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DANNY : DE HEK is dedicated to providing informative and unbiased online Accommodation, Transportation and Travel Tourism information. Established in 1995, my extensive network provides comprehensive travel guides for popular destinations and top resources for activities and ‘all things New Zealand’.

To Discover Australia you will need to be prepared for the unexpected. What other country can offer so many rewards and surprises to the traveller setting out to explore the ‘back of beyond’? All you need is Accommodation, a reliable rental car or Campervan, a Road Map and that all-important sense of adventure, and the wonders of Australia are yours to savour.

Australia: Cape York Peninsula, Tasmania Itineraries and Tasmania Great Walks

Heritage Highway

Tasmania Itineraries

Heritage Highway

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T12:06:59+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Tasmania Itineraries|Tags: Convict Trail, Cradle Country Route, East Coast Escape, Great Nature Trail, Great Western Tiers Route, Heritage Highway, Huon Trail, North East Trail, Tamar Valley Route, Tasmania Itineraries, The Rivers Run, West Coast Wilderness Way|

The midlands route through the centre of the island from Hobart to Launceston, offers a whole complete holiday on its own.

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Huon Trail

Tasmania Itineraries

Huon Trail

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T12:05:50+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Tasmania Itineraries|Tags: Convict Trail, Cradle Country Route, East Coast Escape, Great Nature Trail, Great Western Tiers Route, Heritage Highway, Huon Trail, North East Trail, Tamar Valley Route, Tasmania Itineraries, The Rivers Run, West Coast Wilderness Way|

Tassie's varied scenery, taking in lush forests, picturesque farms, sparkling waterways, quaint towns and fine food and wine outlets.

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Tasmania Itineraries

Tasmania Itineraries

Tasmania Itineraries

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T13:50:14+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Tasmania Itineraries|Tags: Convict Trail, Cradle Country Route, East Coast Escape, Great Nature Trail, Great Western Tiers Route, Heritage Highway, Huon Trail, North East Trail, Tamar Valley Route, Tasmania Itineraries, The Rivers Run, West Coast Wilderness Way|

The 'Holiday Isle' has emerged from its fascinating convict past to offer a very special vacation experience for the world's travellers.

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North East Trail

Tasmania Itineraries

North East Trail

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T12:06:43+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Tasmania Itineraries|Tags: Convict Trail, Cradle Country Route, East Coast Escape, Great Nature Trail, Great Western Tiers Route, Heritage Highway, Huon Trail, North East Trail, Tamar Valley Route, Tasmania Itineraries, The Rivers Run, West Coast Wilderness Way|

Heading north out of Launceston you soon come to Lilydale, where there is a good reason for a diversion into the Pipers River region.

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Lakefield National Park

Cape York Peninsula

Lakefield National Park

By DANNY : DE HEK|2021-08-17T12:36:12+12:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Cape York Peninsula|Tags: Camping Permits, Cape York Climate, Cape York Geography, Cape York History, Cape York Peninsula, Flora & Fauna, Frank Jardine, Historic Cooktown, Iron Range National Park, Jardine River National Park, Lakefield National Park, Local Communities, Pioneer, Self-Drive Trips, Thursday Island, Travelling Routes|

The Cape’s most accessible wilderness reserve has enough variety and interest in its 50,000 sq.km of savannah and fertile riverine flats.

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Local Communities

Cape York Peninsula

Local Communities

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T13:52:57+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Cape York Peninsula|Tags: Camping Permits, Cape York Climate, Cape York Geography, Cape York History, Cape York Peninsula, Flora & Fauna, Frank Jardine, Historic Cooktown, Iron Range National Park, Jardine River National Park, Lakefield National Park, Local Communities, Pioneer, Self-Drive Trips, Thursday Island, Travelling Routes|

The relative isolation of the Cape York Peninsula does not mean that they lack facilities and interesting attractions for adventurous travel.

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Self-Drive Trips

Cape York Peninsula

Self-Drive Trips

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T13:30:08+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Cape York Peninsula|Tags: Camping Permits, Cape York Climate, Cape York Geography, Cape York History, Cape York Peninsula, Flora & Fauna, Frank Jardine, Historic Cooktown, Iron Range National Park, Jardine River National Park, Lakefield National Park, Local Communities, Pioneer, Self-Drive Trips, Thursday Island, Travelling Routes|

Hundreds of 4WD enthusiasts set off from Cairns and Cooktown for the long trek to Cape York. It is one of Australia’s classic adventure.

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Thursday Island

Cape York Peninsula

Thursday Island

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T13:31:38+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Cape York Peninsula|Tags: Camping Permits, Cape York Climate, Cape York Geography, Cape York History, Cape York Peninsula, Flora & Fauna, Frank Jardine, Historic Cooktown, Iron Range National Park, Jardine River National Park, Lakefield National Park, Local Communities, Pioneer, Self-Drive Trips, Thursday Island, Travelling Routes|

A short ferry ride from Seisia, near the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, takes you to a totally unique & fascinating multicultural world.

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Travelling Routes

Cape York Peninsula

Travelling Routes

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T13:30:14+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Cape York Peninsula|Tags: Camping Permits, Cape York Climate, Cape York Geography, Cape York History, Cape York Peninsula, Flora & Fauna, Frank Jardine, Historic Cooktown, Iron Range National Park, Jardine River National Park, Lakefield National Park, Local Communities, Pioneer, Self-Drive Trips, Thursday Island, Travelling Routes|

The ‘Trip to the Tip’ starts from Cairns with two options. Take the winding coastal road through Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation to Cooktown

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Flora & Fauna

Cape York Peninsula

Flora & Fauna

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T13:34:25+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Cape York Peninsula|Tags: Camping Permits, Cape York Climate, Cape York Geography, Cape York History, Cape York Peninsula, Flora & Fauna, Frank Jardine, Historic Cooktown, Iron Range National Park, Jardine River National Park, Lakefield National Park, Local Communities, Pioneer, Self-Drive Trips, Thursday Island, Travelling Routes|

Flora and Fauna the most spectacular examples are the dense rainforests of the Jardine River and Iron Range national parks.

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Frank Jardine, Pioneer

Cape York Peninsula

Frank Jardine, Pioneer

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T13:25:38+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Cape York Peninsula|Tags: Camping Permits, Cape York Climate, Cape York Geography, Cape York History, Cape York Peninsula, Flora & Fauna, Frank Jardine, Historic Cooktown, Iron Range National Park, Jardine River National Park, Lakefield National Park, Local Communities, Pioneer, Self-Drive Trips, Thursday Island, Travelling Routes|

1860’s Cape York was a wild, trackless expanse of rock, scrub & impenetrable rainforest, government saw the need for an outpost supply station

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Historic Cooktown

Cape York Peninsula

Historic Cooktown

By DANNY : DE HEK|2020-11-20T13:25:40+13:00November 20th, 2020|Categories: Cape York Peninsula|Tags: Camping Permits, Cape York Climate, Cape York Geography, Cape York History, Cape York Peninsula, Flora & Fauna, Frank Jardine, Historic Cooktown, Iron Range National Park, Jardine River National Park, Lakefield National Park, Local Communities, Pioneer, Self-Drive Trips, Thursday Island, Travelling Routes|

Settlement of Cooktown is nestled on the banks of the Endeavour River, at precisely the spot where Captain James Cook came ashore in 1770.

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