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Three months, thousands of kilometres, two adventurous dogs and countless memories along Queensland's spectacular coastline. Jacqui Woods shares what she learned about caravan travel with dogs, chasing spontaneity over schedules, and why the best trips rarely go to plan.
These aren't your pull-in, plug-in and pour-a-wine kind of destinations. Australia's off-road hidden gems skip the sealed roads and busy caravan parks altogether, trading them for waterfalls, salt lakes and red dirt you'll be talking about for years. If your van's up for a bit of dust and a mild disregard for comfort, here's where to point it.
Food tastes better when you've earned it - driven for hours, pulled into a campsite, and decided tonight's dinner might actually be dessert from somewhere you stopped three towns back. These are five of the best Australian food experiences that double as detours, attractions, and sometimes the whole reason you change your route.
