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Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef

This huge, dramatically beautiful region extends from its temperate border with New South Wales up into the tropical north, much of it still barely explored or settled. Most of the state’s great attractions are up along the coast: the huge Daintree Rainforest, the Outback oases of the Atherton Tablelands and the kaleidoscopic colours of the Great Barrier Reef.

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Airlie Beach
Atherton Tablelands
Brisbane
Cairns
Cooktown
Daintree Forest & Cape Tribulation
Dunk Island
Fraser Island
Hamilton Island
Heron Island
Lamington National Park
Lizard Island
Lord Howe Island
Orpheus Island
Palm Cove
Port Douglas
Sunshine Coast
The Great Barrier Reef
The Whitsunday Islands
Torres Strait Islands
Wilson Island
Wrotham Park Station

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- Cooktown is a quiet little town that makes a great base from which to explore the surrounding area. Captain Cook spent a number of weeks here repairing the Endeavour on the way to the Great Barrier Reef.
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- The Daintree forest is an environmental jewel that dates back 100 million years and stretches through Cape Tribulation, an area of breathtakingly-beautiful rugged mountain ranges and rainforest that tumbles down to the beach.
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- Fraser Island
- Fraser island is awash with colour; blinding white sand flanks the milky turquoise and inky blue-black lakes, the dense green centre contrasting wonderfully.
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- Lamington National Park
- Lamington is a UNESCO World Heritage National Park and lies at the foot of the McPherson Ranges, straddling some of Queensland’s most impressive landscapes.
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- Lord Howe Island
- Lord Howe Island is a far-flung, volcanic treasure. Just two hours by air from Sydney it rises out of the ocean and curves around an aquamarine lagoon. It is one of only a handful of islands awarded World Heritage status.
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- Palm Cove
- Located just 20 minutes north of Cairns Palm Cove is the sleepy town with an appealing laid back village atmosphere, lush tropical environment, cobble stone streets fringed by coconut palms and a long stretch of white sandy beach.
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- Port Douglas
- Port Douglas is 47 miles north of Cairns and is a bustling port popular with tourists that has managed to retain its village atmosphere from its days as a tiny fishing village.
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- Sunshine Coast
- Less than two hours north from Brisbane you will find the picture-perfect and aptly named Sunshine Coast. Tempting azure waters flank the sweeping honey beaches and thriving villages are sheltered in emerald valleys.
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- The Great Barrier Reef
- Sweeping from Lady Elliott in the south to beyond Haggerstone Island in the north are the islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Some are tiny specks, others little more than sandy cay swirls, crowded with seabirds, whilst several are densely vegetated and encased in rock.
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- Airlie Beach
- Airlie is the centre of the thriving Whitsunday Coast, and the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands.
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- Dunk Island
- Whether you wish to soak up the sun on the honey-coloured beaches flanked by shady palm trees, swim in the tranquil waters or trek into the heart of the island’s dense rainforest searching for colourful wildlife, Dunk island has something to suit everyone.
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- Hamilton Island
- Hamilton Island is one of the 74 tropical islands in the Coral Sea between the Queensland Coast and the Great Barrier Reef and as the most developed island it boasts a multitude of facilities, activities and accommodation to suit all tastes and budgets.
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- Heron Island
- Heron Island is a true coral cay right on the Great Barrier Reef: here you can swim off the beach into an endless garden of coral and come face to face with the heaving kaleidoscope of marine life that lives just inches below the surface of the water.
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- Lizard Island
- One of the most northerly islands of the Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island is perhaps the most exceptional. Take a picnic hamper and motorised dinghy to explore one of twenty-four superb beaches with which the island has been blessed.
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- Orpheus Island
- Orpheus Island is located 80km off the coast from Townsville in far north Queensland, on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef.
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- The Whitsunday Islands
- Some 74 islands make up the Whitsunday Islands and each coral-fringed island has its own individual appeal. Many are uninhabited and are listed as national parks, however, a handful have resorts that offer a multitude of accommodation choices from budget to five-star luxury
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- Wilson Island
- Year-round Wilson Island is a hive of wildlife activity; green and loggerhead turtles laying their eggs, humpback whales heading south with their calves and the constant arrival and departure of migratory birds.
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- Torres Strait Islands
- The Torres Strait islands are likened to stepping stones, dividing Australia and Papua New Guinea. A handful of these islands are inhabited and only a few permit visitors.
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- Wrotham Park Station
- Located on the Cape York Peninsula, Wrotham Park is a working cattle station. It is immense and craggy, and offers a wonderful opportunity to see a working station in action.
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