Queensland

Queensland is Australia's second largest state after Western Australia and is particularly famous for the Great Barrrier Reef along its central to northern coasts.

1770 in Queensland is probably the only place in the world with numerals for a name.

Wallaman Falls, part of Queensland's Wet Tropics World Heritage area, is the longest single-drop waterfall in Australia.

Bowen on the Queensland coast is a jump-off point through Airlie Beach to the Whitsunday resort islands.

Brisbane, Australia, provides numerous sightseeing features on a walking tour of the city.

Brisbane River runs through the city, separating the central business district located within a bend of the river and the entertainment and cultural precinct that is South Bank.

Queensland's capital city and its environs.

Across the river from Brisbane's central business district lies the former World Expo site which has been redeveloped into an exciting precinct with a variety of cultural, leisure, sports, entertainment, dining and shopping areas

Escape the Aussie winter and travel north. But beware the box jellyfish and the crocs.

Map of the region surrounding Cairns including parts of the Great Barrier Reef.

Capricorn Caves, off the Capricornia Coast in Central Queensland, is where you go underground for the wonders of natural limestone formations risen from the sea and etched by thousands and millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.

In the uniquely named Queensland town of 1770 - possibly the only place in the world with numerals for a name - May is the month of the Captain Cook 1770 Festival.

The Central Queensland Coast is a region of interesting coastal towns and cities and resort islands on the Great Barrier Reef.

The Cooktown orchid is the state flower of Queensland.

Daydream Island is one of the smaller islands in the Whitsundays with resort accommodation and facilities for guests and daytrippers.

A change of pace to enjoy country Australia. Cross the Great Dividing Range from Brisbane and you're there.

Australia's fourth largest island and the world's largest sand island. Popular holiday destination off the Queensland coast.

Golden sand on golden beaches under a golden sun - a holiday eden.

The various theme parks on Australia's Gold Coast are part of the region's visitor attractions, particularly for families.

The Great Barrier Reef, 2000 kilometres long along the Queensand coast, is a popular destination for Australian and overseas visitors. For...

The Great Barrier Reef islands lie off the coast of north Queensland and comprise coral, sand and continental islands.

Two LARCs in 1770 are used for land/sea tours along the coast of Bustard Bay in central Queensland.

About 900 kilometres north of Brisbane, in the heart of Queensland's popular Whitsunday Islands, Hamilton Island is one of the more accessible islands on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Along the Tropic of Capricorn, 72 kilometres east of the Queensland town of Gladstone, Heron Island has fine white sand beaches, clear blue waters, colorful reefs, interesting marine creatures. Enjoy snorkeling and scuba diving adventures.

Many of the Queensland islands on the Great Barrier Reef are popular holiday and daytrip destinations accessed from cities and towns along the Queensland coast.

A variety of Kuranda attractions make this Queensland village close to Cairns a popular destination of visitors.

The Queensland mining town of Mt Isa, the western world's biggest silver and lead producer, lies south of the Gulf of Carpentaria and west of the coastal city of Townsville.

Fossils dating back to the Oligo-Miocene period some 15 to 25 million years ago can be found in Australia in the Riversleigh World Heritage area in Queensland, Australia.

Rockhampton, capital of the central Queensland region, is steeped in the heritage of its past while looking forward to its future as an attractive, dynamic city and a gateway to the natural treasures around it.

In 2005 Brisbane's Story Bridge was opened for bridge climbs, one of only four bridges in the world, at last count, to allow people to climb to the top of the bridge.

The Sunlander is Queensland Rail's coastal train between Brisbane and Cairns, traveling close to 1700 kilometres three times weekly.

Queensland's Sunshine Coast just north of Brisbane is a popular destination of vacationers seeking both beach and hinterland.

Fossick for thunder eggs at Queensland's Mount Hay Gemstone Tourist Park, one of Australia's few thunder egg sites in the shadow of extinct volcanoes which had erupted millions of years ago.

Toowoomba, the Garden City, holds its Carnival of Flowers in September.

Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island has the reputation of being Queensland's most beautiful beach.

Australia's favorite children's song-and-dance entertainers, The Wiggles, have found a theme park all to themselves at Dreamworld on Queensland's Gold Coast.

No, no, no, no, no! It's not film or video pornography of the worst sort.

Rainforest habitat of hundreds of exotic butterflies. Located at Kuranda.

Australia's northeasternmost region. Important information plus transportation, accommodation and other links.

Balloon flights. View the Cairns area from the air with Australiana-themed balloons. Champagne breakfast, too.

In Queensland's north coast, southeast of Airlie Beach.

Cairns casino complex. Gaming tables, hotel, restaurants, shops.