen Falls 236Attie Creek Falls 288Bloomfield Falls 379Crystal Cascades 310Eliot Falls 396Ellinjaa Falls 348Fruit Bat Falls 396Isabella Falls 393Josephine Falls 331Jourama Falls 285Kondalilla Falls 167Leichhardt Falls 404Malanda Falls 348Millaa Millaa Falls 348

Mungalli Falls 348Murray Falls 288Purling Brook Falls 139Ravenshoe 347Tamborine Mountain National

Park 137Trevathen Falls 382Twin Falls (Springbrook National

Park) 139Twin Falls (Cape York Peninsula)

396Wallaman Falls 286Wheel of Fire Falls 236Zillie Falls 348

waterskiing 252, 310, 411weather 14, 19, 20, 21, 27, 422-3, see

also individual regionswebsites, see internet resourcesweights 464Weipa 395Westlander 476Wet’n’Wild 123Wetside 178whale watching

Coolangatta 133-4Fraser Island 192-3Hervey Bay 7, 178, 180, 7Main Beach 119Mooloolaba 156North Stradbroke Island 101Redcliffe 99Southport 119Surfers Paradise 123

Wheel of Brisbane 60Wheel of Fire Falls 236White Australia policy 425, 426,

431, 433Whitehaven Beach 244, 258white-water rafting, see raftingWhiteWater World 123Whitsunday Coast 47, 225-61, 226

accommodation 225climate 225food 225highlights 226travel seasons 225

Whitsunday Island 258Whitsundays 6, 238-61, 318, 259, 6,

see also individual islandscruises 241-2diving 239, 241kayaking 39, 241sailing 239, 240scenic flights 242

Whyanbeel Valley 366wildlife sanctuaries

Akarra Lagoons 178Australian Butterfly Sanctuary

339

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-ZBat House 373BatReach 339, 341Billabong Sanctuary 280Birdworld 339Bromfield Swamp 348Cape York Turtle Rescue 395Cooberrie Park 205Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

130Daisy Hill Koala Centre 64David Fleay Wildlife Park 130-1Eagle’s Nest Wildlife Hospital 341Koala Gardens 339Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary 63-4Tolga Bat Hospital 341Walkabout Creek 63Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas

355, 357Wilson Island 214-15Windorah 420wineries 452, see also breweries,

distilleries

Golden Drop Mango 344Granite Belt 106, 107, 108Mareeba 344Murdering Point Winery 299Wild Mountain Cellars 349

Winton 413-15wombats 439-40women travellers 465-6Wonga Beach 366Woodford Folk Festival 21, 165Woodgate 186Woodworks Forestry & Timber

Museum 171Wooroonooran National Park 301, 331work 466, see also volunteeringWorld Heritage Sites 438WWI 425, 431WWII 152, 201, 264, 276, 342-3,

380-1, 399, 410, 432-3

XXstrata Black Star Open Cut Mine 410

Yyabbie races 420yachting, see cruises, sailingYeppoon 205-7Yongala wreck 280Yorkeys Knob 332Yowah Opal Fields 420Yungaburra 349-51

ZZillie Falls 348zoos, see also wildlife sanctuaries

Alexandra Park & Zoo 188Alma Park Zoo 64Australia Zoo 153Australian Venom Zoo 339Cairns Tropical Zoo 333Cairns Wildlife Dome 307, 309Daintree Wild Zoo 366

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