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Panoramic view from Alexandra Range Lookout over the Daintree Rainforest meeting the Coral Sea at Cape Tribulation
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The Daintree Rainforest: Where the Oldest Forest on Earth Meets the Reef

The Daintree is 180 million years old, touches the Great Barrier Reef at Cape Tribulation, and is one of the strangest and most beautiful places in Australia. Here’s how to do it.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·8 min read
📍 Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia
Surfers Paradise skyline at sunset on Queensland’s Gold Coast
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Gold Coast in Five Days: Surfers Paradise to Snapper Rocks

Five days of sand, surf, rainforest and theme parks on Queensland’s Gold Coast — with the quiet southern beaches the locals don’t really want you to know about.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·8 min read
📍 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Pedestrians walking through Degraves Street, a narrow Melbourne CBD laneway flanked by tall buildings
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Melbourne in Four Days: Laneways, Trams, Coffee and a Footy Match

Four days in Melbourne — graffiti laneways, the best coffee on Earth, a footy match at the MCG, and the kind of strangers who insist on buying your next flat white.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·9 min read
📍 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Quokka close-up smiling and approaching the camera on Rottnest Island, Western Australia
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Cycling Rottnest Island: How a Smiling Quokka Stole My Heart in Western Australia

I had heard about the quokkas. Nothing prepares you for what an actual quokka, in person, in the wild, on a sunlit path, will do to your heart. A day on Rottnest Island, properly done.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·8 min read·👁 1
📍 Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia
Wineglass Bay crescent of blue water framed by green-clad mountains in Tasmania
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Tasmania Off-Grid: Cradle Mountain, Wineglass Bay and Hobart’s Hidden Charm

A week in Tasmania, three regions, no rushed days. Here’s a route through Cradle Mountain, the Freycinet coast and Hobart that’ll make you cancel a return ticket.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·8 min read
📍 Tasmania, Australia
Twelve Apostles sea stacks rising from the Southern Ocean at golden hour, Great Ocean Road
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The Great Ocean Road in 48 Hours: Twelve Apostles, Koalas, and a Surf Town That Stole the Show

I drove the Great Ocean Road in two days flat and somehow had the best two days I’ve ever had in a hatchback. Here’s the route, the stops, and the small town I didn’t want to leave.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·8 min read
📍 Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
Uluru rising from the red desert under a clear blue sky in the Northern Territory
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Sunrise at Uluru: Three Quiet Days in Australia’s Red Centre

I went to the Red Centre expecting a big rock and got something so much bigger — a sky, a story, and a couple of dawns I’m still thinking about.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·8 min read
📍 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia
Aerial view of Whitehaven Beach, white silica sand and turquoise water swirling at the inlet
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Whitehaven Beach and the Whitsundays: 24 Hours of Sand So White It Hurts Your Eyes

I went to the Whitsundays expecting a nice beach. I left understanding why people quit their jobs, buy a catamaran, and never come back.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·7 min read
📍 Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia
Aerial drone view of Pelorus Reef in the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
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Snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef: A Cairns Day Trip That Stopped Me in My Tracks

Floating face-down over a coral garden the size of a football pitch, with a green sea turtle stopping inches from my mask, I finally understood why people talk about this place the way they do.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·7 min read
📍 Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Sydney Opera House sails seen across the harbour water at dusk
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Sydney for First-Timers: From Bondi Beach to the Harbour Bridge

I came for the postcard shots and stayed for the strangers who treat you like an old mate. Here's exactly how to do Sydney for the first time without missing the magic.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·7 min read
📍 Sydney, Australia
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