THE BEST BEACH.... Mission Beach is my favourite - long, wide sandy beach with views out to Dunk Island - the most perfect spot to

Cherie Howie stays in a one-bedroom Townsville apartment with river and city views.

Seafood and eat it - it's a philosophy that's easy to follow, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Police are considering whether to excavate a North Queensland rubbish tip where it is feared missing schoolgirl Rachel Antonio may be buried.

Cherie Howie stays at a Queensland hotel that boasts a huge lagoon pool.

Prime Minister John Key will land in New Delhi overnight to finally start his India trip after plane problems meant he had to cancel one of only three days in the country.

A man has been charged with murder after allegedly ploughing his four wheel drive into a Far North Queensland funeral home packed with mourners.

You can't visit Australia without cuddling a koala.

Wartime rationing and a famous poem built an Aussie pub legend, writes Pamela Wade.

Just after we rolled back the clocks and settled again into the dark evenings and, in my opinion, the depressing half of the year, I amused myself with one of those silly online quizzes.

Fitzroy Island is a cliche of a tropical paradise - pretty as a postcard. First impressions are of lofty palm trees, golden-tan sand and a blue, blue sea.

There are swathes of blackened trunks and spindly ghosts of trees, killed when the sap boiled from the heat of bushfires.

Fraser Island this month started welcoming mid-sized cruise ships as part of what local authorities say is a major tourism coup.

I may have been slightly judgmental when I turned up for a standup paddleboarding lesson and discovered my instructor was a teenager.

Wander, linger, look out - just some of the reasons Pamela Wade feels free as a bird taking the overnight train from Brisbane.

It's easy to find yourself smiling at a baby saltwater crocodile, discovers Caris Bizzaca, from well behind the fence.

The cowboys star thanks his coach for lifting his form, but feels his best work is to come tomorrow.

Sarah Motherwell sees the emblematic ulysses butterfly in Queensland's rainforest.

Palm Cove local Vicky Bigeni tells is what she loves about living in Tropical North Queensland.

Cairns-based local government administrator Erenie Te Kakau tell us what she most loves about living by Queensland’s beaches.

Each week, expat Kiwis tell us what they most love about living by Queensland's beaches. Today we hear from Mary Low of the Cairns Chinese Association.

Each week, expat Kiwis tell us what they most love about living by Queensland's beaches. Today we hear from artist Geoff Dixon.

On a 4WD adventure along the Bloomfield Track in Queensland, Christopher Somerville finds that the tropics of Australia are as spectacular and diverse as they are vast.

Each week, expat Kiwis tell us what they most love about living by Queensland's beaches. Today we hear from Gaylene Whenmouth of Magabala Books.

Sue Baxalle pulls on her fins for an amazing underwater experience where she meets the first of many new friends in North Queensland.

Each week, expat Kiwis tell us what they most love about living by Queensland's beaches. Today we hear from local government administrator Erenie Te Kakau.

Graham Reid finds plenty to do in Cairns, if you like your action laid-back and tropical.

Graham Reid goes to a signature pub off the main highway.

Visiting Australia during National Reconciliation Week, Ewan McDonald takes a walk into the country's past.

This state-of-the-art speed train devours long scenic stretches while passengers enjoy views in comfort, writes Brian Kelly.