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490

491

Index
4WD travel 471
hire 213, 471
itineraries 25
tours 131, 134, 155, 200, 212-13,
215, 281, 311, 392

B
B&Bs 449
Babinda 354-5
Ballandean 170-3
ballooning
Brisbane 84-5
Cairns 342
Gold Coast 144
Port Douglas 378
Baloon Cave 258
Bamaga 413
Bamaga Rd 412
Banfield, EJ 331
Bang Bang Jump-up 429
Barcaldine 439-40
Barcoo River 441
Bargara 228, 231
Baroon Pocket Dam 203-4
Barra Bash 371
Barramundi Discovery Centre 421
Bat Reach 362, 367
bats, bent-wing 239
beaches
Brampton Island 272-3
Bramston Beach 355
Caloundra 183
Cape Kimberley Beach 389
Cow Bay 389-90
Fishermans Beach 242
Fitzroy Island 360
Four Mile Beach 376

Frankland Islands 360-1

Gold Coast 138-54
Halfway Island 244
Hook Island 287-8
Humpy Island 244
Lizard Island 401
Long Beach 242
Long Island 286-7
Mackay 263-4
Middle Island 244
Monkey Beach 242
Newell Beach 383-4
Palm Cove 357-9
Sarina Beach 269
Trinity Beach 357
Whitehaven Beach 292
Yorkeys Knob 356-7
bche-de-mer 360
Bed & Breakfast & Farmstay Association
of Far North Queensland 449
Bedarra Island 332
bed bugs 481
Bedourie 445
Beef Australia 236
Beerburrum mail robbery 32
bee stings 481
bent-wing bats 239
Betoota 446
bicycle travel, see cycling
Bicycling Federation of Australia 63
Bidjarra people 258
Big Day Out 454
Big Pineapple 202
Big Red 445
Big Rig 175-6
Big River Jazz Festival 236
bilbies 58, 442
Biloela 259
bird-watching
Abattoir Swamp Environment
Park 393
East Hope Island 401
Hope Islands 401
Iron Range National Park 410
Julatten 383
Lake Moondarra 431-2
Lizard Island 401
Low Lake 410
Port Douglas 378
Seabird Islet 400

INDEX

Abattoir Swamp Environment Park

393
Abbey Museum 182
accommodation 448-50, see also
individual locations
activities 61-70, see also individual
activities
Adventure Way 446-7
aerial tours, see scenic flights
AFL 37
Agnes Water 249-53
Airlie Beach 279-86, 280
air travel 463-6, 467
to/from Brisbane 106
to/from Cairns 352
to/from Townsville 307
Alexandra Park & Zoo 228
Alligator Creek 314
Alma Park Zoo 83
Amamoor 213-14
Anakie 255, 256
Ang-Gnarra Festival Ground 407
animals 50-7, see also individual
species
Antechinuses 55
Apple & Grape Festival 171
Araluen Falls 272
Arcadia 310
Archer River 409, 411
architecture 262
area codes 459, see also inside front
cover
Arkarra 220
Arkhurst Island 291
Art Deco 262
art galleries, see galleries
artesian spa 445
arts 37-41, 455, see also individual arts
Astley, Thea 39
Atherton 365-6
Atherton Tableland 361-72, 7
ATMs 457
Australia Day 454

Australian-Italian Festival 319

Australian Butterfly Sanctuary 363
Australian Gospel Music Festival 164
Australian Institute of Marine Science
314
Australian Outback Spectacular 149
Australian Rodeo Heritage Centre 169
Australian Rules Football 37
Australian Skins 454
Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame
& Outback Heritage Centre 437
Australian Sugar Industry Museum
332
Australian Venom Zoo 362
Australian Workers Heritage Centre
439
Australia Zoo 182-3
Ayton 395

Index (B-C)

bird-watching continued
South Molle Island 289
Wurruma Swamp 417
birds 54
Birdsville 445-6
Birdsville Races 446, 455
Birdsville Track 446
Birdworld 363
Bjelke-Petersen, Joh 32, 33
Blackall 440-1
Blackdown Tableland National Park
253-4
Black Mountain National Park 394
Blacks Beach 269
black stump 441
Blair Athol Mine 255
bleaching, coral 56-7
Blencoe Falls 417-18
Bloomfield Falls 395
Bloomfield River 395
Bloomfield Track 395
Bluewater Lagoon 264
Bluff Point 241
Boldrewood, Rolf 39
Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National
Park 423-4
booking 401
books 20, see also literature
animals 50
birds 54
bushwalking 62
fishing 64
food 43, 47
health 478
history 27, 28, 29, 32
indigenous people 36
kayaking 70
plants 50
reptiles 56
surfing 67
travel literature 21
Boolimba Bluff 258
border crossings 466-7
Boreen Point 199-200
botanic gardens, see parks & gardens
Boulders 354-5
Boulia 444-5
Bowen 293-5
Bowling Green Bay National Park 314
box jellyfish 63, 251, 374
Boyne Island 247
000 Map pages
000 Photograph pages

Index (C)

Brampton Island 272-3

Bramston Beach 355
Bribie Island 181-2
Brisbane 71-108, 74-5, 82, 85
accommodation 89-93
activities 84-5
drinking 101-2
emergency services 72-3
entertainment 102-5
festivals 88-9, 454, 455
food 93-101
Fortitude Valley 97-8
internet access 73
internet resources 71
medical services 73
New Farm 98-9
Paddington 100
Petrie Terrace 100
river cruises 88
shopping 105-6
sights 76-84
South Bank 99-100
tourist information 73
tours 85-6
travel to/from 106-7
travel within 107-8
West End 100-1
Brisbane Bicycle Touring Association 63
Brisbane Botanic Gardens 81
Brisbane Bushwalkers Club 62
Brisbane City Hall 76-7
Brisbane International Film Festival
455
Brisbane Pride Festival 454
Brisbane Riverfestival 455
Brisbane-to-Gladstone Yacht Race 454
Broadbeach 149-50
Brock, Peter 239
Broken River 271
brolgas 57
Bromfield Swamp 369
Brook Islands 323
Bundaberg 226-31, 227
Bundy Easter Roundup 229
bungee jumping 61, 144
Bunya Mountains National Park 177-8
Burke & Wills Camp 119 422
Burketown 422
Burleigh Heads 150-2, 151
Burrum Coast National Park 226
bus travel 468-9, 474
to/from Brisbane 106-7
to/from Cairns 352-3
to/from Townsville
bushfires 452

Bush Poetry Festival 435

bush tucker 42
bushwalking 61-2
Airlie beach 280-1
books 62
Boulders 354-5
Brampton Island 272-3
Cooloola Wilderness Trail 214
Dalrymple Gap Walking Track 322
Fraser Island Great Walk 210
Granite Gorge Nature Park 364
Hayman Island 291
itineraries 26
Kuranda 362
Lindeman Island 292
Magnetic Island 310
Mission Beach 328
Mossman Gorge 382
Mt Bartle Frere Summit Track 355
Mt Sorrow Ridge Walk 391
Nandroya Falls Circuit 355
Rainbow Beach 214
Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great
Walk 204
Thorsborne Trail 323-5
business hours 450
Butchulla people 207
butterflies 410
Byfield 241-2
Byfield National Park 241
BYO 45

C
Caboolture 182
Caboolture Warplane Museum 182
Cactoblastis Cairn 167
Cairns 336-53, 338
accommodation 346-9
activities 342-3
drinking 351
emergency services 337
entertainment 351-2
festivals 346, 455
food 349-51
internet access 337
medical services 337
shopping 352
sights 339-42
tourist information 339
tours 343-6
travel to/from 352-3
travel within 353
Cairns Museum 341-2
Cairns Regional Gallery 340
Cairns Tropical Zoo 357-8

Cairns Wildlife Dome 342

Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve 363
Calliope River Historical Village 246
Caloundra 183-6, 184
Cambooya 167
camel rides
Lake Cooroibah 199
Noosa 194
Camooweal 433
Camp 119 423
campervans 471, 472
camping 449
cane toads 59
Cania Gorge National Park 179
canoeing 70, see also kayaking,
white-water rafting
Elanda Point 200
Noosa 194, 195
Rainbow Beach 215
Canungra 158
Cape Gloucester 292-3
Cape Hillsborough National Park 274
Cape Kimberley Beach 389
Cape Tribulation 346, 387, 390-3, 388
Cape York 346
Cape York Peninsula 404-15, 405, 7
climate 404
internet resources 403
permits 406
Cape York Turtle Rescue 412
Capricorn Caves 239
Capricorn Coast 232-59, 233
hinterland 253-9
internet resources 232
travel to/from 233-4
Captain Billy Landing 412
Captain Starlight 176
car travel 469-74
4WDs 471
driving licences 470
hire 470-1
insurance 471
organisations 474
road conditions 472-3
road distance chart 470
road rules 473
Cardwell 322-3
Carisbrooke Station 436
Carlisle Island 273
Carlo Sandblow 214
Carnarvon Gorge 257-8
Carnarvon National Park 51, 257-9, 8
Carnival of Flowers 164, 455
cash 457
cassowaries 391

Cathedral Cave 258

Cathedral Fig 371
cattle stations, see stations
& homesteads
Causeway Lake 241
caves
Baloon Cave 258
Camooweal Caves National Park
433
Capricorn Caves 239
Cathedral Cave 258
Chillagoe 366
Crystal Caves 365
Natural Bridge 158
Cedar, Gadgarra Red 372
Cedar Bay (Mangkal-Mangkalba)
National Park 395
Cedar Creek Falls 286
Cedar Galleries 249
cell phones 458-9
Centenary Lakes 339
Central Eastern Rainforests Reserves 51
Central Queensland Military &
Artifacts Association Inc 235
Centre of Contemporary Arts 341
Champagne Pools 209
Champions Brock Experience 239
Channel Country 444-7
Charleville 441-3
Charters Towers 315-18, 427, 316
Childers 225-31
children, travel with 450-1
activities 66
Brisbane 86-7
Cairns 343
food 46-7
itineraries 26
Chillagoe 366
Chironex box jellyfish 63, 251, 374
cinema, see film
City Botanic Gardens (Brisbane) 78
Clancy, Bridget 318
Clermont 255
Clifton 167
Clifton Beach 357
climate 18, 451-2
climate change 56-7, 465
Cloncurry 429, 430, 434
Cockatoo Creek crossing 412
Cod Hole 344-5, 401
Coen 409
Combo Waterhole 434
Commissariat Stores Building 77
Commonwealth Games 33
Condon, Matthew 39

493

Conondale National Park 202

conservation 59
consulates 454
Conway Beach 286
Conway National Park 280, 286
Cooberrie Park 239
Cook, James 27
Cooktown 346, 396-400, 397, 10
Cooktown Discovery Festival 399, 454
Coolangatta 152-4, 153
Coolangatta Gold 144, 145
Cooloola Coast 198-200, 199
Cooloola Wilderness Trail 214
Coolum 190-1
Cooper Creek 390
Copperfield Gorge 419
Coral Sea 344-5
Cosmic Skydome 81
Cosmos Centre 442
costs 18-19
Country Music Festival 428
courses
cooking 47
diving & snorkelling 63
surfing 68
Cow Bay 389-90
Crater Lakes National Park 372
Crawfords Lookout 355
credit cards 457
cricket 37, 454
Crocodile Hunter 183
crocodiles
Cape Tribulation 392
Daintree River 384
environmental issues 56
Krys the Crocodile 420
Port Douglas 378
safety 386, 482
Crows Nest 166-7
Croydon 419-20
cruises, see also sailing
Agnes Water 251
bird-watching 384
Bribie Island 184
Bundaberg 228
Caloundra 184
Cooktown 398
Daintree 390
Dunk Island 328
Everglades 194
Fraser Island 194
Gladstone 246
Gold Coast 139-40
Great Barrier Reef 277, 281, 303,
343-5, 377-8

INDEX

INDEX

492

Index (C-E)

cruises continued
Great Keppel Island 239, 242
Hamilton Island 289
Hervey Bay 221-2
Hinchinbrook Island 325
houseboats 216
Kuranda 362
Low Isles 377-8
Maryborough 218
Port Douglas 376
Rainbow Beach 215
South Molle Island 289
Sunshine Coast 187
Town of 1770 251
Whitsundays 277, 281
Crystal Cascades 342
Crystal Caves 365
culture 35-41, see also festivals
Cumberland Islands 273
Cunnamulla 443-4
Currumbin 150-2
Curtis Island 248
customs regulations 452
food 44
tax refunds 457
cycling 62-3, 84, 467-8
cyclones 451

D
DAguilar Range National Park 82
Daintree 346, 384-93, 12
Daintree Entomological Museum 390
Daintree National Park 384, 385, 6
Daintree Village 384-7
Daisy Hill Koala Centre 83-4
Dajarra 444
Dalby 167-8
Dalrymple Gap Walking Track 322
Darling Downs 160-79, 162-3
internet resources 160
safe travel 161
travel to/from 161
Darville, Helen 39-40
David Fleay Wildlife Park 150
Daydream Island 288
deep vein thrombosis 478
Deepwater National Park 253
deforestation 58
dengue fever 479
Department of Natural Resources
& Mines 66
000 Map pages
000 Photograph pages

Index (E-F)

Desert Sands Camel Races 444

didjeridus 215
Dig Tree 447
Dilli Village 208, 210
Dingo Beach 292-3
dingoes 54, 208
Dinner Falls 367
disabilities, travellers with 460-1
diving 63-4
Agnes Water 250
Bargara 228, 231
Cairns 342, 343
Cod Hole 344-5, 401
Coral Sea 344-5
Dunk Island 328
Gladstone 246
Gold Coast 140
Great Barrier Reef 115, 303
Great Keppel Island 242
Halfway Island 244
Hamilton Island 289
Hayman Island 291
Heron Island 249
Hook Island 287-8
Humpy Island 244
internet resources 63, 64
Lady Elliot Island 248
Lady Musgrave Island 248-9
Lindeman Island 292
Lizard Island 401
Long Island 286-7
Magnetic Island 310-11
Middle Island 244
Pixie Bommie 401
Port Douglas 377
Rainbow Beach 215
safety 65
shark dives 186
Town of 1770 250
Townsville 303
Whitsunday Islands 276, 277
Wilson Island 249
Yongala wreck 314
dolphin-spotting
Fraser Island 209
Hervey Bay 221
Noosa 192
North Stradbroke Island 69, 129
Rainbow Beach 215
Sea World 148
Surfers Paradise 144
Tangalooma 134
Tin Can Bay 216
Doomadgee Aboriginal Community
423

Double Head 241

Double Island Point 215
Dreamtime Cultural Centre 235
Dreamworld 148
drinks 43-4
alcohol restrictions 406
BYO 45
Drovers Camp Festival 434
Dulhunty River 412
Dundubara 209
Dunk Island 331-2
Dunwich 129
DVT 478

E
Eagles Nest Wildlife Hospital 367
Easter in the Country 176, 454
Easter Rock Swap 169
East Hope Island 401
echidnas 55
economy 16, 18, 33-4, 35
ecotours
Brisbane 88
Byfield 241
Caloundra 184
Everglades 194
Gold Coast hinterland 155
Mackay 264
Magnetic Island 311
Mission Beach 329
Port Douglas 378
Sunshine Coast hinterland 202
Einasleigh 419
Ekka Royal National Agricultural
Show 455
El Nio 50
Elanda Point 200
electricity 448
Electronic Travel Authority 461
Eli Creek 209
Ellinjaa Falls 369
Elliot Heads 231
Ellis Beach 359
email services 456
embassies 454
Emerald 254-5
emergency services 453, 474, see also
inside front cover
Brisbane 72-3
Cairns 337
Cape York Peninsula 404
Carnavon National Park 257
Emmagen Beach 395
Emu Park 241
environmental hazards 480-1

environmental issues 58-60

Daintree National Park 385
Great Barrier Reef 56-7
European discovery 27
Ernest Henry copper & gold mine 429
Eulo 447
Eumundi 200-1
Eungella 270-1
Eungella National Park 51, 271-2
Eurimbula National Park 253
Eurong 208
events, see festivals
Everglades 194-5
exchange rates, see inside front cover
Expo 88 33

F
Fairymead House Sugar Museum 228
farmstays 449
Bramwell Homestead 411
Cape Trib Farmstay 392
internet resources 449
Lochenbar Cattle Station 254
Myella Farm Stay 254
Passchendaele 178
Stoney Creek 271
Far North Queensland 373-402, 374
Federation 31
Festival of Cultures 226
festivals 20, 454-5
Ekka Royal National Agricultural
Show 455
arts 455
Ang-Gnarra Festival Ground 407
Apple & Grape Festival 171
Australian-Italian Festival 319
Australian Gospel Music Festival 164
Australian Skins 454
Barra Bash 371
Beef Australia 236
Big Day Out 454
Big River Jazz Festival 236
Birdsville Races 446, 455
Brisbane International Film
Festival 455
Brisbane Pride Festival 454
Brisbane Riverfestival 455
Brisbane-to-Gladstone Yacht
Race 454
Bundaberg Regional Show 229
Bundy Easter Roundup 229
Bush Poetry Festival 435
Cairns Festival 346, 455
Carnival of Flowers 164, 455
Chillagoe Rodeo 366

Cooktown Discovery Festival 399

Country Music Festival 428
Desert Sands Camel Races 444
Drovers Camp Festival 434
Easter in the Country 176, 454
Easter Rock Swap 169
Ekka Royal National Agricultural
Show 455
Festival of Cultures 226
Fossil Festival 428
Gemfest Festival of Gems 256
Gold Coast International Marathon
454
Goldfield Ashes 316
Great Wheelbarrow Race 366
Hervey Bay Whale Festival 222
IndyCar 145, 455
Jazz in the Vineyard 171
Jumpers & Jazz in July 169
Laura Aboriginal Dance & Cultural
Festival 407
Mareeba Rodeo 365
Melbourne Cup 455
Mt Coolum kite festival 190
Mt Isa Rodeo 432
National Aboriginal & Islander
Day Observance Committee
(Naidoc) week 454
Noosa Jazz Festival 195
Noosa Long Weekend 195
Noosa Triathlon 195
Normanton Rodeo & Gymkhana
420
Oktoberfests 455
Opera in the Outback 418
Opera in the Vineyard 171
Outback Festival 435
Outback Muster Drovers Reunion
454
Priscilla in the Vineyard 171
Queensland Music Festival 454
Riverfestival 89
Rocky New Years Bash & Ball 236
Sicilian Vintage Lunch 171
Sorry Day 454
Surf Life-Saving Championships
454
Ten Days in the Towers 316, 454
Whitsunday Fun Race Festival 281
Whitsunday Reef Festival 281
Windorah yabbie races 446
Wintermoon Folk Festival 264, 454
Winton Camel Races 435
Woodford Folk Festival 185, 455
Working Draught Horse Expo 167

495

World Worm Races 166

film 20, 37-8
festivals 455
history 31
internet resources 38
Finch Hatton Gorge 272
Fire-Works Aboriginal Gallery 78
fire ants 59
Fishermans Beach 242
fishing 64-5
Agnes Water 250
Blacks Beach 269
Cooktown 398
festivals 371
Gladstone 246
Gold Coast 139-40
Hamilton Island 289
Hayman Island 291
Hervey Bay 221
Karumba 421
Kinchant Dam 270
Lake Moondarra 431-2
Lake Tinaroo 371
Magnetic Island 311
Mission Beach 328
Mornington Island 424
Normanton 420
North Stradbroke Island 129
Port Douglas 377
Rainbow Beach 214
Sweers Island 424
Tarzali Lakes Fishing Park 369
Tin Can Bay 216
Town of 1770 250
Townsville 303
Whitsunday Islands 277
Fitzroy Island 360
Five Mile Swimming Hole 322
flatback turtles 248
Flecker Botanic Gardens 339
Flinders Discovery Centre 428
Flynn, John 30
food 42-8, 455
books 43, 47
children, travel with 46-7
courses 47
customs 44, 47
festivals 44
internet resources 43, 46
language 43, 47-8
Forsayth 419
Forty Mile Scrub National Park 418
fossicking 65-6
gemfields (Capricorn hinterland)
255-7

INDEX

INDEX

494

Index (F-H)

fossicking continued
OBriens Creek Gemfields 418
Richmond 428
fossils
Fossil Centre 428
Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways 436
Kronosaurus Queenslandicus 428
Muttaburrasaurus 428, 436
Pioneer Park Museum 167
Richmond fossil festival 428
Riversleigh Fossil Centre 430
Stone House Museum 444
titanosaurus 436
tree 254
Four Mile Beach 376
Frankland Islands 360-1
Fraser Coast 206-31, 211-31, 207, 10
Fraser Island 207-11, 209, 11
permits 73, 208, 214
tours 194, 199, 212-13, 222
Fraser Island Great Walk 210
Fruit Bat Falls 412

G
Gadgarra Red Cedar 372
galleries
Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame
& Outback Heritage Centre 437
Cairns Regional Gallery 340
Cedar Galleries 249
Centre of Contemporary Arts 341
Fire-Works Aboriginal Gallery 78
John Flynn Place 429
Kalkadoon Tribal Council Keeping
Place 431
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery 302
Queensland Art Gallery 79-80
Queensland Gallery of Modern
Art 78, 80
Suzanne OConnell Gallery 78
Ted Elliot Mineral Collection 419
Garden Islands 325
gay travellers 102, 454, 455
Gemfest Festival of Gems 256
gemfields (Capricorn hinterland) 255-7
geography 49-50
geology 49-50
Georgetown 419
giardiasis 479-80
Ginger Factory 202
Girling car 217
000 Map pages
000 Photograph pages

Index (H-K)

Girraween National Park 173, 8

Giru Dala people 286
Gladstone 244-7, 245
Glass House Mountains 182-3
Glengallan Homestead & Heritage
Centre 169
Gliders 55
Gold Coast 136-59, 137
hinterland 154-9
internet resources 136
safe travel 137
theme parks 148
travel to/from 137-8
Tweed Heads 152-4
Gold Coast International Marathon
145, 454
Golden Hole 355
Goldfield Ashes 316
Goldsmith Island 273
golfing
Brampton Island 272-3
Brisbane 85
Cairns 343
festivals 454
Midge Point 278-9
Port Douglas 376-7
Yeppoon 239
Goold Island 325
Goondiwindi 174
Goondiwindi Grey 175
Gordonvale 354
Goulds monitors 401
Granite Belt 170-1
Granite Gorge Nature Park 364
Great Artesian Spa Complex 177
Great Barrier Reef 16, 33, 51, 56-7, 10924, 303, 111, 7, 109-10, 112-24
cruises 303, 343-5
diving 303
environmental issues 123-4
geology 119-23
highlights 110
information 64, 301
internet resources 301, 345
islands 113-16
mainland gateways 117-19
responsible travel 345
tours 264, 277, 281, 343-5, 377-8
travel planning 113-19
Great Depression 31
Great Keppel Island 242-4, 243
Great Sandy National Park 51, 69,
198, 200
Great Wheelbarrow Race 366
Green Island 359-60

Greenmount Homestead 269

Gregory Downs 423
Greycliffe Homestead 259
Gulflander 420, 475
Gulf Savannah 415-24, 416
climate 404
internet resources 403
travel to/from 417
Gungandji people 359
Gunsynd 175
Gympie 212-14

H
Halfway Island 244
Hallorans Hil 365
Hamilton Island 289-91
hang-gliding
Canungra 158
Eungella 270
Happy Valley 209, 210
Hard Times Mine 430
Hayman Island 291-2
health 477-82
books 478
insurance 477
internet resources 478
organisations 477
safety 481
vaccinations 477
heat sickness 480
helicopter flights 140
Herbert, Xavier 39
Herberton 366-7
Heron Island 249
Hervey Bay 219-25, 220-1
Hervey Bay Whale Festival 222, 455
hiking, see bushwalking
Hinchinbrook Island National Park 51,
323-5, 324, 11
Hinkler, Bert 31, 228
Hinkler House Museum 228
history 27-34
books 27, 28, 29, 32
exploration 28-9
Federation 31
film 31
gold rush 29-30
internet resources 31, 32
multiculturalism 33
nationalism 30
settlement 27-8, 28-9
shearers strike 30
Stolen Generations 34
WWI 31
WWII 32-3

HMS City of Adelaide 310

holidays 18, 455-6
Holloways Beach 356
homesteads, see stations
& homesteads
Hook Island 287-8
Hope Islands 401
Horn Island 414-15
horse riding 66
Canungra 158
Cape Tribulation 391
Daintree 389
Gold Coast 144-5
Kilkivan 179
Mackay 264
Magnetic Island 311
Noosa 194
Rainbow Beach 214
Townsville 302-3
Wonga Beach 384
Horseshoe Bay 310
hostels 449-50
hotels 450
houseboats 216
Hughenden 427-8
hummock 227-8
humpback whales 222, 223
Humpy Island 244
Hydeaway Bay 292-3

I
Illfracombe 439
immigration 33, 463
Indian Head 209
indigenous people 36-7
Bidjarra people 258
books 36
Butchulla people 207
cultural tours 398-9
Doomadgee Aboriginal
Community 423
festivals 454
Giru Dala people 286
indigenous art 78-9
Injinoo people 406
internet resources 30, 34
Kalkadoon people 28, 30
Kalkadoon Tribal Council Keeping
Place 431
Kalkatungu people 30
Kuku Yalanji people 384, 387
National Aboriginal & Islander
Day Observance Committee
(Naidoc) week 454
Sorry Day 454

Stolen Generations 34
performance art 79
permits 406
rock art 40
spirituality 41
Wujal Wujal people 395
Yarrabah people 354
IndyCar 145, 455
infectious diseases 479-80
Ingham 319-21
Injinoo people 406
Inlander 475
in-line skating 84
Innisfail 333-4, 333
Innot Hot Springs 368
insect-borne disease 480
insurance 456, 471
internet access 456
Brisbane 73
Cairns 337
Townsville 299
internet resources 21
accommodation 448
animals 50
Brisbane 71
Cape York Peninsula 403
Capricorn Coast 232
conservation 59
culture 35
cycling 62, 63
Darling Downs 160
diving 63, 64
farm stays 449
film 38
food 43, 46
fossicking 65
Fraser Coast 206
Gold Coast 136
Great Barrier Reef 301, 345
Gulf Savannah 403
health 478
history 31, 32
indigenous people 30, 34
music 40
Outback Queensland 425
permits 406
rock art 40
sailing 67
Sunshine Coast 180
surfing 68
turtles 55
Iron Range National Park 410
Irukandji 251, 374
Irwin, Steve 183
itineraries 22-6, 76

497

J
James Cook Museum 398
Jardine River 411, 412
Jazz in the Vineyard 171
jellyfish, box 63, 251, 374
jet lag 478
jet-boating 140, 144, 239
jet-skiing 288
Jimbour Station 168
John Flynn Place 429
Jolly Swagman statue 434
Jondaryan Woolshed Complex 167
Josephine Falls 355
Jourama Falls 319
Jowalbinna 409
Julatten 383
Julia Creek 428-9
Jumpers & Jazz in July 169
Ju Raku En Japanese Garden 161-3

K
Kajabbi 429
Kalkadoon & Mitakoodi Memorial 430
Kalkadoon people 28, 30
Kalkadoon Tribal Council Keeping
Place 431
Kalkatungu people 30
Kalpowar Crossing 410
kangaroos 55
karting, sea 222
Karumba 421-2
kauri pines 372
kayaking 69, 70, see also canoeing,
white-water rafting
Agnes Water 250
books 70
Cape Tribulation 391-2
Daydream Island 288
Gold Coast 139, 144
Great Sandy National Park 69
Long Island 287
Magnetic Island 311
Mission Beach 328
Noosa 194
North Stradbroke Island 69
Rainbow Beach 215
Sunshine Coast 187
Town of 1770 250
Tully River 328
Whitsunday Islands 276
Kenilworth 204
Keswick Island 273
Kilkivan 179
Kinchant Dam 270
Kingaroy 178-9

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Index (K-M)

King George Square 76-7

kite festival, Coolum 190
kite-surfing
Hervey Bay 222
Noosa 194
Yorkeys Knob 356
Koala Gardens 363
koalas 55
Kondalilla National Park 204
Koorana Crocodile Farm 241
kronosaurus queenslandicus 428
Krys the Crocodile 420
Kuku Yalanji people 384, 387
Kuranda 361-4, 362
Kuranda Scenic Railway 475
Kynuna 434

L
Lady Elliot Island 248
Lady Musgrave Island 248-9
Lake Awoonga 247-8
Lake Barrine 372
Lake Benaroon 210
Lake Birrabeen 209, 210
Lake Boomanjin 209
Lake Cooroibah 199
Lake Cootharaba 199-200
Lake Eacham 372
Lakefield National Park 51, 410
Lake Jennings 209
Lake Julius 430
Lake McKenzie 209, 210
Lake Moondarra 431-2
Lake Morris 342
Lake Tinaroo 371-2
Lake Wabby 209, 210
Lakeland 394
Lamington National Park 51, 158-9
Landcare 59
language 43, 47-8, 483-4
Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways 436
Laura 407, 408
Lawson, Henry 30, 38
Leeches 482
legal matters 456
Leichhardt, Ludwig 28-9
Leichhardt Falls 422
lesbian travellers 102, 454, 455
Lindeman Island 292
literature 21, 38-40, see also books
Little Millstream Falls 367
000 Map pages
000 Photograph pages

Index (M-O)

Lizard Island National Park 51, 400-2

Lockerbie 413
Lockerbie Scrub 413
Logan, Patrick 28
loggerhead turtles 230, 249, 253
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary 83
Long Beach 242
Long Island 286-7
Longreach 437-9, 437, 6
Low Isles 377-8
Low Lake 410
Lucinda 321
Lunn, Hugh 39

M
Mabo, Eddie 34
Mackay 262-8, 263, 265
Magnetic Island 308-13, 309
Maheno 209
Maidenwell Astronomical
Observatory 178
mail services 458
Main Beach 138-41
Main Range National Park 168
Malanda 368-70
Maleny 202-3
Malouf, David 39
Manly 128
Mapleton 205
maps 456-7
marble pits 366
Mareeba 364-5
Marian 270
marine animals 269, 481
markets
Brisbane 105-6
Eumundi markets 201
Kuranda 361
Maroochydore 186-90, 187
Mary Ann 217
Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve 202
Mary Kathleen 430
Mary Kathleen Park & Museum 429
Mary Poppins statue 218
Mary Valley Station 408-9
Maryborough 216-19, 217
Masthead Island 249
Matilda Hwy 434
Maytown 394
McGahan, Andrew 39
McKinlay 434
measures 448
medical services 478-9, see also health
Melba House 270
Melbourne Cup 455

meningococcal disease 479

Menzies, Robert 32-3
metric conversions, see inside front
cover
Middle Island 244
Middleton 445
Midge Point 278-9
migration 16
Miles 174-5
Millaa Millaa 368, 369
Millstream Falls 367
Min Min Light 444
Mission Beach 326-31, 327, 9
Mitchell 177
mobile phones 458-9
money 18-19, 453-4, 457, see
also inside front cover
moneychangers 457
monitors, Goulds 401
Monkey Beach 242
Mon Repos 230, 231
Monto 179
Montville 203-5
Mooloolaba 186-90, 188
Moore Park 231
Moreton Island 133-5
Moreton Telegraph Station 411
Mornington Island 424
mosquitoes 481-2
Mossman 382-3
motels 450
motion sickness 478
motorcycle travel
driving licences 470
hire 470-1
insurance 471
organisations 474
road conditions 472-3
road rules 473
motorcycle travel 469-74
Mt Barney Lodge 159
Mt Barney National Park 159
Mt Bartle Frere Summit Track 355
Mt Beerwah 182
Mt Carbine 393
Mt Castletower National Park 247-8
Mt Coonowrin 182
Mt Coot-tha Reserve 81-2
Mt Cougal 158
Mt Etna National Park 239
Mt Garnet 417
Mt Hypipamee National Park 367
Mt Isa 430, 430-3, 431
Mt Isa Rodeo 432, 455
Mt Moffatt 258

Mt Molloy 393
Mt Morgan 238
Mt Rooper lookout 286
Mt Sorrow Ridge Walk 391
Mt Spec Section 318-19
Mt Surprise 418-19
Mt Whitfield Conservation Park 339
movies, see film
Mudjimba Island 191
multiculturalism 33
Mungalli Falls 369
Mungkan Kandju National Park 409
Murray Falls State Forest 322
museums
Abbey Museum 182
Australian Rodeo Heritage Centre
169
Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame
& Outback Heritage Centre 437
Australian Sugar Industry Museum
332
Australian Workers Heritage
Centre 439
Bilby Centre 442
Caboolture Warplane Museum 182
Cairns Museum 341-2
Central Queensland Military &
Artifacts Association Inc 235
Champions Brock Experience 239
Cosmos Centre 442
Daintree Entomological Museum
390
Fairymead House Sugar Museum
228
Flinders Discovery Centre 428
Fossil Centre 428
Hinkler House Museum 228
James Cook Museum 398
Mary Kathleen Park & Museum 429
Museum of Tropical Queensland 302
Qantas Founders Outback Museum
437-8
Queensland Maritime Museum
77, 80
Spy & Camera Museum 367
Stone House Museum 444
Underground Hospital Museum
431
Waltzing Matilda Centre 434
Yarrabah Menmuny Museum 354
Musgrave 409
Musgrave Station 406
music 40-1
festivals 164, 169, 171, 185, 195,
229, 264, 418, 428, 454, 455

internet resources 40
Peregian Originals 191
mustering 213-14, 302-3
Australian Outback Spectacular 149
Nardoo Station 443
Outback Muster Drovers Reunion 454

N
Nandroya Falls Circuit 355
Nardoo Station 443-4
National Aboriginal & Islander Day
Observance Committee (Naidoc)
week 454
national parks 52-3, see also individual
parks
books 62
Blackdown Tableland National
Park 253-4
Black Mountain National Park 394
Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National
Park 423-4
Bowling Green Bay National
Park 314
Bunya Mountains National Park
177-8
Burrum Coast National Park 226
Byfield National Park 241
Camooweal Caves National Park
433
Cania Gorge National Park 179
Cape Hillsborough National Park
274
Carnarvon National Park 51,
257-9, 8
Cedar Bay (Mangkal-Mangkalba)
National Park 395
Conondale National Park 202
Conway National Park 286
Crater Lakes National Park 372
Daintree National Park 384, 385, 6
Deepwater National Park 253
East Hope Island 401
Eungella National Park 51, 271-2
Eurimbula National Park 253
Fitzroy Island 360
Forty Mile Scrub National Park 418
Girraween National Park 173, 8
Great Sandy National Park 51, 69,
198, 200
Green Island 359-60
Hinchinbrook Island National Park
51, 323-5, 324, 11
Hope Islands 401
Iron Range National Park 410
Kondalilla National Park 204

499

Lakefield National Park 51, 410

Lamington National Park 51, 158-9
Lizard Island National Park 51,
400-2
Main Range National Park 168
Mapleton Falls National Park 205
Mt Barney National Park 159
Mt Castletower National Park
247-8
Mt Etna National Park 239
Mt Hypipamee National Park 367
Mungkan Kandju National Park
409
Noosa National Park 192, 6
Paluma Range National Park
318-19
Porcupine Gorge National Park 428
Simpson Desert National Park 446
South Molle Island 288-9
Sundown National Park 173-4
Tamborine Mountain National
Park 155-6
Undara Volcanic National Park 418
Wooroonooran National Park 355
Native Police 29, 30
Natural Bridge 158
Nelly Bay 310
Newell Beach 383-4
Newry Island 274
Newry Island Group 274
newspapers 448
Newstead House 81
Ngungun 182
Noah Beach 390
Nobby 167
Noccundra 447
Noosa 192-8, 193, 196
Normanton 420-1
North Keppel Island 244
North Stradbroke Island 69, 129-33,
130, 8
North West Island 249

O
OBriens Creek Gemfields 418
Oktoberfests 455
Old Laura Homestead 410
Old Rainworth Fort 257
Old Windmill & Observatory 77
Old Woman Island 191
Oodgeroo Noonuccal 39, 132
Opera in the Outback 418
Orpheus Island 321-2
Osprey Island 400
Outback Festival 435

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500

Index (O-R)

Outback Mailman 407

Outback Muster Drovers Reunion 454
Outback Queensland 425-47, 426, 10
climate 426
festivals 435, 454
internet resources 425
travel to/from 426-7
travel within 473-4
Outer Newry Island 274
Overlanders Way 427-34
Overland Telegraph Line 411
painting 40
Palfrey Island 400
Palm Cove 357-9
Palmer River 394
Palmerville 394
Paluma 319
Paluma Range National Park 318-19
paragliding 66
Canungra 158
Rainbow Beach 214
parasailing 66
Daydream Island 288
Hamilton Island 289
Magnetic Island 310
parks & gardens
Arkarra 220
Brisbane Botanic Gardens 81
City Botanic Gardens (Brisbane) 78
Flecker Botanic Gardens 339
Ju Raku En Japanese Garden 161-3
Mt Coot-tha Reserve 81-2
Mt Whitfield Conservation Park
339
Paronella Park 332
Roma St Parkland 77
South Bank Parklands 80
Toondoon Botanic Gardens 245
Paronella Park 332
passports 463
Paterson, AB Banjo 435
Pentland 427
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery 302
Peregian 191-2
Perkins, Kieren 34
permits
Cape York Peninsula 406
Conway National Park 280
Fraser Island 73, 208, 214
000 Map pages
000 Photograph pages

indigenous people 406

internet resources 406
Whitsunday Island 280
phone codes 459
phonecards 459
photography services 457-8
Picnic Bay 310
pigeon, pied imperial 323, 401
pines, kauri 372
Pinnacle Point 241
Pinnacles 209
Pioneer Valley 270
Pixie Bommie 401
planning 18-21, 453-4, 455-6
plants 50, 57
platypuses 49, 55
Atherton 365
Broken River 271
Carnavon Gorge 258
DAguilar Range National Park 82
Eungella National Park 271
Mackay 264
Malanda 369
Wooroonooran National Park 355
Yungaburra 370
Point Lookout 129
Poison Waterhole 432
politics 34
Polstone Sugar Cane Farm 269
population 16, 36
Porcupine Gorge National Park 428
Port Douglas 374-82, 375
Port Stewart 409
possums 55
postal services 458
Prairie 427
Priscilla in the Vineyard 171
Professional Association of Diving
Instructors 63
Proserpine 279
public holidays 455
pubs 45
Pumpkin Island 244
Punsand Bay 413
Pyramid Lookout 428

Q
Qantas Founders Outback Museum
437-8
Quamby 429
Queen Mary Falls 168
Queensland Art Gallery 79-80
Queensland Cultural Centre 79
Queensland Farm & Country
Tourism 449

Queensland Gallery of Modern Art

78, 80
Queensland Maritime Museum 77, 80
Queensland Music Festival 454
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service
51, 62, 449
Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service
Northern Region Office 301
Quicksilver Pro-Surfing Competition
145
Quilpie 446
Quinkan 408

R
Rabbit Island 274
Radical Bay 310
rafting, see white-water rafting
Rainbow Beach 214-16
Rainforestation 362-3
rainforests 58
Ravenshoe 367-8
Ravenswood 314-15
Redcliffe 126-8
Redford, Harry 176
Reef HQ 301
Reef Teach Great Barrier Reef
Educational Centre 344
Reef World 219
religion 41
rental accommodation 450
reptiles 56
responsible travel 19-20
bushwalking 61
climate change 465
Daintree 385
Great Barrier Reef 345
restaurants 44
Richmond 428
Riverfestival 89
Riversleigh Australian Fossil Mammal
Site 51
Riversleigh Fossil Centre 430
Riversleigh fossil field 423
rock art 258
internet resources 40
Jowalbinna 409
Split Rock & Guguyalangi
galleries 408
tours 409
rock climbing 84
Rockhampton 234-8
Rocky New Years Bash & Ball 236
rodeos
Burketown 422
Chillagoe 366

Hughenden 428
Mareeba 365
Mt Isa 432, 455
Normanton 420
Quamby 429
Richmond 428
Roma 176
Warwick 169
Roma 175-7
Ross River fever 479
Royal Automobile Club of Queensland
474
Royal Flying Doctor Service 30, 342, 429
Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron 128
Rubyvale 255, 256
Rudd, Steele 38
Rudds Pub 167
rugby 37
Rum Distillery, Bundaberg 228
Rush, Geoffrey 37

S
safe travel
box jellyfish 63, 251, 374
bushfires 452
Cape York Peninsula 406
Carnarvon National Park 257
crocodiles 386, 406, 374
Darling Downs 161
environmental hazards 480-1
Far North Queensland 374
Gold Coast 137
outback travel 473-4
road hazards 473
swimming 453
theft 453
sailing 67, see also cruises
festivals 454
Magnetic Island 311
Port Douglas 376
tours 128
Whitsunday Islands 275-6
St Helena Island 135
St Johns Cathedral 80-1
salinity 59
Saltwater Creek Crossing 410
sand cliffs, coloured 214
sand safaris 212-13
Rainbow Beach 215
Sapphire 255, 256
Sarina 268
Sarina Beach 269
Savannahlander 417, 475
Savannah Way 417
itineraries 24

Scawfell Island 273

scenic flights
Agnes Water 251
Cairns 345
Cooktown 398
Fraser Coast 222
Fraser Island 210
Gold Coast 140
Hervey Bay 222
Mt Isa 432
Outback Mailman 407
Port Douglas 378
Thursday Island 414
Town of 1770 251
Whitsunday Islands 277
School of the Air (Longreach) 438
School of the Air (Mt Isa) 431
Scrub Hill Community Farm 219-20
scuba diving, see diving
Scuba World 186
Seabird Islet 400
sea karting 222
sea kayaking, see kayaking
sea turtles 55, 248
sea wasps 251
Sea World 148
Seisia 413
senior travellers 453
sexually transmitted diseases 479
Shapcott, Thomas 39
shark dives 186
sharks 482
Sheahan, Dan 320
shopping
Australiana 105
Brisbane 105-6
Cairns 352
clothing 105
markets 105-6, 201, 361
teddy-bears 441
Sicilian Vintage Lunch 171
Simpson Desert National Park 446
Singing Ship 241
Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium 81
skiing, see jet-skiing, water-skiing
skin cancer 480
skydiving 61
Airlie beach 281
Brisbane 84-5
Cairns 342
Gold Coast 140
Hervey Bay 222
Mission Beach 328
Rainbow Beach 214-15
Townsville 303

501

Skyrail Rainforest Cableway 364

snakes 56, 481, 482
Snapper Island 389
snorkelling 63-4
Agnes Water 250
Bargara 228, 231
Brampton Island 272-3
Cairns 342
Cape Tribulation 392
Dunk Island 328, 331
East Hope Island 401
Frankland Islands 360-1
Great Keppel Island 242
Green Island 359
Halfway Island 244
Hayman Island 291
Heron Island 249
Hook Island 287-8
Hope Islands 401
Humpy Island 244
Lady Elliot Island 248
Lady Musgrave Island 248-9
Long Island 286-7
Low Isles 377-8
Middle Island 244
Town of 1770 250
Wilson Island 249
soil erosion 59
Somerset 413
Sorry Day 454
South Bank Parklands 80
South Burnett region 177-9
Southern Reef Islands 248-9
South Island 400
South Molle Island 288-9
Southport 138-41, 139
South Stradbroke Island 138
spa retreats 156, 177
special events, see festivals
spiders 482
Spirit of the Outback 476
Split Rock & Guguyalangi
galleries 408
sports 37
Springbrook National Park 156-8
Springsure 257
Spy & Camera Museum 367
Stanthorpe 170-3, 170
stations & homesteads 449, see
also farmstays
Bramwell Homestead 411
Cape Trib Farmstay 392
Carisbrooke Station 436
Glengallan Homestead & Heritage
Centre 169

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I n d e x ( S -T )

stations & homesteads continued

Greenmount Homestead 269
Greycliffe Homestead 259
Jimbour Station 168
Kenilworth Homestead 204
Kroombit Lochenbar Station 254
Lochenbar Cattle Station 254
Mary Valley Station 408-9
Moreton Telegraph Station 411
Mt Barney Lodge 159
Musgrave Station 406
Myella Farm Stay 254
Nardoo Station 443
Old Laura Homestead 410
Stoney Creek Farm Stay 271
Stewart River 409
Stiger Vortex Rainmaker Guns 442
stinging jellyfish 63, 251, 374
Stolen Generations 34
Stone House Museum 444
Stoney Creek 271
Stradbroke Island, see North Stradbroke
Island, South Stradbroke Island
strange bird 173
sugar cane 269
sunburn 480
Sundown National Park 173-4
Sunlander 476
Sunshine Beach 191-2
Sunshine Coast 180-205, 181, 5
hinterland 202-5
internet resources 180
tours 194-5, 202
travel to/from 181
Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great
Walk 204
Surfers Paradise 141-9, 142, 11
surfing 67-8
Agnes Water 250
festivals 145, 454
Gold Coast 139, 144
Noosa 192-4
Rainbow Beach 214
safety 480
Town of 1770 250
Surf Life-Saving Championships 145, 454
Suzanne OConnell Gallery 78
Sweers Island 424
swimming 68-9, 453
Airlie beach 280
Alligator Creek 314
000 Map pages
000 Photograph pages

I n d e x ( T- W )

Araluen Falls 272

Blacks Beach 269
box jellyfish 63, 251, 374
Brampton Island 272-3
Brisbane 84
Champagne Pools 209
Dinner Falls 367
Dunk Island 331
Five Mile Swimming Hole 322
Golden Hole 355
Granite Gorge Nature Park 364
Lady Elliot Island 248
Lady Musgrave Island 248-9
Lake Eacham 372
Mackay 263-4
Mossman Gorge 382
Murray Falls State Forest 322
organisations 480
safety 480
Trevathen Falls 398
Wheel of Fire Falls 272

T
Tambo 441
Tamborine Mountain National Park
155-6
Tanks Arts Centre 340
Tannum Sands 247
Tarzali Lakes Fishing Park 369
tax refunds 457
taxi travel 475
Ted Elliot Mineral Collection 419
Telegraph Rd 411
telephone services 458-9
Ten Days in the Towers 316, 454
Thargomindah 447
theatre 104
theft 453
theme parks 148
thermal pools 368
Thornton Beach 390
Thorsborne Trail 323-5
Thursday Island 414
Tibrogargan 182
tick typhus 479
Tilt Train 476
time 459, 507
Tin Can Bay 216
Tip of Australia 413
tipping 47, 457
Tirranna Roadhouse 423
Tjapukai Cultural Park 340-1
Tolga Bat Hospital 367
Toondoon Botanic Gardens 245
Toowoomba 161-6, 164

Torres Strait Islands 413-15

Torres Strait Regional Authority 415
tourist information 459-60
tours 460
4WD 131, 134, 155, 200, 212-13,
215, 281, 311, 392
Atherton Tableland 345-6
breweries 88
Brisbane 85-6, 87-8
Cairns 343-6
canoeing 195, 200
Cape Tribulation 346, 392
Cape York Peninsula 346, 406
Capricorn Coast 236, 239, 250,
251, 258
diving 134
ecotours 88, 155, 184, 194, 202,
241, 264, 311, 329
Far North Queensland 346, 377-8,
384-6
Fraser Coast 218, 222, 229
Fraser Island 194, 199, 212-13, 222
Gold Coast 140
Great Barrier Reef 264, 277, 281,
343-5, 377-8
Gulf Savannah 346, 415-17, 418
indigenous culture 398-9
Moreton Island 134
North Stradbroke Island 131
Outback Queensland 432, 438, 440
rock art 409, 440
sailing 128
sand safaris 212-13
snorkelling 134
Sunshine Coast 194-5, 202
walking 85-6
whale-watching 186-7
Whitsunday Coast 264
Whitsundays 277, 281
wildlife 281
wineries 171
Town of 1770 249-53
Townsville 298-308, 299, 300
accommodation 303-5
activities 302-3
drinking 306-7
entertainment 307
food 305-6
internet access 299
medical services 301
shopping 307
sights 301-2
tourist information 301
travel to/from 307
travel within 308

tracks
Birdsville Track 446
Bloomfield Track 395
Dalrymple Gap Walking Track 322
Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways
436
Mt Bartle Frere Summit Track 355
train travel 474, 475-6
to/from Brisbane 107
to/from Cairns 353
to/from Townsville 308
travel literature 21
travellers cheques 457
Tree of Knowledge 439
tree-top canopy walk 158
trekking, see bushwalking
Trevathen Falls 398
Trezise, Percy 408
Trinity Beach 357
Tropic of Capricorn 437
Tryon Island 248, 249
Tully 325-6
Tully Falls 367
Tully River 68, 70, 9
Turner Hospital, Janette 39
turtles 55
Capricorn Coast 249
Curtis Island 248
Deepwater National Park 253
internet resources 55
Lake Eacham 372
Mon Repos 230
Sarina 269
TV 448
Tweed Heads 152-4
Twin Falls 412

U
Undara Lava Tubes 346, 418
Undara Volcanic National Park 418
Underground Hospital Museum 431
underwater observatory 242
Underwater World 186
unemployment 16
Unesco sites, see World Heritage
sites

V
vacations 18, 455-6
vaccinations 477
Valley of the Giants 210
vegetarian travellers 46
video services 457-8
video systems 448
viral encephalitis 479

Virgin Rock 257

visas 461

W
Walker, Kath 39, 132
Walkers Monument 422
walking, see bushwalking, tours
Wallaman Falls 320
Waltzing Matilda 30, 36, 435
Waltzing Matilda Centre 434
Warner Bros Movie World 148
Warwick 168-9
water-borne illness 480-1
waterfalls
Araluen Falls 272
Blencoe Falls 417-18
Bloomfield Falls 395
Dinner Falls 367
Ellinjaa Falls 369
Fruit Bat Falls 412
Granite Gorge Nature Park 364
Josephine Falls 355
Jourama Falls 319
Kondalilla Falls 204
Leichhardt Falls 422
Little Millstream Falls 367
Millaa Millaa Falls 369
Millstream Falls 367
Mungalli Falls 369
Murray Falls State Forest 322
Queen Mary Falls 168
Trevathen Falls 398
Tully Falls 367
Twin Falls 412
Wallaman Falls 320
Wheel of Fire Falls 272
Zillie Falls 369
water-skiing
Daydream Island 288
Hamilton Island 289
Lake Moondarra 431-2
watersports, see individual activities
weather 18, 451-2
weights 448
Weipa 411
Wellesley Islands 424
Wenlock River 411
West Hope Islands 401
Westlander 476
Wet Tropics World Heritage Area 51, 385
WetnWild 148
whale-watching 223
Fraser Island 222
festivals 222, 455
Gold Coast 140, 144

503

Hervey Bay 220-1

Mooloolaba 186-7
Point Lookout 129
Wharton, Herb 39
Wheel of Fire Falls 272
White Australia policy 31
White Water World 148
Whitehaven Beach 292
white-water rafting 70, see also
canoeing, kayaking
Cairns 342
Port Douglas 378
Tully River 328
Whitsunday Islands 277
Whitsunday Coast 260-95, 261
travel to/from 261-2
Whitsunday Island 292
Whitsundays 274-95, 275, 9
festivals 281
national park permits 280
wildlife, see animals, individual
species, plants, wildlife
sanctuaries
wildlife sanctuaries, see also zoos
Australian Butterfly Sanctuary
363
Bat Reach 362, 367
Birdworld 363
Cairns Wildlife Dome 342
Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve 363
Cape York Turtle Rescue 412
Cooberrie Park 239
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary 150
Daisy Hill Koala Centre 83-4
David Fleay Wildlife Park 150
Eagles Nest Wildlife Hospital 367
Koala Gardens 363
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary 83
Rainforestation 362-3
Tolga Bat Hospital 367
Willows 255, 256
Wilson Island 249
Windorah 446
windsurfing 356
Windy Hill 367
wineries
festivals 171
Granite Belt 170-1
strange bird 173
tours 171
Wintermoon Folk Festival 264, 454
Winton 434, 434-6
Winton Camel Races 435
Wolf Rock 215
women travellers 458, 461-2

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Index (W-Z)

Wonga Beach 384

Woodford Folk Festival 185, 455
Woodgate 226
Wooroonooran National Park 355
work 462
Working Draught Horse Expo 167
World Heritage sites
Central Eastern Rainforests
Reserves 51
Daintree 384-93
Fraser Island 207-11
Great Barrier Reef 16, 33, 51,
56-7
Mt Barney National Park 159
responsible travel 345

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Riversleigh Australian Fossil

Mammal Site 51, 423
Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
51, 385
World Worm Races 166
Wujal Wujal people 395
Wurruma Swamp 417
WWI 31
WWII 32-3
Wyandra 443

Y
yabbie races, Windorah 446
yachting, see sailing
Yarrabah Menmuny Museum 354

Yarrabah people 354

Yeppoon 238-41
Yongala wreck 314
Yorkeys Knob 356-7
Yowah 447
Yungaburra 370-1

Z
Zillie Falls 369
zoos, see also wildlife sanctuaries
Alexandra Park & Zoo 228
Alma Park Zoo 83
Australia Zoo 182-3
Australian Venom Zoo 362
Cairns Tropical Zoo 357-8

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