37 FramesPushing the Q boundaries today… We know we’ve been through quite a few in China, and even one or two in Mexico… But just 2 off the top of head.
QUEENSLAND
Australia. Home. Three times the size of Texas, Queensland is full of stunning scenery, fantastic yarns, and eccentric personalities. Its most famous attraction is the Great Barrier Reef. Great beaches and tropical weather make it hard to decide where to go first. White sandy beaches grace almost the entire coastline, and a string of islands and coral atolls dangles just offshore. At the southern end, Gold Coast beaches and theme parks keep everyone happy. In the north, from Townsville to Cape York, the rainforest teems with flora and fauna. Brisbane brims with style. North of Brisbane is the Sunshine Coast -more white sandy beaches, crystal-clear waters, and rolling mountains dotted with villages. Not to forget the wild beauty of the largest sand island in the world, Fraser Island. Then there are the Whitsundays. Paradise. The idyllic island group is laced with coral reefs rising out of calm, blue waters teeming with colorful fish. Heading further north, you enter a land where islands, rainforest, mountains, and rivers unite. Green sugar-cane fields are everywhere. North of the Whitsundays is the rainforest settlement of Mission Beach. Townsville boasts 320 days of sunshine a year and marks the start of the Great Green Way – an area of lush natural beauty on the way to Cairns. And that’s just the coast. Outback Queensland is just as iconic. Memories: the joy of growing up in Queensland is one of the best memories of my life.
QUEENSTOWN
Tasmania. Bare, poisoned hills that make up the eerily beautiful “moonscape” of Queenstown show the results of mining. Largest town on Tasmania’s west coast – essentially owes its existence to mining. Minerals and gold were discovered in the area in the 1880s and the town grew rapidly. Trees growing on the surrounding hills were cut down to fuel smelters and then the topsoil was washed away by the area’s heavy rainfall, leaving the bare, coloured rocks and odd, lunar landscape we see today. Today, Queenstown still has something of the air of a frontier town. It is a classified historic town. Memories: singing while dangerously navigating switchback roads, the railway, very historic.
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