Cruising to Queensland

Queensland is made for cruise shipping. The glittering coastline and stunning reef islands provide memorable destinations for the relaxed traveler. Interstate and International Cruise Liners regularly dock into Brisbane, and sail on to the Whitsundays, Cape York, Townsville, Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef and beyond.

Some of the other exotic destinations you might consider cruising to:

• Thursday Island
• Cooktown
• Lizard Island
• Port Douglas
• Hinchinbrook Island
• Mackay
• Gladstone
• Bundaberg
• Fraser Island

Luxury cruise liners that regularly call in to Brisbane include P&O Cruises, Carnival and Oceania Cruises.

Travel Times

Sydney to Brisbane: 1 sea day
Brisbane to Whitsundays: 1 sea day
Brisbane to Cairns: 2 sea days
Brisbane to New Caledonia: 2 sea days

Brisbane Port

Brisbane’s cruise ship port is called Portside Wharf, a recent development located in Hamilton, 6km from the Brisbane CBD or about a 20 minute drive. Buses into town and ferries service the port regularly. It also boasts fresh produce markets, riverside restaurants, cafés and eateries, boutiques and cinemas.

Portside Wharf provides a handy shipping schedule.