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Located on the Great Barrier Reef, is Lizard Island. The reefs near to Lizard Island are known for the best big game fishing in the world.

Port Douglas, once a little fishing village, has now become the center of life. It is a great place to enjoy wonderful restaurants, cafes and bars.

Townsville, Queenslands third largest city, provides a large coastal position, parklands, attractions , a cafe and restaurant scene, as well as a lofty Castle Hill.

Hayman Island is a private island resort in the Whitsunday Islands. You can arrive from a cruise, departing at Hamilton Island Airport, or you can fly by seaplane or helicopter. The resort is surrounded by the coral fringed beaches and the Coral Sea. It has guest rooms, suites, penthouses and a beach villa .

The tropical city of Cairns is the gateway to Tropical North Queensland and the ideal base to explore the region It was once a service town for the sugar plantations to the south but tourism boomed with the airports upgrade in 1984 and the influx of visitors and commercial enterprises resulted in the unusual mix of modern architecture and original Queenslander homes that can be seen today.

Originally from America, Cane toads were brought to Australia in 1935 to eat Frenchs Cane Beetle and the Greyback Cane Beetle which were destroying Northern Queenslands sugar cane crops. The Australian Bureau of Sugar Experimental Station imported 100 toads from Hawaii, the Toads bred quickly and in July of 1935, 3000 were released in the sugar cane plantations.

Queensland has the second largest popular of indigenous people. Before the European settlement in Queensland, the local tribes populated most of the areas. By the 19th century white Australians set up reserves for the tribe survivors, and ran them off of their land.

Days before I moved to Australia with my Australian husband, there was a show on TV that caught my eye ” The 10 most deadly creatures in the world- I jokingly said that if all ten came from Australia then I was definitely not going. Little did I know that I would have to thank the South American Tree Frog for being the one creature out of the top ten to NOT live in Australia and so here I am!