News Releases

(July 11th, 2014) Heron Island has introduced I-SPY, a new semi-submersible that allows visitors to experience the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef, without getting wet.

Heron Island is preparing to welcome budding young explorers over the winter school holidays with the popular Junior Rangers Program.

(June 18th, 2014) Just a short boat ride from Gladstone, Heron Island is a nature lover’s paradise, offering a multitude of activities on land and underwater in a stunning marine wonderland.

(July 15th, 2014) Kings Canyon Resort has created the Kings Canyon Experience offering ‘two-for-one’ deals on helicopter tours and Under a Desert Moon, its signature outback dinner.

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard,” said President John F. Kennedy during his famous speech at Rice University in 1962. Seven years later, on July 16, 1969, three brave astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins sat atop a massive Saturn V rocket, waiting to launch for the moon. President Kennedy’s challenge was being fulfilled before the close of the decade.

(May 28th, 2014) Kings Canyon Resort is celebrating the arrival of clear autumn skies and cooler temperatures with the re-launch of Under a Desert Moon, its signature outback dining experience.

(Melbourne, June 18th, 2014) Keep the kids happy these school holidays with new Junior Ranger programs being offered in the outback – at El Questro Wilderness Park, in the Kimberley – and on the reef – at Heron Island Resort, on the Great Barrier Reef.

(El Questro, Kimberley, June 11 2014) El Questro Homestead and the luxury adventure-cruise ship True North (both members of Luxury Lodges of Australia) have partnered to offer the ultimate Kimberley experience.

(Sydney, April 8th, 2014) El Questro Wilderness Park, one of Australia’s most spectacular destinations in far north Western Australia, has reopened for the 2014 season offering a range of new experiences on this million-acre property.

“Commander, we are standing by for MECO.” “Roger Flight, preparing for MECO.” “The crew of STS-330 is preparing for MECO.”This may sound like an astronaut communicating with mission control as they prepare for Main Engine Cut Off, or MECO, but it’s actually a group of sixth and seventh-graders completing a simulated mission at Camp Kennedy Space Center, a part of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s education program.