Fraser Island
A well-developed camping ground with dingo fencing, coin-operated hot showers, toilets and BBQs. There is a communal fire ring – bring your own untreated…
Must-see hotels in Queensland
Outback Queensland
The best of Hughenden's handful of caravan parks, Allen Terry has some shady camp sites, air-con cabins (some with en suite), a camp kitchen and the added…
Cairns & Far North Queensland
This is bush camping for motorhomes or campervans on a large private property, with amenities including camp kitchen, showers and dump points. It's near…
Cooktown Orchid Travellers Park
Cairns & Far North Queensland
The smallest and most central of Cooktown's van parks (right opposite the Top Pub), Orchid is basic and a little cramped but welcoming, with a pool and…
Outback Queensland
With modern and spacious air-con units, the sandstone Desert Sands Motel is the best place to sleep in Boulia and one of the better motels in the area. It…
Townsville & Mission Beach
Good feedback from the banana-farm workers suggests Cardwell Central is a reliable place to stay and source work. It also accepts overnighters…
Hervey Bay
The manicured lawns and profuse gum-tree cover at this large park make for great tent sites. Popular with families and grey nomads, it has a pool, camp…
NRMA Woodgate Beach Holiday Park
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Woodgate Beach stretches out for 16km along the Burrum Coast National Park. Smack in the centre of the only town, Woodgate, this holiday park has sunny…
Outback Queensland
The Burke & Wills is a smart, centrally located motel with a pool and spa. The neat brick rooms have all the usual amenities including satellite TV and…
Cairns
With well-kept tropical gardens, a tranquil air and a near-the-beach location, this restful retreat has spacious and airy rooms and an attached restaurant…
Airlie Beach
Seabreeze is grassy and sprawling with fresh ocean views and a nice kicked-back feel. Camp sites are shady, while the timber Bali villas attempt an…
Fisherman's Beach Holiday Park
Capricorn Coast & the Southern Reef Islands
Fisherman's Beach is a large, beachfront holiday park with a range of sites and cabins, camp kitchen, laundry, BBQs, and reception staff that can help…
Cairns & Far North Queensland
The six motel rooms behind the local pub are the best value in town and are often full. Good bar meals, including $10 lunch specials, in the pub and an…
Surfers Paradise
Laidback Budds has small, basic dorms and private rooms, but there's a sociable bar and pool, all just a short hop from calm Budds Beach. There are four…
Outback Queensland
The Royal is part local pub (check out the circular pool table in the bar) and part comfortable motel, with the luxury of a swimming pool. The 45 motel…
Mt Surprise Tourist Van Park, Motel & BP Roadhouse
Gulf Savannah
This is an all-round operation with camping, cabins and comfortable rooms around a shady palm-fringed pool. There's also a cafe, roadhouse, resident emu…
Townsville & Mission Beach
Banana Barracks is the go-to backpackers for wannabe fruit pickers in the Tully region. The hostel is also the hub of Tully’s nightlife, with an on-site…
Outback Queensland
This compact little caravan park with grassy sites is only a short walk to the town centre and pubs. The friendly management also runs the local roadhouse…
The Daintree
Great-value accommodation comprising simple, freestanding cabins with covered decks in a tropical orchard close to the beach, forest and swimming holes…
Brisbane & Around
Flocks of chattering parrots and neat, simple cabins. Facilities include a camp kitchen, washing machines and dryers, as well as an on-site restaurant…
Outback Queensland
This friendly, colourful motor inn, in a quiet residential zone, has a large saltwater pool in a neat outdoor area. Rooms are a touch above the town…
Townsville & Mission Beach
This well-run park lends guests fishing rods, prawn nets and crab pots to catch dinner. They can also arrange seasonal work through their incorporate…
The Daintree
These two adorable little en-suite cabins with verandahs and solar power are just across the road from the beach and CJ's cafe.
Gulf Savannah
The Burketown Pub is the heart and soul of the town. Rooms out the back range from really basic container cabins to slightly nicer ones with small…
Daintree Rainforest Retreat Motel
The Daintree
The boutique rooms at this little motel have striking tropical colour schemes and glossy woodwork. Some have kitchenettes. The family rooms sleep four to…
Brisbane
An enormous white Queenslander (actually, a couple of buildings) with more than 50 rooms and a very laid-back vibe. Cheap, casual and grungy: not for the…
Outback Queensland
The 40 rooms of Isa Hotel are well-furnished with modern stylings in a good central location. They're connected to Red Earth.
Outback Queensland
A short walk from town, the Central Point keeps things simple and looks a bit dated, but it has a tropical atmosphere and well-equipped kitchenettes in…
Outback Queensland
This top-notch accommodation resort has a caravan park, cabins and comfortable motel units, as well as a roadhouse, small supermarket and the Tavern bar…
Capricorn Coast & the Southern Reef Islands
This uncomplicated, central motel has 32 excellent-value rooms, a pool and a quality on-site restaurant, the Brass Bell. All rooms are fitted with king…
Whitsunday Coast
More of a weekend party destination than a family resort, this beachfront complex has airy, tiled rooms that will do if you hit the poolside bar a little…
Outback Queensland
This simple park on the banks of the Burke River has some shady sites, surprisingly grassy areas and just a few cabins. It's a 10-minute walk to the town…
Brisbane & Around
A popular camping ground in Point Lookout. Facilities include power and running water, showers, toilets, as well as communal kitchen, BBQ and laundry…
Whitsunday Coast
Named for the cane train that runs past, this pleasant motel has a neat brick-surrounded pool, lush lawns, a BBQ, free pay-TV and a dozen well-maintained…
Outback Queensland
Richmond's caravan park overlooks Lake Fred Tritton and has grassy sites, plus live music nightly in the winter season.
Surfers Paradise
In a great location directly opposite the beach, these spacious one- or two-bedroom apartments have stunning views, but the complex is looking a little…
Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
Kacy's has a great location opposite the esplanade, and a range of accommodation from pleasant motel rooms to self-contained apartments on nearby See…
Port Douglas
This small park is beautifully located a short walk to the beach and town. Grassy sites, small pool, camp kitchen and units with kitchenette but no…
Gulf Savannah
Georgetown's only motel is a little way west of town and looking a little weary in a Mediterranean-meets-outback way. There's an on-site restaurant and…
Gulf Savannah
This basic but friendly caravan and camping area is across the road from the train station. Rooms are simple and shade is meagre, but it's fine for a…
