One of the most impressive tours we made on our journey through Australia was, no doubt, the guided tour to Lake Mungo, which was listed as a World Heritage site back in 1981 and is now documented as one of the oldest places for human occupation dating back to Aboriginal life from around 60,000 […]
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AUSTRALIA – A CRUISE TO LADY MUSGRAVE ISLAND
Spending Christmas on a day cruise to Lady Musgrave Island seemed to be a crazy idea, but it turned out to be a unique experience. We found accommodation in a big holiday park in the Town of Seventeen Seventy, the place where Captain Cook landed for the first time in Queensland in 1770. This is […]
SMOKING IN AUSTRALIA
In the European Union, but also in Montenegro, discussions are going on about new anti-smoking measures, as it has definitely been established that smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable death and disease. Proposals have been presented to sell cigarettes in packets covered with horrible pictures showing the consequences that smoking may cause, […]
AUSTRALIA – A DAY CRUISE TO THE WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS
Traveling along the east coast of Australia in December means enjoying the sun, the white sandy beaches and the warm water of the Coral Sea. A very special place to experience all this is the Whitsunday islands, a group of 74 islands that lie off the coast of Queensland and form part of the Great […]
AUSTRALIA – ABORIGINAL SACRED SITES
Visiting Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) is a must when you travel to Australia. These Aboriginal sacred sites have become the symbol of the Red Centre and more than 400,000 tourists p.a. visit these attractions that are also listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Uluru rises 348 m from the desert […]
AUSTRALIA: EXPLORING THE WEST MACDONNELL RANGES
Our big round trip through the central, eastern and southern part of Australia started from Adelaide where we hired an Apollo 2-berth camper that would be our home for the next 67 days. The first part of our journey was a real adventure in this time of the year: traveling through the outback to the […]