Part 2 of the QLD Road Trip focuses on my stops to Beaches.
We travel overseas to experience (normally) what we don’t have already. A different culture, cuisine, history, seasons or landscape as example. So this is a unique one for me, as I live at my blogs banner beach; I get a little blase when it comes to beaches during travel.
Hill Inlet LO to Whitehaven Beach on left
Australia is famous for its beaches, miles and miles of sandy shores all around.
Our possibly most famous being Whitehaven Beach, its silica sand so pure, it was used by NASA to create the lens for the Hubble.
But beaches come in such significant variety, and as we are often drawn to the waters, be they oceans, rivers, creeks or lakes, beaches are often dear to our hearts. Some of our fondest memories may well involve family time at a beach somewhere.
My Bucket List will be updated to include some of those Glass Beaches we all see around the internet, and the Black Beach at Reynisdranger Iceland was certainly one of the most impressive I have ever experienced.
So this page is dedicated to those Queensland Beaches I stopped at for a stretch & stroll along this Covid Road Trip.
Lets start with Whitehaven Beach which is found on Whitsunday Island, one of 74 islands off Airlie Beach on the Great Barrier Reef. Over 7km long with trailed lookouts at both ends.
Quite a contrast to the beaches at Cape Tribulation with their warning signs for Crocs & Stingers
Or the Palm Tree lined sands of the Mission Beach coast where I encountered more Cassowary wandering across the road, and stayed at the fabulous & easily recommended Licuala Lodge.
And to round up, the other Beach highlights from my stops along the way…
WILT – What I am listening to ?
Don’t try to read too much into these WILT’s, it’s often just that earworm from my music library
Great Post,. We may be restricted to Queensland, but how many of us have stopped to realise and explore what our state has to offer. Add to that brilliant winter weather and it is easy to understand why so many southerners visit. Travel memories with loved ones are one of the greatest gifts we can share.