Qantas-owned Eastern Airlines flies daily from Sydney, and Sunstate flies from Brisbane, Queensland. Camping is not permitted. Aunty Sue s and Capella South. Grilling along the seafront is also popular. Total seclusion on pristine beaches and shady walking trails.
Airfares are steep and bookings tight.
Great Whites of Australia Mount Gower and its twin, Lidgbird, are sheer-sided mountains cloaked in tropical cloud forests. Eighteen inches wide, the trail I chose to hike drops hundreds of feet straight down into the Tasman Sea. After signaling ahead, I froze in the crook of a solitary palm, hardly daring to shift. Now, Australia s gooey, brown Vegemite sandwich spread has many non-food uses, usually as a national icon or face paint. This was unfortunate, because those who do complete this epic eight-hour scramble encounter birds and flowering plants that have evolved apart from anywhere else on our planet.