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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: KieranR on April 12, 2012, 07:49:55 AM
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So whats the best place you've visited in your travels around oz?
Mine is Cape Leveque and middle lagoon, absolutley love those places, Mitchell falls aswell., Heading back up there in a couple of months, can't wait
Kieran
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Last year we spent 3 months in the Kimberley and I think we would have to answer the question with just that, THE KIMBERLEY. :cup:
Kevin and Kris
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Home.
my own little sanctuary, where I can close the door on life's issuesand problems.
Outside of that, its a big world and a big country, ,where to start?
I am jealous of all of you who have seen so much, been so far, experienced alot.
Maybe one day, maybe one day.
Till then, I love seeing your photos/reading your blogs/
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So far for us it's a toss up between FNQ and the Gulf Country, the NSW/VIC High Country and Tassie, so far Tassie gets the nod, this may change once we get to WA, other parts of SA and the Top End of NT though.
Baz.
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Tassie is on my hit list, I hear the place is amazing.. maybe in the next couple of years we'll get down there hopefully
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There are alot of places that I have been and loved but also a lot of places that I have not "YET" been that I reckon will trump these places but at the moment pretty hooked on S/W victoria GO Road back to S.A. & Cape Otway particularly.
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Having travelled alot of my beloved country before I started high school and almost completing the navigation of it before I did leave high school, and still having various places that I still wish to see / be ... I have to say that the area around and north of Mt Isa was great (love the Jump Up country), as was the whole of the top end of NT. My favourite place has always been the Kimberley and Kunnunura, but having visited Tassie for the first time in 2007, I have to say that the two vastly different areas have an equal standing in my heart now. One can get sunburnt in Tassie just as easily as anywhere up north. ;D
Owning camera's since I was 11, I guess I tend to see places differently to some others ... I see everything as that fantastic postcard you'd love to send home "I was here and thinking of you" ... or that perfect spot that makes people go "Wow!".
Where I live here in the Great South East of Qld, is one of the most diverse places to find a great spot and is very beautiful. I guess living here makes it all the more hoo hum, but it has something to offer everyone ... including lots of rain at times. I never realised how hilly the place is until I spent some time living in Darwin. You can find many reasons to love my home range on my blog!
Kit_e
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I have travelled the Gulf Country a number of times even across to kunnunura, from Monkey Mia to Esperance in Wa and the Cape so for where I have been I still love doing the Cape trip due to the challenge , the scenery and the water holes.
But there are so many places in Australia that have their own unique character.
Mark
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Last year we spent 3 months in the Kimberley and I think we would have to answer the question with just that, THE KIMBERLEY. :cup:
Kevin and Kris
I'm with you guys ;D Which is why we live here.
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my wedding reception......... ;D
outside of that Tassie wins hands down
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my wedding reception......... ;D
outside of that Tassie wins hands down
Not the honeymoon !! ;D
Mark
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Cradle Mountain
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Double Island Point mid week after the any holidays......generally empty and you start of on the southern side flicking for whiting on the high tide....surf from about 2hrs after high tide till close to low tide, then cruise over the point......yep I just got a key to the gates.......and then hit Paradise point at the end of Rainbow for lunch then surf or fish off the rocks at low tide.
Close to home, awesome day away from work sh!t and always offshore.
:cheers:
Nomad.
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The Kimberley, top end of the NT and South West WA in no particular order.
Matt
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a place to just sit back relax and watch the kids enjoy the water with out a worry would have to be greens pool absolutely stunning bit of coast
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Its a three way battle for me.
Cape Mellville, loved it out there.
Adels Grove, camped down in the grove is fantastic.
Kununurra, we loved it that much we moved up there for a year. Its like a second home to us.
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I love the Flinders Ranges and the dessert country in the north and west of SA, but i would have to say my favourite place would have to be Ahrnemland, so picturesque and untouched, definitely found a new appreciation for our greeat country in that beautiful part of Aus.
:cheers: Cracka
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Would have to be a little place between Wyndham and Kununurra called Parry Creek Farm,
a truly magnificant little spot with plenty of sights all around the area
:cheers:
Flighty
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In my camper trailer/4X4? It'd have to be the protected beach along Rainbow Beach next to Double Island Pt.
A magic spot..
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=&sll=-25.947973,153.18306&sspn=0.033302,0.038581&t=h&ie=UTF8&ll=-25.947395,153.174734&spn=0.037046,0.054932&z=14&output=embed (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=&sll=-25.947973,153.18306&sspn=0.033302,0.038581&t=h&ie=UTF8&ll=-25.947395,153.174734&spn=0.037046,0.054932&z=14&output=embed)
Without my CT/4WD? Europe, London, New York, Rome..
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Hi,
so many really great places we have visited, each different in its own way.
Vast open spaces, huge skies and warm red colours on one end and cool moist forest and mountains on the other.
Some where in the middle is the beaches and sands with their blues and yellows; not forgetting the greens and browns of the alpine country as well.
The best place? Hmm!
I suppose it has to be the place I wouldn't mind if I didn't ever leave.
That would rule out the deserts, the vast plains and landscapes, the very scary huge cities, beaches that go on forever, and country that takes weeks to cross. Yes they are fascinating and exciting places, so huge, so different: But I don't have to stay!
I guess I'm most comfortable with the Tasmanian landscape, I can wander through it slowly, at my leisure, even a day's walking will cover a wide variety of country.
I have lived on the Mainland and overseas, and for me, Tassie is certainly the best place to return to.
cheers
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The favourites so far on our trip are Red Bluff on Quobba Station and South Lefroy Bay camping area on Ningaloo Station, also Lucky Bay at Cape Le Grand wasnt a bad spot either...
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Anywhere on frasers northen end. Sandy cape. I could live there for ever but i would soon be divorced lol.
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There's no place like home.
SW Victoria and across the border to SA is such beautiful windblown wilderness. Doesn't fit in with everyone's idea of beauty but there are so many gems of places that people drive past on their way to somewhere else - Discovery Bay.
I'm noting down everyone's spots ;D
Will try to visit some..
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Ive travelled alot over the years especially throughout Australia and also done some overseas locations. With the exception of Tassie, I've also lived and worked in every state of Australia.
My favourite locations would have to be family trips away up those quiet little coastal town holiday areas of mid to north NSW. Places like Seal Rocks, SW Rocks, Foster/ Tuncurry, Myalls Lakes, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Kempsy, Maclean etc.
These are trips where it's not exactly bush camping but the family does enjoy some of great holiday parks up that way when we are not doing bush trips.
Campfire
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definately Coral Bay
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Hmm. it is indeed hard to pick a spot, isn't it? We have travelled in various ways (backpacked into the Arnhemland escarpments and all along the Katherine Gorge in the Top End, for example), taken an offraod caravan into special spots or just tented it.
Favourite highlights would include the Kimberley and Pilbara - Karajini National Park is very special. Bells Gorge on the Gibb River Road is lovely.
Davenport Ranges (East of Tennant Creek) is special country, especially the ridgetop way out to the south.
Twin Falls is a unique and special part of the Top End.
I really like visiting Lower Glenelg National Park (near Nelson, Vic) and there are some lovely camp sites on the river. But don't go here in the school holidays if you can help it....!
I could go on.
Chris
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For beauty, the best place I've been would have to be Wilsons Promontory.
A very close second would be Bright.
Strangely they are both in Mexico (Victoria - land of the crazed speewa) and I hate the cold.......
For atmosphere and that special feeling nothing beats Kings Creek Station.
I don't know why and I can't explain, but if you've been there you'll know.
On the subject of best place, I reckon any place you are getting away to and having fun is the best at the time.
Like when you're a kid, you're best friend is the kid outside your door.
Keep the wheels rolling and its all good............
Brian
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Now I am not biased or anything, but I reckon the best place I know is where I live, on the edge of Lake Gregory in WA.
Tjupurula
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Carnarvon Gorge, the Daintree and Fraser Island. It's hard to pick one out of those three.
Gary
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MMMMMMMM the best place??????
How about just stating ,, ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA!!!!!
however for me would be the Buckland Valley, just below mt Murray.
peace, solitude, bit of fishing & hunting, plenty driving or wlking tracks,, camps galore by the river..
What more could a body want
cheers Stan
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Well - you would have to be a pack of mongrels....... >:D
I am sooooooooooo confused ......................... ???
I have hundreds of favourites and you lot have just added more favourites that I just haven't been to yet.................
In all seriousness, I avoided this post for a couple of days because I knew I would have to start adding places to the itinerary.
Gotta love myswaggers for their unselfish sharing of the best of what this great country has to offer........... Just can't wait to get back "out there" - damn the lack of funds and if I ever find the b@5tard who came up with the idea of working for travelling money, well - we are going to have a verrrrrrry serious chat.
Thanks everyone for sharing.
Oh, my favourite place would have to be the top of Tim Shea - a peak near Maydena in Tassies South West Wilderness that has recently been locked off because of vandalism.
I know :worthles: BUT I've just been through all my photos from up there and none are good enough, so I will have to go back and take some more.
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Hi Draggin,
some thing like this?
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mk5PN7xOBf4/T4tqK-XzC2I/AAAAAAAABGo/LcM6VBBgQm8/w500-h375-k/DSCN0020.JPG)
cheers
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Hi Draggin,
some thing like this?
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mk5PN7xOBf4/T4tqK-XzC2I/AAAAAAAABGo/LcM6VBBgQm8/w500-h375-k/DSCN0020.JPG)
cheers
Great shot austastar. You in it or taking it??
Was there any "back a bit... bit more... bit more" ;D
LJ
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Yeah I've got heaps like that but they still don't really portray the beauty. Not to mention the 360 degree view.
The key for the gate is available (reluctantly) at the Maydena Adventure Hub but they are charging an exorbitant deposit for it. They said $200 trying to put me off last time I was there and I said "fine, no worries, it's only tossers YOU have to worry about".......They looked quite upset that I was ok (actually not at all) with paying a deposit to go up top.
It's still worth it.
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Not actually one specific place but i have spent a lot of time on the barrier reef and reckin thats hard to beat
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Sandy Cape on the West Coast of Tassie. Magic!
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TUMUT NSW and surrounds, ended up living there for 13 years and are now hanging to get back. The amount of camping and sight seeing available through the snowy, National parks and Forestry areas is unbeatable. 50,000 options all within a short drive of a crackin little town.
Going back next week for a quick visit and cant wait.
Regards
jas
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A tossup between The Kimberley and Gammon Ranges... Tassie and Francois Peron NP come very close!
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Great shot austastar. You in it or taking it??
Was there any "back a bit... bit more... bit more" ;D
LJ
Hi,
I took it - just a record shot, the lighting was pretty flat, and I was with a group, so not much time to muck about.
It is a pity about all the communication hardware stuck up on top there.
cheers
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i've been everywhere man, and i reckon Palm Valley, NT is up there:
(http://www.ayersrockresort.com.au/images/alice/asr_touring_17lg.jpg)