From the glow worm caves of the Gold Coast to the rare nesting turtles of Bundaberg, the Sunshine State is home to all creatures great and small - and you can get to know them all!
On the Whitsundays you can dive through the colourful coral city of the Great Barrier Reef and meet the friendly locals. Say g’day to a manta ray, gossip with a groper, talk with a turtle and chuckle with the clownfish.
Not far from Brisbane you can share lunch with the wild bottle-nosed dolphins and on the Fraser Coast pay a visit to the traveling whales on their slow migration north.
Steve Irwin’s crocodiles invite you to dinner on the Sunshine Coast, and on the Western Downs you can join in the muster on a fun family farm stay.
Mother Nature’s rarest flora and fauna finds refuge in Queensland’s magnificent wilderness areas.
Explore the vast majestic beauty of the World Heritage listed Daintree Rainforest in Tropical North Queensland, or the spectacular ancient splendour of Springbrook and Lamington National Parks on the Gold Coast.
The Fraser Coast is home to the largest sand island in the world - a rare corner of earth, peppered with pristine rainforest creeks, and mirror-smooth inland lakes.
In Mackay you can hike to the top of the Eungella ranges, Carnarvon Gorge in the Western Downs or Bunya Mountain in South-East Queensland Country and take in the breathtaking views.
Off the coast of Townsville turquoise lagoons and spectacular coral cays compete for attention with the picture-postcard beauty of magnificent tropical islands.
For more information on Queensland’s destinations go to http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/destinations