The Palladian Traveler files his eighth and final dispatch from his 24-day stay Down Under by having a “Captain Cook” along the picturesque Coastal Pathway.

The Palladian Traveler keeps the esky well stocked as he shoves off in a variety of craft to navigate his way around a few of the Sunshine Coast’s incredible waterways for some wet ‘n wild fun.

The Palladian Traveler hops aboard a fully restored heritage train and rides part of the original rail line across the magical Mary Valley of Queensland.

The Palladian Traveler winds his way along one of the most scenic drives of the Sunshine Coast as he ventures up into the Blackall Range of Queensland’s Hinterland, where the air is cooler and the grass greener.

Australia, the “Land Down Under,” where, according to Men at Work, “the women glow, the beer does flow and men [purportedly] chunder,” is the sixth largest country, by area, on the planet, but also the smallest of our seven continents. Confused? Don’t be.