How is the Coronavirus affecting tourism in Queensland?

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What is the Coronavirus? Coronaviruses are a group of respiratory viruses that include both the mild common cold and other more severe illnesses such as SARS.  In December 2019, a new coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan in eastern China.   Symptoms include fever, dry cough, shortness of breath and in some cases can develop into […]

Queensland Tourism and the effects of the Australian Bushfires

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What is the current situation of the Australian bushfires? As of February 2020, 150 Australian bushfires are still burning with over 7 million hectares of land scorched since the first 50 fires broke out across Queensland in September 2019. The states of New South Wales and Victoria are the worst affected but there have been […]

The Cairns Range Railway

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The History Mining companies discovered Tin in Herberton in April 1880 and mining commenced not long after in May 1880. Several new pack-tracks were established from Trinity Bay up the range to the new mining town and in January 1882 Frank Stubley, Member for Herberton, promised his electorate that they would have a railway. In […]