Destination dreaming - ideas for your next expedition

Your adventure begins the moment you decide to go.

Our mission is to enable you to fulfil your passion for adventure with your own expedition of discovery.

We write for those travellers who long for a touring adventure yet prefer to be independent to enjoy the freedom of being their own masters rather than being part of an organised tour.

We save you a lot of time in research and allow you to embark with peace of mind awash with anticipation.

We can also engaged by groups to carry out the planning for their expedition.

We focus on the best of Australia, the iconic destinations - the ‘must do’ experiences. In particular, Australia's wonderful wilderness destinations. So, we have much of the hard work for you by removing the guess work. You will know you are going to one of the most sought after destinations in Australia & seeing the best each destination has to offer.

Our posts have not been developed to promote a given region or to sell travel product but rather have been developed just to share our passion for this amazing country.

Our purpose with our posts is to give you just enough insight to spark your curiosity and enable you to plan your own expedition of discovery. Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.

Here is a list of Australia's most iconic destinations:

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Australia:

• Australian Fossil Mammal Sites;

• Fraser Island – K’Gari (4WD);

• Gondwana Rainforests of Australia;

• Great Barrier Reef;

• Greater Blue Mountains;

• Kakadu National Park;

• Lord Howe Island;

• Ningaloo Reef & Coast;

• Purnlulu National Park (4WD);

• Shark Bay;

• Tasmanian Wilderness;

• Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park;

• Wet Tropics of Queensland;

• Willandra Lakes Region;

• Budj Bim Cultural Landscape;

Our Top 40 National Parks:

Queensland:

• K’gari (Fraser Island) Great Sandy National Park (4WD);

• Whitsunday Islands National Park;

• Daintree NP;

• Cape York Peninsula Parks (4WD);

• Carnarvon NP;

• Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) NP (4WD);

Victoria:

• Port Campbell NP (inc The Great Ocean Road);

• Grampians NP;

• Wilsons Promontory NP;

• The Victorian High Country (incorporating Snowy River NP, Alpine NP & Mount Buffalo NP)(4WD);

Tasmania:

• Cradle Mountain & Lake St Clair NP;

• Freycinet NP;

• Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers NP;

Northern Territory:

• Kakadu NP;

• Nitmuluk NP;

• Litchfield NP;

• Elsey NP;

• Uluru-Kata Tjuta NP;

• Watarrka NP;

• West & East MacDonnell NP;

• Finke Gorge NP;

New South Wales:

• Blue Mountains NP;

• The NSW Alps (incorporating Kosciuszko NP);

• Warrumbungle NP;

• Murramarang NP;

• Sturt NP;

• Mungo NP;

• Barrington Tops NP;

South Australia:

• Simpson Desert Conservation Park (4WD);

• Innamincka Recreation Reserve (4WD);

• Flinders Ranges NP;

Western Australia:

• Purnlulu NP(4WD);

• King Leopold Ranges CP (4WD);

• Windjana Gorge NP (4WD);

• Walpole-Nornalup NP (Valley of the Giants);

• Karijini National Park;

• Cape Range NP;

• Nambung NP;

• Kalbarri NP;

• Torndirup NP;

• William Bay NP;

Our Top 5 Iconic Wilderness Adventures (4WD):

• The Kimberley & Broome (inc The Gibb River Road);

• Cape York Peninsular (inc The Bloomfield Track, The Old Telegraph Track & The Creb Track);

• The Simpson Desert (inc The Birdsville Track & Oodnadatta Track);

• Innamincka & The Strzelecki Track;

• The Victorian High Country;

Our Top 9 Iconic Road Trips:

• Adelaide to Darwin;

• Outback Queensland;

• Sydney to Cairns on the coast;

• Central Australia (inc Macdonnell Ranges, Alice Springs & Uluru-Kata Tjuta);

• The Nullarbor - crossing the continent;

• The Great Ocean Road & Regional Victoria (incl The Grampians & Victoria’s Golden Triangle);

• Tasmania (incorporating Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritgae site, Cradle Mountain & Lake St Clair NP, Freycinet NP, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers NP);

• Western Australia's South West Region;

• The Coral Coast in Western Australia;

Other Iconic Destinations:

• The tropical north Queensland region (Innisfail to Cooktown);

• Beaches of the NSW coast;

• The Golden Triangle of Victoria (Ballarat, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Maldon);

• The Sunshine & Gold Coast regions of Queensland;

• The Barossa Valley;

• Margaret River;

• Kangaroo Island;

David & Rosemary Allan – the faces behind:

May adventure & discovery be your constant companions.

Reflection:

For me, a trip is memorable when I am enriched by a deeper sense of connection to a place which triggers an emotional or spiritual response. This comes from feelings of Awe when I feel part of something bigger. Such as, seeing dramatic landscapes, being caught up in the history and sensing the passion of the human spirit.

Indeed, a memorable experience will have me day dreaming about the next trip more than the last trip.

Remember: Your adventure begins the moment you decide to go.