Queensland

Queensland is know throughout the world as the Australian Sunshine State and with very good reason. All year round we have overseas visitors flocking to our shores, but it is the Southern Hemisphere winter months from June through til the end of August when our neighbours from the Southern States leave their winter woolies behind and travel North to experience a world still basking in warm sunshine. From The Gold Coast in the South to Cooktown and beyond in the Tropical North we are inundated with what we describe as 'Home Grown' Tourists. Living in the Topics we are used to the odd tropical downpour, and the occasional road closures, but unfortunately we have an unknowledgable media who carte blanche give the impression that Tourism Areas in Queensland that are visited by a brief spell of inclement weather are to be avoided like the plague as the roads will be impassable for weeks on end. It leads me to believe that Southern States must be in collusion with the media to try to retain their own population exodus. The recent Cyclone Ului that came through The Whitsundays was a prime example.The very next day nearly all businesses were open and the only significant damage was borne by Charter Companies.But to read the media reports, The Whitsundays had basically been totally destroyed and would be out of action for months. The Whitsundays is very similar in reputation to The Windmill Theatre in London. WE NEVER CLOSE. So when you read stories in the media about weather conditions in Queensland, please be aware of the over zealous scribes sitting in their centrally heated offices South of the border describing in their own words the climatic conditions that could only possibly be conduscive to their own native environment.