Queensland Travel Guide

Local license plates deem Queensland the "Sunshine State," a sort of Australian Florida—a laid-back stretch of beaches and sun where many Australians head for their vacations. The state has actively promoted tourism, and such areas as the Gold Coast, an hour south of Brisbane, and the Sunshine Coast, a roughly equivalent distance north of the capital, have expanded exponentially in recent years, with high-rise buildings, casinos, and beachfront amusements popping up on every block. These thriving coastal strips are the major attraction of southern Queensland for Australians and foreign tourists alike—along with a scattering of islands, notably Fraser Island, off Hervey Bay, and the Mackay-Capricorn islands lying on the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.

Experience Queensland

• Top Reasons to Go to Queensland
• Gold Coast Top Amusement Parks

• Sunshine Coast's Top Beaches
• Coastal and Wilderness Walks

Regions in Queensland

• Glass House Mountains Area
• The Gold Coast
• Gold Coast Hinterland
• Great Barrier Reef
• North of Cairns

• Southern Downs
• Southport and Main Beach
• Sunshine Coast
• Sunshine Coast Hinterland

Cities in Queensland

• Airlie Beach
• Brisbane
• Broadbeach
• Cairns
• Caloundra
• Cape Tribulation
• Cooktown

• Coolum
• Coomera and Oxenford
• Maleny
• Maroochydore
• Montville
• Mooloolaba
• Mossman

• Nambour, Yandina, and Eumundi
• Noosa Heads
• Palm Cove
• Port Douglas
• Sunshine Beach
• Townsville

Islands in Queensland

• Bedarra Island
• Brampton Island
• Daydream Island
• Dunk Island
• Fitzroy Island
• Fraser Island
• Great Keppel Island
• Hamilton Island

• Hayman Island
• Heron Island
• Hinchinbrook Island
• Lady Elliot Island
• Lady Musgrave Island
• Lindeman Island
• Lizard Island

• Long Island
• Mackay-Capricorn Islands
• Magnetic Island
• North Coast Islands
• Orpheus Island
• South Stradbroke Island
• The Whitsunday Islands

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