Queensland is Australia's jewell of the tropics. Boasting 3,000km of warm water coastline, the Great Barrier Reef, tropical islands, resorts, rainforest, mountains and deserts. Queensland is not to be missed during your Australia vacation adventure. Queenslanders are friendly, laid-back, possess a dry sense of humour and are quietly smug at being blessed with one of the world’s best climates. Warm and welcoming, they are more than happy to share their knowledge of what to do and where to go. Some of Queensland's most popular places are Cairns, Whitsundays and Cape York.

Cairns

Cairns is the international gateway into Tropical North Queensland, and is also rated as being the safest tropical city in the world. Cairns also boasts two of the world’s greatest natural treasures - the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics Rainforests. Both of these wonderful attractions are World Heritage listed, and there are very few places on Earth where two such treasures rest side by side. Cairns International Airport is the nation’s sixth busiest in terms of international and domestic passenger movements, and the city also is rated the third most popular tourist destination in the country after Sydney and Brisbane. More than three million international and domestic passenger movements were recorded during 2002/03. The city is a vital, cosmopolitan centre and its residents enjoy an enviable tropical lifestyle.