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