© Lonely Planet Publications 491 Index 4WD travel 471 Australian-Italian Festival 319 Frankland Islands 360-1 hire 213, 471 Australian Butterfly Sanctuary 363 Gold Coast 138-54 itineraries 25 Australian Gospel Music Festival 164 Halfway Island 244 tours 131, 134, 155, 200, 212-13, Australian Institute of Marine Science Hook Island 287-8 215, 281, 311, 392 314 Humpy Island 244 Australian Outback Spectacular 149 Lizard Island 401 A Australian Rodeo Heritage Centre 169 Long Beach 242 Abattoir Swamp Environment Park Australian Rules Football 37 Long Island 286-7 393 Australian Skins 454 Mackay 263-4 INDEX Abbey Museum 182 Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame Middle Island 244 accommodation 448-50, see also & Outback Heritage Centre 437 Monkey Beach 242 individual locations Australian Sugar Industry Museum Newell Beach 383-4 activities 61-70, see also individual 332 Palm Cove 357-9 activities Australian Venom Zoo 362 Sarina Beach 269 Adventure Way 446-7 Australian Workers Heritage Centre Trinity Beach 357 aerial tours, see scenic flights 439 Whitehaven Beach 292 AFL 37 Australia Zoo 182-3 Yorkeys Knob 356-7 Agnes Water 249-53 Ayton 395 bêche-de-mer 360 Airlie Beach 279-86, 280 Bed & Breakfast & Farmstay Association air travel 463-6, 467 B of Far North Queensland 449 to/from Brisbane 106 B&Bs 449 Bedarra Island 332 to/from Cairns 352 Babinda 354-5 bed bugs 481 to/from Townsville 307 Ballandean 170-3 Bedourie 445 Alexandra Park & Zoo 228 ballooning Beef Australia 236 Alligator Creek 314 Brisbane 84-5 Beerburrum mail robbery 32 Alma Park Zoo 83 Cairns 342 bee stings 481 Amamoor 213-14 Gold Coast 144 bent-wing bats 239 Anakie 255, 256 Port Douglas 378 Betoota 446 Ang-Gnarra Festival Ground 407 Baloon Cave 258 bicycle travel, see cycling animals 50-7, see also individual Bamaga 413 Bicycling Federation of Australia 63 species Bamaga Rd 412 Bidjarra people 258 Antechinuses 55 Banfield, EJ 331 Big Day Out 454 Apple & Grape Festival 171 Bang Bang Jump-up 429 Big Pineapple 202 Araluen Falls 272 Barcaldine 439-40 Big Red 445 Arcadia 310 Barcoo River 441 Big Rig 175-6 Archer River 409, 411 Bargara 228, 231 Big River Jazz Festival 236 architecture 262 Baroon Pocket Dam 203-4 bilbies 58, 442 area codes 459, see also inside front Barra Bash 371 Biloela 259 cover Barramundi Discovery Centre 421 bird-watching Arkarra 220 Bat Reach 362, 367 Abattoir Swamp Environment Arkhurst Island 291 bats, bent-wing 239 Park 393 Art Deco 262 beaches East Hope Island 401 art galleries, see galleries Brampton Island 272-3 Hope Islands 401 artesian spa 445 Bramston Beach 355 Iron Range National Park 410 arts 37-41, 455, see also individual arts Caloundra 183 Julatten 383 Astley, Thea 39 Cape Kimberley Beach 389 Lake Moondarra 431-2 Atherton 365-6 Cow Bay 389-90 Lizard Island 401 Atherton Tableland 361-72, 7 Fisherman’s Beach 242 Low Lake 410 ATMs 457 Fitzroy Island 360 Port Douglas 378 Australia Day 454 Four Mile Beach 376 Seabird Islet 400 492 Index (B-C) bird-watching continued Brampton Island 272-3 Bush Poetry Festival 435 South Molle Island 289 Bramston Beach 355 bush tucker 42 Wurruma Swamp 417 Bribie Island 181-2 bushwalking 61-2 birds 54 Brisbane 71-108, 74-5, 82, 85 Airlie beach 280-1 Birdsville 445-6 accommodation 89-93 books 62 Birdsville Races 446, 455 activities 84-5 Boulders 354-5 Birdsville Track 446 drinking 101-2 Brampton Island 272-3 Birdworld 363 emergency services 72-3 Cooloola Wilderness Trail 214 Bjelke-Petersen, Joh 32, 33 entertainment 102-5 Dalrymple Gap Walking Track 322 Blackall 440-1 festivals 88-9, 454, 455 Fraser Island Great Walk 210 Blackdown Tableland National Park food 93-101 Granite Gorge Nature Park 364 253-4 Fortitude Valley 97-8 Hayman Island 291 Black Mountain National Park 394 internet access 73 itineraries 26 Blacks Beach 269 internet resources 71 Kuranda 362 black stump 441 medical services 73 Lindeman Island 292 INDEX Blair Athol Mine 255 New Farm 98-9 Magnetic Island 310 bleaching, coral 56-7 Paddington 100 Mission Beach 328 Blencoe Falls 417-18 Petrie Terrace 100 Mossman Gorge 382 Bloomfield Falls 395 river cruises 88 Mt Bartle Frere Summit Track 355 Bloomfield River 395 shopping 105-6 Mt Sorrow Ridge Walk 391 Bloomfield Track 395 sights 76-84 Nandroya Falls Circuit 355 Bluewater Lagoon 264 South Bank 99-100 Rainbow Beach 214 Bluff Point 241 tourist information 73 Sunshine Coast Hinterland Great Boldrewood, Rolf 39 tours 85-6 Walk 204 Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National travel to/from 106-7 Thorsborne Trail 323-5 Park 423-4 travel within 107-8 business hours 450 booking 401 West End 100-1 Butchulla people 207 books 20, see also literature Brisbane Bicycle Touring Association 63 butterflies 410 animals 50 Brisbane Botanic Gardens 81 Byfield 241-2 birds 54 Brisbane Bushwalkers Club 62 Byfield National Park 241 bushwalking 62 Brisbane City Hall 76-7 BYO 45 fishing 64 Brisbane International Film Festival food 43, 47 455 C health 478 Brisbane Pride Festival 454 Caboolture 182 history 27, 28, 29, 32 Brisbane Riverfestival 455 Caboolture Warplane Museum 182 indigenous people 36 Brisbane-to-Gladstone Yacht Race 454 Cactoblastis Cairn 167 kayaking 70 Broadbeach 149-50 Cairns 336-53, 338 plants 50 Brock, Peter 239 accommodation 346-9 reptiles 56 Broken River 271 activities 342-3 surfing 67 brolgas 57 drinking 351 travel literature 21 Bromfield Swamp 369 emergency services 337 Boolimba Bluff 258 Brook Islands 323 entertainment 351-2 border crossings 466-7 Bundaberg 226-31, 227 festivals 346, 455 Boreen Point 199-200 Bundy Easter Roundup 229 food 349-51 botanic gardens, see parks & gardens bungee jumping 61, 144 internet access 337 Boulders 354-5 Bunya Mountains National Park 177-8 medical services 337 Boulia 444-5 Burke & Wills’ Camp 119 422 shopping 352 Bowen 293-5 Burketown 422 sights 339-42 Bowling Green Bay National Park 314 Burleigh Heads 150-2, 151 tourist information 339 box jellyfish 63, 251, 374 Burrum Coast National Park 226 tours 343-6 Boyne Island 247 bus travel 468-9, 474 travel to/from 352-3 to/from Brisbane 106-7 travel within 353 000 Map pages to/from Cairns 352-3 Cairns Museum 341-2 000 Photograph pages to/from Townsville Cairns Regional Gallery 340 bushfires 452 Cairns Tropical Zoo 357-8 Index (C) 493 Cairns Wildlife Dome 342 Cathedral Cave 258 Conondale National Park 202 Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve 363 Cathedral Fig 371 conservation 59 Calliope River Historical Village 246 cattle stations, see stations consulates 454 Caloundra 183-6, 184 & homesteads Conway Beach 286 Cambooya 167 Causeway Lake 241 Conway National Park 280, 286 camel rides caves Cooberrie Park 239 Lake Cooroibah 199 Baloon Cave 258 Cook, James 27 Noosa 194 Camooweal Caves National Park Cooktown 346, 396-400, 397, 10 Camooweal 433 433 Cooktown Discovery Festival 399, 454 Camp 119 423 Capricorn Caves 239 Coolangatta 152-4, 153 campervans 471, 472 Cathedral Cave 258 Coolangatta Gold 144, 145 camping 449 Chillagoe 366 Cooloola Coast 198-200, 199 cane toads 59 Crystal Caves 365 Cooloola Wilderness Trail 214 Cania Gorge National Park 179 Natural Bridge 158 Coolum 190-1 INDEX canoeing 70, see also kayaking, Cedar, Gadgarra Red 372 Cooper Creek 390 white-water rafting Cedar Bay (Mangkal-Mangkalba) Copperfield Gorge 419 Elanda Point 200 National Park 395 Coral Sea 344-5 Noosa 194, 195 Cedar Creek Falls 286 Cosmic Skydome 81 Rainbow Beach 215 Cedar Galleries 249 Cosmos Centre 442 Canungra 158 cell phones 458-9 costs 18-19 Cape Gloucester 292-3 Centenary Lakes 339 Country Music Festival 428 Cape Hillsborough National Park 274 Central Eastern Rainforests Reserves 51 courses Cape Kimberley Beach 389 Central Queensland Military & cooking 47 Cape Tribulation 346, 387, 390-3, 388 Artifacts Association Inc 235 diving & snorkelling 63 Cape York 346 Centre of Contemporary Arts 341 surfing 68 Cape York Peninsula 404-15, 405, 7 Champagne Pools 209 Cow Bay 389-90 climate 404 Champions Brock Experience 239 Crater Lakes National Park 372 internet resources 403 Channel Country 444-7 Crawford’s Lookout 355 permits 406 Charleville 441-3 credit cards 457 Cape York Turtle Rescue 412 Charters Towers 315-18, 427, 316 cricket 37, 454 Capricorn Caves 239 Childers 225-31 Crocodile Hunter 183 Capricorn Coast 232-59, 233 children, travel with 450-1 crocodiles hinterland 253-9 activities 66 Cape Tribulation 392 internet resources 232 Brisbane 86-7 Daintree River 384 travel to/from 233-4 Cairns 343 environmental issues 56 Captain Billy Landing 412 food 46-7 Krys the Crocodile 420 Captain Starlight 176 itineraries 26 Port Douglas 378 car travel 469-74 Chillagoe 366 safety 386, 482 4WDs 471 Chironex box jellyfish 63, 251, 374 Crows Nest 166-7 driving licences 470 cinema, see film Croydon 419-20 hire 470-1 City Botanic Gardens (Brisbane) 78 cruises, see also sailing insurance 471 Clancy, Bridget 318 Agnes Water 251 organisations 474 Clermont 255 bird-watching 384 road conditions 472-3 Clifton 167 Bribie Island 184 road distance chart 470 Clifton Beach 357 Bundaberg 228 road rules 473 climate 18, 451-2 Caloundra 184 Cardwell 322-3 climate change 56-7, 465 Cooktown 398 Carisbrooke Station 436 Cloncurry 429, 430, 434 Daintree 390 Carlisle Island 273 Cockatoo Creek crossing 412 Dunk Island 328 Carlo Sandblow 214 Cod Hole 344-5, 401 Everglades 194 Carnarvon Gorge 257-8 Coen 409 Fraser Island 194 Carnarvon National Park 51, 257-9, 8 Combo Waterhole 434 Gladstone 246 Carnival of Flowers 164, 455 Commissariat Stores Building 77 Gold Coast 139-40 cash 457 Commonwealth Games 33 Great Barrier Reef 277, 281, 303, cassowaries 391 Condon, Matthew 39 343-5, 377-8 494 Index (C-E) cruises continued