Matador has teamed up with Tourism Queensland to send ambassadors on a series of expeditions and journalistic missions traversing the Gold Coast, out to Fraser and Hinchinbrook Islands, and across the vast terrains and cultures of Australia’s “Sunshine State.”
Australia’s largest national park island and part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area.
Up close and personal with the Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
To put it mildly, Cape York is remote.
The Queensland Outback is so much more than a barren landscape.
It's described as one of the seven wonders of the natural world.
One of the best sea kayaking destinations in Australia, it remains very low profile for now.
Sleeping to the sound of breaking waves and the dingo's howl.
Saltwater crocodiles are no joke.
Few places lend themselves as well to a surf road trip as the Queensland coast.
The best experience with diving I’ve had and the highlight of my trip to Australia.
I had underestimated just how tropical “tropical Queensland” would be.
I have never capsized a boat before.
With the storm came the swell, pouring down the sand point at Snapper Rocks.
The Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival is the longest-running Aboriginal cultural festival in Australia.
I asked what the Outback meant to Don. That conversation inspired this short.
At night, sharks gathered at the back of the boat, making the evening dip ever so alluring.
Thousands of miles from those early memories, I am still entranced by the hook and line.
A grain of sand will take 60,000 years to move from Fraser’s east coast to its west.