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Swimming at Mason’s Hole: Croc-Safe Freshwater Oasis in the Daintree

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Mason’s Creek Swimming Hole, also known as Mason’s Waterhole, differs because it is an inland freshwater pool away from direct tidal influence. It is commonly promoted locally as a recognised swimming location, but conditions can change and no natural waterway in crocodile country should be described as guaranteed croc-free. Always follow current local signage, check […]

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Mossman River Guide

Cairns, Places to See, Port Douglas / Yevhen

Mossman River – a wild child at heart – flows through the very heart of Northern Queensland, just north of Port Douglas. It’s one of those spots that looks deceptively calm in a photo, but just wait – before you know it, you’re reminded that rainforest rivers have a mind of their own. Mossman Gorge,

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Cape Tribulation Beach Guide

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Cape Tribulation Beach Travel Guide has been my trusty travel companion across notebook after notebook for years – and it’s not because I’ve struggled to put this place into words, but because every single time I visit, I come back with a new story in my pocket. I’m Oleksandr Honcharenko, and after wandering around more

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Cooktown Drive Road Guide

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I’ve learned over the years that the Cooktown Drive Road is no ordinary road trip – it’s basically throwing you everything at once: rainforest, reef, corrugations, and red dirt. When I first drove this loop as Oleksandr Honcharenko, my GPS tried to take me swimming with the fish near the Bloomfield Track, and an obliging

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Cooktown Guide

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Cooktown throws you in the deep end – history, wild coastline and a rugged frontier spirit that still lingers in the air on Charlotte Street in Cooktown. That was my introduction to this gem of a town as Oleksandr Honcharenko, and it started with me landing right on the banks of the Endeavour River –

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Tropical North Queensland Guide

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Your practical guide to Tropical North Queensland started juggling itself around in my brain years ago, somewhere between a soggy old swag precariously perched on the edge of the Daintree Rainforest & a servo pie, somehow amazingly still edible even after a week in the esky. I’m Oleksandr Honcharenko, and one thing I’ve definitely learnt

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Douglas Shire Guide

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