Cape Hillsborough

“Verdant rainforest, rugged hinterland and clear rock pools provide unique habitats for some of Australia’s most iconic and elusive wildlife.

Even the wallabies love the beaches around Mackay. In the Cape Hillsborough National Park, wallabies and kangaroos congregate in good numbers to fossick through the sand at sunrise.

But you have to be on the beach by 04:45!!!! I’m supposed to be on HOLIDAY.

I wasn’t sure what was more interesting to watch, the wallabies and Roos, or the crowd that outnumbered them many fold. It was an experience, but I don’t think I’d do it again.

We watched the red-tailed black cockatoos in the trees and the two adopted grey kangaroos boxing before setting off to Airlie Beach.Read more