Things to do in Australia
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Fan Palm Boardwalk Café
Open-air licensed cafe serving great coffee next to a boardwalk. Also organises tours.
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Falls Teahouse
Dairy folk and waterfall seekers gather at the Falls Teahouse overlooking the rolling Tableland hills. You might try homemade pasta, curry or sandwiches made from home-baked bread. The 'dairyman's lunch' is a signature dish. It's on the turn-off to Millaa Millaa Falls.
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Exchange Bookshop
Exchange Bookshop has been selling new and secondhand books for over 60 years. A good place to pick up some fresh beach reading titles at an affordable price.
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Eubenangee Swamp National Park
About 20km north of Innisfail on the Bruce Hwy is the turn-off to the bird-rich wetlands of Eubenangee Swamp National Park. During the Wet, the water level of the Russell River rises such that it causes the Alice River to flow backwards, which floods the swamp.
A 1km walking trail follows the Alice River (a waterway with a healthy croc population) through the mangroves and leads to an elevated grassy knoll overlooking the lily-studded wetlands. From here there are also views over to Mt Bartle Frere in Wooroonooran National Park.
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Ellis Beach Bar 'n' Grill
Ellis Beach Bar & Grill pumps out tasty burgers, roast chicken, fish and chips, old-fashioned milkshakes and beer.
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Eden House
Fragrant gardenia greets diners to this early 19th-century house-cum-restaurant where the emphasis is on matching food and wine. Tequila prawns, followed by crème brûlée with marinated strawberries and coconut tuile make for a memorable meal.
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Driftaways Restaurant
Tuck into masses of salt-and-pepper squid at Driftaways Restaurant.
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Double Island
Privately owned Double Island is visible from the beach. It's available to rent on a whole-island basis, sleeping from one privacy-savouring guest to a wedding or conference party of 50.
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Dalrymple Gap Walking Track
The Dalrymple Gap Walking Track was originally an Aboriginal foot track made into a road by George Dalrymple in the 1860s as a stock route. The track is 8km long (eight hours return) and passes through Girringun National Park and an old stone bridge that is registered by the National Trust. The turn-off to the track is off the highway, 15km south of Cardwell.
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Daintree Ice Cream Company
Set in the middle of productive fruit trees, this is the ultimate in fine alfresco ice-cream eating. The ice cream of the day might be apricot, soursop or the chocolate-pudding-tasting black sapota. This is one place where you pray the generator keeps humming.
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Daintree Discovery Centre
Get walking at the Daintree Discovery Centre, which has several rainforest walks lined with interpretive panels. If you need more information, the multilingual audio guide comes in handy (included in the entry fee unless you say no), as does the booklet, which is a useful resource for the entire trip. There’s an aerial walkway that traverses the forest floor to a 23m viewing tower. The small theatre runs films such as Australia’s Deadliest Animals. Jindalba Boardwalk is less than 1km down the road, and has picnic tables, a 700m walk and a longer 2.7km version.
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Daintree Discovery Centre
The Daintree Discovery Centre is a rainforest interpretive centre with advanced eco credentials. Its aerial walkway traverses the forest floor to a 23m viewing tower. Visitors are encouraged to use an audio guide, available in six languages. There are some short walks with interpretive panels and a small theatre runs films on the hippest of talking points - conservation. Jindalba Boardwalk weaves through the rainforest behind the centre.
You can have your entry ticket validated for seven days.
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Curtain Fig
The magnificent Curtain Fig is a must-see. Looking like a prop from The Lord of the Rings, this 500-year-old tree has aerial roots that hang down to create a feathery curtain. A wheelchair-accessible viewing platform snakes around the tree, and bush turkeys forage in the leaf litter below.
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CSLC
This locals’ haunt has had a massive upgrade so now there are views with the fish and prawn platters. The treed garden bar is great.
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Crystal Caves
The Crystal Caves is a mineralogical museum in an artificial grotto that winds for a block under Atherton's streets and houses rose quartz boulders, dazzling blue topaz and assorted fossils. You must wear a hard hat, and the last 'miners' need to be there one hour before closing.
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Croydon's information centre
Croydon's information centre, museum, craft shop and internet café are housed in the historic police station alongside several other restored buildings. The centre conducts one-hour walking tours.
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Crackerbox Palace
If you like your retro, you'll like Crackerbox. You may not fit the fabulous '50s furniture in your backpack, but a Viva Tijuana! record makes for easy carry-on luggage. Polyester and paisley hang from the clothes racks, and preloved books and titbits cram the shelves.
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Cotters Market
Cotters Market has about 200 craft and food stalls, as well as live entertainment; it's wheelchair accessible. There's also a night market along the Strand on the first Friday of the month from May to December.
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Coffee Works
To sample some of the region's speciality produce, head to Coffee Works, a roaster that has daily tasting tours at 10:00, noon and 14:00. Delicious handmade chocolates for sale too!
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Clifton Village Shopping Centre
Self-caterers can frequent the supermarket at Clifton Village Shopping Centre.
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Clifton Capers Bar & Grill
Clifton Capers Bar & Grill serves up $20 pizzas and dabbles in an international menu including Wiener schnitzel.
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Catseye Beach
The sheer size of this resort means there are plenty of entertainment possibilities, which makes Hamilton an interesting day trip from Shute Harbour as you can use some the resort facilities. The resort has tennis courts, squash courts, a gym, a golf driving range and a mini-golf course.
From Catseye Beach, in front of the resort, you can hire windsurfers, catamarans, jet skis and other equipment, and go parasailing or water-skiing. Among the other options are helicopter joy rides, game fishing and even paintball skirmish.
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Cardwell Forest Drive
The Cardwell Forest Drive starts from the centre of town and is a scenic 26km round trip, with excellent lookouts, walking tracks and picnic areas signposted along the way. There are super swimming opportunities at Attie and Dead Horse Creek, as well as Spa Pool.
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Cairns Tropical Zoo
Just west of Palm Cove, this zoo offers an up-close wildlife experience with crocodiles and snakes, koala photo sessions and kangaroo feeding. Its Cairns Night Zoo experience includes a barbecue dinner and entertainment. Transfers are available from Palm Cove, Port Douglas and Cairns and the northern beaches.
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Cairns Tropical Zoo
Cairns Tropical Zoo has crocodile shows (11:30 and 15:00) and koala photo sessions at 14:00; you can even wed at the Wildlife Wedding Chapel, which dispatches two newlywed couples a day at peak times.
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