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Destination BRISBANE Brisbane is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia. It is set close to the Pacific Ocean, and is situated beside the Brisbane River on plains between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range in south-eastern Queensland ...

DESTINATION BRISBANE: Botanic Gardens, Brisbane City Hall, Chinatown, Conrad Treasury Casino, Customs House, Fortitude Valley, Kangaroo Point Cliffs, Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Portside Wharf, Queensland Museum, Roma Street Parkland, St. Stephen's Cathedral, South Bank Parklands, Story Bridge, Wheel of Brisbane, ... see all Destination Brisbane

Discover CAIRNS Cairns is located on the east coast of Cape York Peninsula on a coastal strip between the Coral Sea and the Great Dividing Range. The northern part of the city is located on Trinity Bay and the city centre is located on Trinity Inlet. Some of the city's suburbs are located on flood plains ...

Discover CAPE TRIBULATION Cape Tribulation was named by British navigator Lt. James Cook on the 10th of June 1770 (log date) after his ship hit a reef as it passed over it, north east of the cape, at 6pm. This made Cook pull away from the coast, looking for deeper water. At 10.30pm, the Endeavour hit a reef almost sinking Cook's ship ...

Discover the GOLD COAST The Gold Coast is a city in the Australian state of Queensland. It is the second most populous city in the state and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is also the most populous non-capital city in the country. The Gold Coast is known as a major tourist destination with its sunny subtropical climate, surfing beaches ...

Discover PORT DOUGLAS Port Douglas is town in Far North Queensland, Australia, approximately 80km north of Cairns. The town's population can often quadruple with the influx of tourists during the peak tourism season May-September. The town is named in honour of former Premier of Queensland, John Douglas ...

Discover the SUNSHINE COAST The Sunshine Coast is bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the east, and extends to the local government boundaries beyond the Blackall Range to the west. Occasionally, the towns of Gympie, which is 30 minutes' drive north of Noosa Heads, and Caboolture, 30 mins drive south of Caloundra, have been included ...

Discover SURFER'S PARADISE Surfers Paradise is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Colloquially known as 'Surfers', the suburb has many high-rise buildings and a wide surf beach. The feature of the central business district is Cavill Mall, which runs through the shopping precinct. Cavill Avenue, named after Jim Cavill, an early hotel owner ...

AUSTRALIA ZOO Australia Zoo is located in the Australian state of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah/Glass House Mountains. It is owned by Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin, whose wildlife documentary series The Crocodile Hunter made the zoo a popular tourist attraction ...

COOLUM BEACH Coolum Beach is a beachside town on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia and is also the beach around which the town is based. The name is derived from the local Undumbi word gulum or guloom, meaning "blunt" or "headless", referring to the shape of Mount Coolum, which has no peak ...

THE GREAT BARRIER REEF The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. This reef supports a wide diversity of life, and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981 ...

KURANDA SCENIC RAILWAY The Kuranda Scenic Railway is a name for the railway line that runs from Cairns to the nearby town of Kuranda. The tourist railway snakes its way up the Macalister Range and is no longer used for regular commuter services. It passes through the suburbs of Stratford, Freshwater and Redlynch before reaching Kuranda ...

SKYRAIL RAINFOREST CABLEWAY Skyrail Rainforest Cableway is a scenic cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park from the Cairns suburb of Caravonica to Kuranda, Queensland. The development of Skyrail was controversial as some local residents believed that damage may be done to World Heritage listed rainforest ...

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