Its summer in Australia and many of us are heading off on annual holidays.
So where are you off to this year. Staying in Australia – good, that’s what we like to hear. Those of us who live in the northern areas of the continent more than likely seek a cooler climate during the summer and head south to Tasmania for our holiday. What a wonderful place at this time of the year for any visitor not just those escaping the heat. The gardens both public and in private homes are a sight to behold, blazing in colour from the summer flowers, fruit dripping from the trees and vegetables galore in the vegie patches. The soft fruit is ripe and ready for the picking too. Raspberries to die for and blueberries coming out of your ears. Last time I was down there, I drove the length and breadth of Tasmania with a punnet of one or the other on my knee, nibbling away as I went. Heaven…..
You can be lucky with the weather too, and have days of endless sunshine, warm, but usually cooled down by the cooler winds that plough in from the ocean. Be careful though, it is still easy to get sunburnt – yes even in Tasmania. A novelty for the dwellers of the Australian north, is the longer evenings. Still light at 10pm with the sun rising early in the morning lends itself to dining al fresco, walking in the evening cool, with a night cap before finally turning in for the night.
Tasmania offers a very large choice of accommodation across the island. The cities hold the usualy array of hotel and motel accommodation, from luxury hotels to backpacker hostels, and there are hostels, motels, hotels and other types of accommodation situated in the smaller towns and settlements all over. There is even accommodation for the visitor who wants to stay atop the mountains on the edge of the Cradle Mountain National Park.
Those of you reading this that live in the South of Australia are probably wondering what I am going on about. You want sun, heat, sea, surf and the northern summer and the dark tropical evenings. Well do we know a good spot for you. The Sunshine Coast, just north of Brisbane in Queensland, is the perfect place for your summer holiday.
Beginning at Caloundra in the south and continuing up through Mooloolabah and Coolum and ending at Noosa this stretch of coastline really does take some beating for your vacation. There are many other spots inbetween these too, but too many to mention here. The Sunshine Coast offers, surf beaches, quiet river estuary beaches, miles of beautiful river waterways where you can fish, or take a trip in a hire boat or on a cruise. You can walk in National Parklands, see koalas, walk along long stretches of coastal footpaths right along the coast, drive up into the hinterland and see how the “country” lives. Dine at quiet, worldclass restaurants or dance the night away at the nightclubs.
So if you are wanting to warm up this summertime, visit the Sunshine Coast you wont regret it.
Happy holidays Australia.
