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.

Whitsundays

Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays have some of the best sailing trips and scuba diving locations in the world. Sailing and Scuba diving adventures amongst the Great Barrier Reef and aboard Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays many dedicated scuba diving and sailing vessels is often the experience of a lifetime for adventure travellers in Australia. The Whitsundays and Airlie Beach offer many outstanding, sheltered scuba diving course locations - perfect for learning the skills of scuba diving when taking those first steps in a scuba diving course. Boasting 74 Islands, over 100 nautical miles, the Whitsundays is a tropical play ground of swaying palm trees, stunning islands and beautiful accommodation, and restaurants. And to make the Whitsundays the perfect vacation location it's located in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef. Sailing Whitsundays has an excellent interactive Airlie Beach Map, if you need some idea of the local layout.