Moreton Island
Located at the island’s northern tip, Queensland's oldest operating lighthouse is the place to come for great views when the humpback whales are passing…
Must-see attractions in Queensland
Whitsunday Coast
Mackay's marina is a little out of town, but well worth the trip to wine and dine with a waterfront view, or to simply picnic in the park and stroll along…
Fortitude Valley
Brisbane's homegrown music deities are honoured with a series of bronze plaques in the Brunswick Street Mall. It's a mixed bag of megastars and indie…
Sunshine Coast
This privately owned oasis comprises 18 acres of steep escarpment that has been manicured into a tapestry of paths, hedges, lawns and ponds with sweeping…
Maryborough Heritage City Market
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
This weekly food- and goods-market is made all the more entertaining by the 1pm firing of the historic Time Cannon by Maryborough's 'ambassadors' – the…
Queens Park and Botanic Gardens
Brisbane & Around
Toowoomba's showpiece swathe of green – technically two parks in one – is a blaze of colour in the spring and autumn. Graced with parterre gardens, neat…
Brisbane
Home of the weekend Collective Markets South Bank, this renovated, touristy section of historic Stanley St is flanked by mainstream cafes, restaurants, a…
Gold Coast
This is the place to head if you're interested in Australia's surfing culture. Check out the evolution of surfboards from 1915 to present day, with over…
Outback Queensland
This centre houses Hughenden's helpful visitor information centre and an impressive museum containing local history and a replica Muttaburrasaurus…
Outback Queensland
There’s an old-movie-world charm in the canvas-slung chairs, corrugated tin walls and star-studded ceiling at this classic semioutdoor theatre (1918),…
Noosa
For a panoramic view that takes in Noosa, its densely wooded national park, the ocean and distant hinterland, walk or drive up to Laguna Lookout from…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
This lovely sprawling park beside the Burnett River holds plenty of shady trees, flower beds, old cannon, a rotunda and swaths of green lawn for a…
Outback Queensland
Built in 1887, this handsome period timber home with picket fence and wide verandah houses all manner of local historical artefacts typical of Australia…
Capricorn Coast & the Southern Reef Islands
This old-school Aussie artists’ colony has limited farmstay accommodation available (studio $100 first night, $60 subsequent nights). Guests can watch the…
Outback Queensland
Built with compressed mud from nearby Eyre Creek in the 1880s, Bedourie's Mud Hut is, along with the Bedourie Royal Hotel, one of the oldest buildings in…
Gulf Savannah
Either side of the road to Karumba, northeast of town, these wetlands expand and contract with the rains – they sometimes during the Wet they even cover…
Caboolture
The Caboolture Warplane Museum houses a booty of restored WWII warplanes, including a P51D Mustang, CAC Wirraway and Cessna Bird Dog. All in flying order,…
Environmental Protection Agency
Outback Queensland
This is the site for a breeding program for the threatened yellow-footed rock wallaby, for which this region of Outback Queensland is something of a last…
Hervey Bay
In operation since 1979, this small family-run aquarium is popular for its interactive fish-feeding sessions at 11am and 2.30pm. You can also take a 30…
Townsville & Mission Beach
Take a tour of the reputedly haunted Venus Gold Battery, where gold-bearing ore was crushed and processed from 1872 to 1980. It's an intriguing insight…
Outback Queensland
With the threat of Japanese bombing raids in 1942, and a ready supply of miners and equipment, Mt Isa Hospital went underground. The bombs never came but…
Brisbane & Around
Designed by Queensland colonial architect Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built in the late 19th century, this heritage-listed beauty exemplifies…
Brisbane & Around
Test your senses at the manicured Laurel Bank Park, home to a scented garden full of pungent herbs and blooms for the visually impaired. There's also a…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
The Old Pharmacy was an operational apothecary's shop between 1894 to 1982, and also functioned as the town dentist, vet, optician and local photographer…
Gold Coast
Younger kids love this 'Aussie Farm Experience', which features native animals (koalas, kangaroos, Tasmanian devils, wombats, dingoes) alongside farm…
Brisbane & Around
On the northern outskirts of Allora, this heritage-listed cemetery is the final resting place of Travers Robert Goff, whose daughter, writer PL Travers,…
Townsville
One for the boat buffs, with a gallery dedicated to the wreck of the SS Yongala and exhibits on north Queensland’s naval industries. Tours of…
Bundaberg Regional Arts Gallery
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Known by the acronym BRAG, this small (and vividly purple) gallery has surprisingly good exhibitions, representing the local area and various 20th-century…
The Daintree
Find out all about sugar-cane and cacao production at this working farm about 10km north of Mossman. The farm's visitor centre has information and…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
These Heritage-listed botanical gardens are some of the oldest in Australia. With lush lawns, fountains, memorials and a profusion of glorious trees …
Cape York Peninsula
This small cultural centre acts as the local tourist office but also has some excellent displays of local mining and Indigenous history, including photos…
Gulf Savannah
Everyone stops to take a photo of Krys the Crocodile on Landsborough St. It's a supposedly life-size statue of an 8.64m saltie shot by croc hunter…
Gold Coast
Movie-themed shows, rides and attractions, including the DC Rivals Hypercoaster, Batwing Spaceshot, Justice League 3D Ride and Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster…
Sunshine Coast
Located at the Big Pineapple, this 8-hectare zoo houses native Australian, African, South American and rare Asian critters, among them binturongs, red…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
On the street by the neoclassical facade of the former Union Bank (where PL Travers, creator of Mary Poppins was born) is a life-sized statue of the…
Central Queensland Livestock Exchange
Rockhampton
The largest livestock saleyards in the southern hemisphere, the CQLX, known traditionally as Gracemere Saleyards, comes alive on Friday mornings, when the…
Outback Queensland
This quirky bit of outback art features a musical wire fence and other bits of steel to bang on. It was made famous on Goyte's Grammy-winning album Eyes…
Surfers Paradise
Budds Beach is the narrow, riverside beach on Surfers Paradise's Nerang River. It's great for kids and beginner stand-up paddleboarders.
Thursday Island & Horn Island
This heritage-listed cemetery includes the graves of more than 600 Japanese pearl divers and a memorial erected by the Japanese consulate in 1979. Look…
The Daintree
Just offshore from Cape Kimberley, Snapper Island is a national park accessible by boat or kayak (enquire at Crocodylus Village). There's a camping ground…
