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Welcome to Queensland Australia. On our principal journey on this site we will be passing through the most popular Queensland areas visited by tourists. We will travel Queensland from south to north on the direct route The Bruce Highway . Start with our Gold Coast Guide and work your way round in a clockwise direction on the main heading, clicking on the ball next to the place you want to go.This will take you from the southern most part of Queensland, where the relaxing golden beaches and numerous attractions of the Gold Coast lie waiting for the expectant visitor. From here we head north to take a look at our Brisbane Guide. A stop off at The Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary is a must for visitors as is a look at South Bank. An hours drive up the main highway brings us to the start of our Sunshine Coast Guide with it's Glass House Mountains and The Big Pineapple Plantation. Next port of call is a long 8 hour drive,to our Rockhampton Guide, the centre for the cattle industry in Queensland,and The Mackay Guide,another city, 130klms. from our destination. As we near Airlie Beach, we see the chimney belching smoke from the Proserpine Sugar Mill. Twenty minutes later we are in the centre of Airlie Beach. Backpackers abound in this small town that provides a stepping stone to the magnificent islands in our Whitsunday Guide and The Great Barrier Reef.Boaties from around the globe relate their tales with alacrity, in the Yacht Club. Reluctantly we leave them and make our way northward again. Another 2 and a half hour journey takes us to our Townsville Guide, another major city in the north, home of The Queensland Cowboys.Visit Magnetic Island and then onto ourCairns Guide,the port that takes visitors to The Reef ,and is the main area for Big Game Fishing in the Tropical North. To the west of Cairns is Kuranda with it's Scenic Railway and the Cableway. The Athertone Tablelands lie even farther west. Nearing journeys end we take an hours drive, following the most glorious costal highway, again north,to the beautiful and almost unspoilt town of our Port Douglas Guide. The place to unwind after an almost 2000 klm. trek from the Gold Coast in the south. The Low Isles , and The Rainforest Habitat are but 2 of the sites to see here. Within an hours drive north from here there is Mossman Gorge, Cape Tribulation and the Daintree National Park . Our journeys end is completed with a visit to Queenslands Indigenous People who have travelled this way for the last 40,000 years. E Books. Surfing Secrets.Gold Prospecting. Trout Fishing. Free Campsites USA.Saltwater Fishing. Backpacking for Beginners.

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Cairns Area.

	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D		J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Max.C.	30	29	28	27	24	22	21	22	25	27	29	30	Max.C.	31	31	30	29	28	26	26	27	28	29	31	31
Min.C.	23	23	22	20	17	14	13	14	16	20	22	23	Min.C.	24	24	23	22	20	18	17	18	19	21	22	23
Rainfall. mm.	293	311	303	134	104	59	47	30	15	38	87	175	Rainfall. mm.	413	435	442	191	94	49	28	27	36	38	90	175

With an area of 1,727,000sq.klms. the State of Queensland is so large that weather conditions vary significantly From the Channel Country in the far west of the state where it seldom rains, to the far north where the rain is torrential in the monsoon season.The enormous distances that separate communities in the outback gave birth to the now famous Flying Doctor Service.In remote stations it can be several hours driving to the nearest centre for provisions of any kind.Thank goodness that telecommunications are being upgraded in the outback, as this service has been unsatisfactory in the past,owing to a lack of funding from successive governments.The people in the bush deserve the support of the people in the city because they are doing a fine job in spite of the difficult circumstances. City dwellers could not imagine living 300 kms from their nearest neighbour.!! Queensland is a State with huge natural resources.Originally, the prime gold producing area of the State was Mt. Morgan,40 kms west of Rockhampton.But when resources of gold began depleting in this area,lo and behold, they found huge deposits of copper underneath the original gold platform.It was in 1863 when gold was first found in the Northern Cape area on the Palmer River.This 'rush' instigated the settlement at Cooktown on the Endeavour River.An estimated 17,000 Chinese miners worked on the Palmer River Field.At that time they were in direct competition with the European miners and this gave rise to considerable aggravation between the Parties.Following these outbreaks of violence the Queensland Government amended the Goldfields Act by introducing a Poll Tax to be paid by all Chinese who entered Queensland, and prohibited them from working the fields until they had been in the state for 3 years.To further dampen their desires the Government also increased import duty on rice.

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