Today we went from the sublime to the ridiculous and then back to the sublime...

We arrived in the North Queensland capital of Townsville wet and bedraggled after five days in what I shall only ever refer to as the WetSundays.

Spa nudges guests into healthier lifestyles, writes Anne Gibson.

Kellie Blizard scales inner-city cliffs and surfs sand dunes in a Brisbane adventure.

Fergus Blakiston visits an Outback town where a single round of golf takes you through NSW, Queensland and South Australia.

The tea cosy-wearing hippies are still in Byron Bay, but corporate Australia is taking over fast.

Estelle Sarney takes her family jet-skiing in Queensland and warms to it after a shaky start.

Just down the road from the Sunshine Coast airport, Novotel Twin Waters Resort is an expansive haven that you'd never have to leave if you didn't feel the need to explore.

Kangaroos, cassowaries and crocs entranced Estelle Sarney and family.

Fine wine and food helped Emma Land while away the days in Noosa.

Noosa's annual food and wine festival is a sensory wonder, writes Nici Wickes.

Photos from this year's event on Australia's Sunshine Coast.

Graham Reid discovers a remote Queensland town steeped in history.

There are three things you have to worry about when you go whitewater rafting in Far North Queensland - the logodiles, the rockadiles and the crocodiles.

The Aussie dream portrayed by The GC television show has a darker underside, report John Weekes and Lee Mylne.

When the lucky devils who live in this north Queensland seaside haven throw a party, the pull is irresistible, writes Patrick Caruana.