Tony and Kim Outdoor Adventures

“Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” Anzac weekend we headed away with a Social Camping and 4wd Group to The Gorge Camping Reserve The Gorge Camping Reserve is near Lake Moggerah, which is located within the Scenic Rim region of south-east Queensland and is one of those places that you hear about via word-of-mouth.  It is a privately owned camping reserve and is really only a ‘bush camping’ reserve although there are a couple of toilets up near the entrance and a couple of bush showers there as well.  The owners limit the number of campers allowed at any one time so you can be guaranteed to set up in your own little piece of paradise with little interruption from other people. The Gorge is located right on Reynolds Creek and is the perfect spot...

Magnetic Island is located off the coast of Townsville, situated around 4 hours south of Cairns. To sum it up, it is absolute paradise. Nestled within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Magnetic Island is home to an estimated 800 Koalas, Wallabies, many scenic walks, lookouts and of course, beaches. 54% of the island is made up of national park which means you are in for quite the breath taking Aussie getaway. It is like a postcard paradise with rocky granite headlands and hoop pines dropping down to sandy bays and azure seas. Its beauty is immediately apparent and we are already in love with it before we even taken two steps off the ferry. As soon as we got off the Ferry at Nelly Bay, our accommodation was right there waiting for us. We stayed at Mantra Bright Point for 6 nights. Its home to modern self-contained apartments that are pretty much brand new. We stayed in a two bedroom apartment that overlooked the ocean. If we stay again, we will stay there again...