Attractions
Australia Zoo, Beerwah
Beerwah, Queensland
The zoo made famous by Steve Irwin, the 'Crocodile Hunter', and still run by the Irwin family.
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Natural features
Broken River platypus, Eungella National Park
Queensland
Eungella ('land of cloud') is a high plateau of misty subtropical rainforest west of Mackay, and Broken River is one of the best places in Australia …
Natural features
Cape Hillsborough wallabies at sunrise
Bucasia, Queensland
In Cape Hillsborough National Park, north of Mackay, wallabies and kangaroos come down to the beach at dawn to feed on seed pods and mangrove leaves …
Natural features
Daintree Rainforest and Cape Tribulation
Wujal Wujal, Queensland
The oldest tropical rainforest in the world, part of the Wet Tropics UNESCO site, where the rainforest meets the reef at Cape Tribulation.
Tours and activities
Great Barrier Reef from Cairns
Cairns, Queensland
The world's largest coral reef system, a UNESCO site, stretching 2,300 km.
Natural features
K'gari (Fraser Island)
Urangan, Queensland
The world's largest sand island, 123 km long, officially renamed K'gari, its Butchulla name, in 2023.
Attractions
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane
Fig Tree Pocket, Queensland
Opened in 1927, Lone Pine is the world's first and largest koala sanctuary, with more than 100 koalas in a bush setting on the Brisbane River at Fig …
Natural features
Natural Bridge, Springbrook National Park
Tallebudgera Valley, Queensland
A rock arch over Cave Creek, formed when a waterfall wore a hole through the roof of the cave beneath it, so that the creek now pours through the hol…
Walks and treks
North Gorge Walk, Point Lookout
Queensland
An easy 1.2 km boardwalk loop around the headland at Point Lookout, on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah), and one of the best wildlife walks in Q…
Natural features
Whitehaven Beach and the Whitsundays
Whitsundays, Queensland
A 7 km beach of brilliant white silica sand on Whitsunday Island, with swirling sand and water patterns at Hill Inlet seen from the lookout.
Natural features
Brown Lake (Bummiera), North Stradbroke Island
Queensland
A freshwater 'perched' lake on North Stradbroke Island, coloured a deep tea-brown by tannins from the paperbark trees around it, with a white sandy s…
Attractions
Chenrezig Institute, Eudlo
Eudlo, Queensland
One of the largest Tibetan Buddhist centres in the West, set in 160 acres of subtropical rainforest in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
Natural features
Cylinder Beach, Point Lookout
Queensland
A sheltered, patrolled beach in a curve of the coast at Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island, one of the best family beaches in south-east Queensla…
Natural features
Finch Hatton Gorge
Mirani, Queensland
A rainforest gorge in Eungella National Park with boulders, waterfalls and clear swimming holes.
Natural features
Springbrook National Park
Tallebudgera Valley, Queensland
A plateau of ancient rainforest on the rim of an old volcano in the Gold Coast hinterland, part of the Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area.
Natural features
Good Night Scrub National Park
Gin Gin, Queensland
A small national park in the hills inland from Bundaberg, protecting one of the largest remaining patches of dry vine scrub (dry rainforest) in Queen…