I always like to gain some perspective of places that I visit. Cairns, my hometown, is no exception. I love the way the mountains meet the coastline

I must admit to being pleasantly surprised when I opened the cover of 100 Things to see in Tropical North Queensland and started reading the pages within…

Muddy's is amazing, don't get me wrong. I do love the generous selection of playground equipment suited to a variety of age ranges and abilities. But...

It’s hard to get the concept of crocodiles out of your head as you swim in the inky black waterhole at the bottom of Hartley’s Creek Falls. It doesn’t help that Hartley’s Creek Crocodile Farm is just down the road.

Want to know a secret? I rarely visit the beaches during summer. WHY? Well when you live in Tropical North Queensland the creeks and waterfalls offer MUCH more during our official ‘wet’ season.

If you like your walks gradual, easing yourself into a state of exertion then the Smith’s Track is NOT for you. Think Glacier Rock on steroids and you have some concept of what this track has in store for you.

With the Commonwealth Games set to hit the Gold Coast this April, 2018 we got asked by Queensland Tourism to share our local secrets with visitors.

It’s a 2,700km ‘shortcut’ through the Heart of Australia that links Queensland to Western Australia via a great central road and it will take you past iconic landmarks, through remote Aboriginal communities and isolated Outback Stations…

Head into the Outback with the kids in the back seat of your car and you realise you’re on a family road trip like no other…

I’m pleased to say our first official Happy Hour run by ourselves (and with the support of the Done & Dusted crew, Peta and Kirk) was a Rip Roaring success

Let me get one thing clear – when you arrive in Cairns there is no shortage of activities to choose from. But we all know kids, sometimes its hard to work out which things will really tick all their boxes AND which activities will work for you the adult (after all we count as well!!).

It’s a hip, laid-back, funky little resort town that sits on the doorstep of World Heritage Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef, BUT is Port Douglas really that family friendly?

As I zip-lined over the massive Saltwater Crocodile I had to remind myself that I was doing this for my son’s birthday party.