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Kissing Point
At the end of the Strand, at Kissing Point, are a rock pool, another swimming enclosure,
and a lookout at the top of the headland there.
Toowoomba
Toowoomba is Queensland's largest inland city and is located 140km west of Brisbane.
Known as the Garden City due to it's 200 parks and gardens. Toowoomba is also known
for it's cooler, wetter climate and is always a few degrees cooler than most of
Queensland's other cities.
Cobb and Co. Museum
This museum has Australia's largest collection or horse drawn carts and buggies, which
were the major form of transport in the area in the 1800s. Lindsay Street.
Darling Downs
Located south of Toowoomba and west of the Great Dividing Range is this water basin
that flows into the Darling River. There are many national parks here with the largest
being Main Range National Park which has a lovely rainforest circuit.
Ju Raku En
This is Australia's largest Japanese garden and it is a delight to stroll through and can be
located adjacent the University.
Picnic Point
This lovely park and picnic area offers 360 degree views of the surrounding landscape
including the Great Dividing Range. End of Long Street.
Toowoomba Bicentennial Water Habitat
This wetland environment covers 8 hectares and there are plenty of locations to view the
varied species of bird life that live here. Mackenzie Street.
Whitsundays
The Whitsundays, is a collection of 74 islands, most of them uninhabited. There are three
areas, the town of Proserpine, Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands. The name
Whitsunday was given by Captain Cook who named the Whitsunday Passage when he
passed through on Whitsunday on the third June 1770.
Most of the islands are now part of a National Park, the prominent exceptions being
Hamilton Island and Hayman Island , which are privately owned. Hamilton Island has an
airport. There are resort locations on various islands. Plenty of day trips to islands are
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