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The Magazine for Australian Travellers
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October 2005

GREAT PLACES TO GO
The Northern Territory town of Katherine has a secret treasure deep underground.
Melanie Ball heads away from Fraser’s coast to focus on the middle of the world’s largest sand island.
Campsite reports
Our campsite reporters find the best places to camp, this month in Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia.

CARAVANS & MOTORHOMES
New owner, new factory and new model motorhomes.

GOOD GEAR & GADGETS
Walkabout
Go on the greatest bushwalk, live the Snowy River legend and travel with a greener outlook – find out how in Walkabout this month.
A new book by Steve Parish can help us to make our holiday pictures much better.

CAMPERS’ TALES
Aussies are planning for a life of leisure in their retirement – and, apparently, we’re very good at it.
This area in South Australia is truly gorgeous.
A seafood feast awaits at Airlie Beach.
Adrian Ryan has some tales of woe to tell – he’s helping out a friend.
This place in Tasmania is anything but dismal.
Jim Foster takes us for a tour around two Australian icons.
Derek “The Camp Oven Cook” Bullock doesn’t need a campfire to make a camp oven feast.

JUST FOR READERS
The tantilising glitter of garnets has won for a reader a pair of great daypacks from Snowgum.

GETAWAY VEHICLE
Subaru’s popular soft-roader Forester has increased its appeal.

CATCH A FEED
This month, Paul B. Kidd offers some tips on getting better fishy photos.

REGULAR FEATURES
Readers’ Letters
Advice on locating a doctor wherever you travel is discussed this issue.
Aussie Cross Quiz
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Delightful seafood from one end of the plate to the other!
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Piscatorial delight

A seafood feast
gives Jim Foster
an added treat at
no extra cost

Like most retired or semi-retired couples, we count our dollars very carefully, but there comes a time or two throughout the year when we say: “Hang the expense!”
We were visiting Airlie Beach some years ago with our new Jayco campervan in tow when we decided to have a seafood fling. Cheryl loves seafood with an almost indecent passion and I’m not far behind. When we heard about the seafood restaurant “Shipwrecked” and its signature dish – the $99 Seafood Bounty for two – we were hooked.
As we seldom dine out, when we do we make a night of it. Dressed in our tropical Sunday-go-meeting-gear, we fronted up for what we hoped was going to be a night to remember. Seated on the deck next to the rail we watched tall coconut palms nod and sway to the cool evening breeze off the Coral Sea as we waited for our anticipated treat.
A waitress appeared with a bottle of red wine and poured Cheryl a glass, then filled mine. Reaching across the table, she placed the bottle out of the way and withdrew her hand – and snagged my glass with her elbow.
I’d walk a mile
I’d walk a mile
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