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Contents13
On the Road 4
Queensland Highlights 5
DestinationQueensland 16
Getting Started 18
Itineraries 22
History 27
The Culture 35
Food & Drink 42
Environment 49
Queensland Outdoors61
Brisbane 71History 72Orientation 72Information 72Sights
76Activities 84Walking Tour 85Brisbane for Children 86Quirky
Brisbane 87 Tours 87Festivals & Events 88Sleeping 89Eating
93Drinking 101Entertainment 102Shopping 105Getting There & Away
106Getting Around 107
The Great BarrierReef 109
Around Brisbane 125REDCLIFFE 126
Information 126Sights & Activities 126
Sleeping & Eating 126Getting There & Around 128
MANLY 128Information 128Sights & Activities 128Sleeping
& Eating 128Getting There & Away 128NORTH STRADBROKEISLAND
129
Orientation & Information 129Sights & Activities 129
Tours 131Sleeping 131Eating 133
Getting There & Away 133Getting Around 133MORETON ISLAND
133
Orientation & Information 133Sights & Activities 134
Tours 134Sleeping & Eating 134Getting There & Around 135ST
HELENA ISLAND 135
Gold Coast 136SOUTH STRADBROKEISLAND 138
GOLD COAST BEACHES 138
Southport & Main Beach 138Surfers Paradise 141Broadbeach
149Burleigh Heads & Currumbin 150Coolangatta & Tweed Heads
152GOLD COASTHINTERLAND 154
Tamborine Mountain 155Springbrook National Park 156Canungra
158Lamington National Park 158
Darling Downs 160 Toowoomba 161Around Toowoomba 166Dalby
167Warwick 168Stanthorpe & Ballandean 170Girraween National
Park 173Sundown National Park 173Goondiwindi 174Miles 174Roma
175Around Roma 177SOUTH BURNETT REGION 177
Bunya Mountains NationalPark 177
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Kingaroy 178Kilkivan 179Cania Gorge National Park 179
Sunshine Coast 180Bribie Island 181Glass House Mountains
182Caloundra 183Mooloolaba &Maroochydore 186Coolum 190Peregian
& Sunshine Beach 191Noosa 192Cooloola Coast 198Eumundi
200SUNSHINE COASTHINTERLAND 202
Maleny 202Montville 203Mapleton 205
Fraser Coast 206FRASER ISLAND 207
FRASER COAST 211
Gympie 212Rainbow Beach 214Maryborough 216Hervey Bay 219
Childers 225Burrum Coast National Park 226Bundaberg 226Around
Bundaberg 231
Capricorn Coast 232Rockhampton 234Around Rockhampton 238Yeppoon
238Around Yeppoon 241Byfield 241
Great Keppel Island 242Other Keppel Bay Islands 244Gladstone
244Around Gladstone 247Southern Reef Islands 248Agnes Water &
Townof 1770 249Eurimbula & DeepwaterNational Parks 253CAPRICORN
HINTERLAND 253
Blackdown TablelandNational Park 253Emerald 254Clermont
255Gemfields 255Springsure 257Carnarvon National Park 257Biloela
259
Whitsunday Coast260MACKAY TO THEWHITSUNDAYS 262
Mackay 262Around Mackay 268Mackay’s Northern Beaches 269Pioneer
Valley 270Eungella 270Stoney Creek 271Eungella National Park
271Brampton Island 272Cumberland Islands 273Cape
HillsboroughNational Park 274Newry Island Group 274THE WHITSUNDAYS
274
Midge Point 278Proserpine 279Airlie Beach 279Conway National
Park 286Long Island 286Hook Island 287Daydream Island 288South
Molle Island 288Hamilton Island 289Hayman Island 291Lindeman Island
292Whitsunday Island 292Dingo Beach, HydeawayBay & Cape
Gloucester 292Bowen 293
Townsville & NorthCoast 296TOWNSVILLE 298
History 298Orientation 298Information 299Sights 301Activities
302Sleeping 303Eating 305Drinking 306Entertainment 307Shopping
307Getting There & Away 307Getting Around 308MAGNETIC ISLAND
308
Orientation & Information 309Sights 310Activities 310 Tours
311Sleeping 311Eating 312Entertainment 313Getting There & Away
313Getting Around 313AYR TO TOWNSVILLE 314
TOWNSVILLE TOCHARTERS TOWERS 314
Ravenswood 314Charters Towers 315TOWNSVILLE TOINNISFAIL 318
Paluma Range National Park 318Ingham 319Lucinda 321Orpheus
Island 321Cardwell & Around 322Hinchinbrook Island 323Goold
& Garden Islands 325 Tully 325Mission Beach 326Dunk Island
331Bedarra Island 332Mission Beach to Innisfail 332Innisfail &
Around 333
Cairns, Islands &Highlands 335CAIRNS 336
Orientation 337Information 337Sights 339Activities 342Cairns for
Kids 343 Tours 343Festivals & Events 346Sleeping 346Eating
349Drinking 351Entertainment 351Shopping 352Getting There &
Away 352Getting Around 353SOUTH OF CAIRNS 354
Babinda 354Wooroonooran NationalPark 355CAIRNS’ NORTHERNBEACHES
355
Holloways Beach 356Yorkeys Knob 356 Trinity Beach 357Clifton
Beach 357Palm Cove 357Ellis Beach 359ISLANDS OFF CAIRNS 359
Green Island 359Fitzroy Island 360Frankland Islands 360ATHERTON
TABLELAND 361
Kuranda 361Mareeba 364Atherton 365Herberton 366
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Mt Hypipamee NationalPark 367Ravenshoe 367Millaa Millaa
368Malanda & Around 368Yungaburra 370Lake Tinaroo 371Crater
Lakes National Park 372
Far NorthQueensland 373PORT DOUGLAS 374
History 374Orientation 375Information 375Sights 376
Activities 376 Tours 377Sleeping 378Eating 380Drinking &
Entertainment 381Getting There & Away 381Getting Around
381NORTH OF PORTDOUGLAS 382
Mossman 382Mossman to Daintree 383DAINTREE 384
Daintree Village 384Daintree River to Cape Tribulation 387Cape
Tribulation 390NORTH TO COOKTOWN 393
Inland Route 393Coastal Route 394Cooktown 396Lizard Island Group
400
Cape York Peninsula& Gulf Savannah403CAPE YORK PENINSULA
404
Lakeland to Musgrave 407Musgrave to Archer River 409Archer River
to LockhartRiver 410Archer River to Weipa 411Archer River to
JardineRiver 411Jardine River to Cape York 413 Torres Strait
Islands 413GULF SAVANNAH 415
The Savannah Way 417Normanton to Burketown 422Burketown to the
Border 422Burketown to Camooweal 423Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill)National
Park 423Wellesley Islands 424
Outback Queensland425THE OVERLANDER’S WAY 427
Charters Towers toCloncurry 427Cloncurry 429
Cloncurry to Normanton 429Cloncurry to Mt Isa 430Mt Isa
430Camooweal & Around 433THE MATILDA HIGHWAY 434
Cloncurry to Winton 434Winton 434Around Winton 436Longreach
437Illfracombe 439Barcaldine 439Blackall 440
Blackall to Charleville 441Charleville 441Charleville to
Cunnamulla 443Cunnamulla 443THE CHANNEL COUNTRY 444
Mt Isa to Birdsville 444Birdsville 445Birdsville Track
446Simpson Desert NationalPark 446
Birdsville to Charleville 446 The Adventure Way 446
Directory 448
Transport 463
Health 477
Glossary 483
The Authors 485
Behind the Scenes487
Index 491
GreenDex 505
World Time Zones507
Map Legend 508
Peninsula p405
p137Gold Coast
Highlands p336
Cairns, Islands &Queensland p374
Far North
p74–5Brisbane
p127BrisbaneAround
Coast p181Sunshine
Coast p207Fraser
p162–3DownsDarling
Coast p233Capricorn
Coast p261Whitsunday
North Coast p297Townsville &
Gulf Savannah p416
Cape York
p426Outback Queensland
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