Time and place tick into a languid dimension when you cross the Queensland border. Touted as Australia's Sunshine State, Queensland is allegedly blessed with 300 days of sunshine a year, and outside the deluge of the wet season, the sky seems unceasingly awash with an amber glow. With a touch of help from the unhurried Queensland psyche, it weaves a little magic to melt urban decay and winter chills.
BRISBANE Tours, Travel & Activities Brisbane has shucked its reputation as a backwater and emerged as one of the country's most progressive centers. It has several interesting districts, a good street cafe scene, a great riverside park, a busy cultural calendar and a thriving nightlife. Known locally as Bris Vegas, it's also a thriving arts capital ...
CAIRNS Tours, Travel & Activities Cairns is the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef in Tropical North Queensland Australia. Cairns is a small city that is very focused on the tourist industry, but is also surrounded by agricultural activities including sugar cane, banana and other tropical fruits. Cairns is particularly popular with international tourists ...
FRASER ISLAND Adventure Tours
Get back to nature and experience the World Heritage Listed Fraser Island, one of Australia's most treasured locations. Take a swim in Fraser Island's many crystal clear waterholes, meander through enchanted rainforests and spend a night under the stars on the world's largest sand island. ...
GOLD COAST Tours, Travel & Activities
Heady, wild and pure fun, the Gold Coast is Australia's very own whiff of Las Vegas. This commercial overload doesn't appeal to everyone, but the Gold Coast receives more than two million visitors every year. Most are drawn by the surf, sun and fun, but there is also a spectacular hinterland less than 19 miles from the beach...
HAMILTON ISLAND Tours, Travel & Activities Hamilton Island is the largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands close to the east coast of Queensland, Australia. Unlike most islands off the east coast of Australia, Hamilton Island is used almost exclusively for tourism. However the island is catering for a growing number of people choosing to retire and enjoy the lifestyle ...
MACKAY Transfers Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, about 900 kilometres north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar. Close to Eungella National Park, the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsunday Islands ...
PORT DOUGLAS Tours, Travel & Activities Port Douglas is a town in Far North Queensland. The town is named in honour of former Premier of Queensland, John Douglas. Previous names for the town included Terrigal, Island Point, Port Owen and Salisbury. Situated adjacent to two World Heritage areas, the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest ...