Spiders 'the size of dinner plates' invade camper but snake of more concern.

They may be lacking in numbers but the colourful characters of the hinterland more than make up for it with bold names and big personalities, writes Tim Roxborogh.

Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef could result in one million fewer visitors and hundreds of millions of dollars in lost tourism revenue each year

A man charged with the murder of Napier man Campbell Paterson in Far North Queensland 19 months stands trial today.

Juliana Bahr-Thompson always expected to move back to Noosa one day, but didn't expect to make the 1000km journey by paddling with her arms.

A miner reveals the hidden pain of suffering a mental breakdown while living and working at a remote Australian site.

Kiwi lifesaving champ branded gutless by father of little girl hit by flying tub of KFC coleslaw.

EXCLUSIVE: The parents of a New Zealander grabbed by a crocodile in Australia have spoken of their pain as authorities continue to search for the missing woman.

Cindy Waldron was snatched by predator while she went for late-night swim at remote Queensland beach.

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.

It's an unsettling feeling, eating a steak bigger than your face while a bull charges towards the slightly flimsy looking fence you're supposedly protected by.

If you like sea turtles and snorkelling, islands and adventures, and sipping a gin and tonic as the water laps gently around you then bareboating in the Whitsundays could be for you.

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.

Deep in the Australian Outback, many people drive to Winton.

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.

Tackling the Great Beach Drive proves easier than expected, finds Andrew Louis.

Detour off the main highway and safety of the tarmac and make your way down to the beach. I am on the Sunshine Coast, about to tackle Queensland’s Great Beach Drive.

Corazon Miller visits Fraser Island, a World Heritage Site that's been crowned the world's largest sand island.

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

Brisbane is the perfect place to test out the togs-undies theory.

Sharing a tiny slice of the Great Barrier Reef with just a few others overnight is a special experience, writes Shandelle Battersby.

A wildlife sanctuary on a plateau above Cairns teems with a colourful array of warblers, waders and raptors.

The hit TV show Thunderbirds could have been set in Cairns. Any one of the surrounding mountains could double as International Rescue's hideout.

Queensland's Outback works to a very specific weather pattern and it's nothing so ho-hum as four seasons a year.

Beaches on the Gold Coast were off limits and many on the Sunshine Coast could remain closed as cyclone Winston whips up huge waves and strong currents.

It's not all up, up and away in a hot air balloon, discovers Shandelle Battersby.