| Queensland Australia BRISBANE - Brisbane international film festival; Royal QLD Show; National Festival of Beers; Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race.
- Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.
- Cruise through the city’s heart along the Brisbane River.
- Shop till you drop, the Queen Street Mall, or markets galore including Riverside, New Farm Farmers or South Banks Craft to Lantern Markets.
- Explore South Bank’s cultural precinct; Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland performing Arts Centre, Queensland Museum, Griffith University’s, QLD Conservatorium of Music, Powerhouse centre for the Live Arts and the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts – also not to be missed.
- Historic cathedrals, self-guided heritage walks, 200-year-old botanical gardens.
- Experience some of Australia’s best chefs; in excess of 40 Brisbane restaurants and cafes made Australia’s “Best Restaurants 2002.”
- Within an hour from downtown; lush rainforest, beautiful beaches and majestic mountain ranges.
- Experience the thrill of world class theme parks; swim with dolphins; windsurf; skydive and sled down the world’s largest coastal sand dune. Absail Kangaroo Point.
- “BrisVegas”; casino’s, racetracks – take a gamble on some fun.
- Mt Cootha lookout, spectacular.
- Visit the Australian Woolshed and Australia Zoo.
CAIRNS - Explore one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Barrier Reef.
- The Majesty of the Daintree Rainforest; World Heritage listed with experiences and luxury spa retreats beyond the imagination.
- Escape to the privacy of luxurious island sanctuaries; Lizard Island to Bedarra Island.
- Australia’s aboriginal culture, rich and diverse, from renowned cultural parks, indigenous sites with ancestral paintings and traditional rock art galleries.
- Kuranda township; markets, galleries, scenic Skyrail and the famous train journey.
- Undara Lava Tubes; unlike anything you’ve experienced and over 190,000 years old.
- The boutique resort towns of Palm Cove, Port Douglas to Mission Beach.
STATEWIDE - Island experiences, from sublime luxury to family getaways; Lizard, Hayman, Bedarra, Heron, Wilson, Dunk, Hamilton, Fraser.
- National Parks unlike any other; Lamington, Springbrook, Tamborine, Cooloola, Burrum Coast, Cania Gorge, Isla Gorge, Byfield, Eurinbula, Eungella, Conway, Bowling Green Bay, Cape Upstart, Lumholtz, Paluma Range, Edmund Kennedy, Magnetic Island, Wooroonooran, Noosa.
- QLD Outback Australia, covering more than 830,000 sq.km’s and home to aboriginal art, rich history and unique flora and fauna.
- Experience both Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal cultures; a unique combination only available in QLD.
- Mt Isa Rodeo; the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Feed dolphins at Tangalooma and whale watch at Fraser Island.
- Epicurean delights; explore the wineries of the South Burnett and Sunshine Coast Hinterland and the Ginger Factory at Yandina through to the Sugar Mill Tour at Mackay.
- Bundaberg; home to one of Australia’s favourite rums, affectionately known as Bundy Rum.
- Mon Repos beach is home to the largest Loggerhead Turtle Rookery in the South Pacific.
- Tropical delights, from sugar cane as far as the eye can see, to banana and pineapple plantations and distinctive mango trees
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