Best Australia experience and adventure holidays in 2024
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email One of the world’s most diverse destinations, Australia has everything from beaming winter sun and a rich aboriginal culture to an otherworldly natural pedigree in its aquatic treasures and the expansive Outback. Also known for the […]
9 best experience and adventure holidays in Australia to tick off your bucket list
A range of adventures as vast as the country awaits (Getty Images/iStockphoto) One of the world’s most diverse destinations, Australia has everything from beaming winter sun and a rich aboriginal culture to an otherworldly natural pedigree in its aquatic treasures and the expansive Outback. Also known for the prolific golden beaches that line each coast, […]
Update: Cruise chaos as cyclone nears Queensland
Cruise itineraries across Queensland ports and destinations have been thrown into disarray as Cyclone Jasper causes rough seas and storm surges as it heads towards the coast. Given its current path Jasper is set to hit landfall early next week and may reach Category 4 strength as it moves in the direction of Cooktown. It’s […]
Cyclone Jasper may reach category five, with region between Cooktown and Mackay at ‘highest risk’ | Queensland
Cyclone Jasper has been upgraded to a category 3 system and is expected to strengthen further as it moves towards the Queensland coast. Jasper was expected to strengthen further to become a high-end category 4 on Thursday night and “possibly” category five on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology said in its latest forecast. Over the […]
Cyclone Jasper gradually intensifying, with region between Cooktown and Mackay at ‘highest risk’ | Queensland
Queensland Slow-moving tropical cyclone forecast to strengthen before weakening slightly and heading for Queensland next week Australian Associated Press Thu 7 Dec 2023 18.42 AEDT Cyclone Jasper is gradually intensifying as it moves towards the Queensland coast. The severe tropical cyclone is expected to strengthen further and move from category 3 to category 4 on […]
How do cyclones affect Great Barrier Reef?
Cyclones leave behind rubble beds of dead coral skeletons and rock fragments that constantly move with the tides and waves. It’s much harder for baby corals to settle and grow on unstable and moving surfaces and corals that do manage to settle can be killed as they tumble around. This makes it much harder for […]
Tropical Cyclone Forces Royal Caribbean Ship to Cancel Ports
Guests sailing aboard Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas learned the day before embarkation that their 6-night Queensland cruise itinerary needed adjustment and every port of call was cancelled. One substitute port was available for an overnight stay, but the cruise is very different than originally planned. Quantum of the Seas Itinerary Change Quantum […]
Cyclone Jasper intensifies, moves towards Qld coast
Tropical Cyclone Jasper has officially formed, with one expert tipping the intensifying system could be the earliest landfalling cyclone in Queensland’s history. Latest forecast + track map. Sky News Weather Meteorologist Bradlyn Oakes says a cyclone is forming off the coast of Queensland. Ms Oakes said there is potential through mid-next that it will “have […]
Whitsundays driving Barrier Reef visitation figures and exponential growth for region: Data
New data from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) has revealed that 44 per cent of tourism visitation in the financial year 2023 came from the Whitsundays. The visitation data shows 619,714 of a total 1,385,360 full-day visitors to the Great Barrier Reef visited The Whitsundays Marine Park during FY23, which is almost […]
Drunken miner’s ‘disgusting behaviour’ caught on camera
A ‘fairly intoxicated’ miner who urinated on a Whitsunday police officer’s car was caught on CCTV on the same night he gave police the fingers. The local magistrate was less than impressed. Oisin Thomas Treacy-Santo, 25, broke into the Whitsunday police station car park on the night of November 14 and was caught on CCTV […]