Queensland Holidays, Queensland Accommodation, Australia

Queensland in northernAustralia,has a multitude of tourist icons within its boundaries that include the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, the Whitsundays region in central Queensland, Tropical North Queensland and magnificent Fraser Island.

On the Gold Coast the main centerpiece as far as tourism is concerned is Surfers Paradise. Port Douglas, and Cairns lie in the far north and both are popular as the best destination from which to visit the great barrier reef and the Daintree rainforest. The Whitsunday’s, and its archipelago of islands is about as picturesque as Australia gets and the region is famous for its beautiful island resorts.Fraser Island and hervey bay are contestants for the eco tourism prize with a sensational, world heritage listed wilderness island and a whale watching industry without equal anywhere in the world. Noosa is the jewel in the crown of the sunshine coast and the hoi polloi gather here for their annual holidays.

Some of the best island resorts that are located on the east coast of Queensland are Lizard Island Hayman Island, Hamilton Island, Brampton Island, Bedarra Island, Green Island, Dunk Island, Orpheus Island, Lady Elliot Island, Daydream Island, and Heron Island.

The Daintree rainforest and Cape Tribulation, in the tropical north are among the largest pieces of rainforest left in the world and as of 2010 a chemical has been extracted from one of its tres that has been curing cancer in animals. Human trials will commence in 2011, giving man another reason not to destroy the remaining rainforests left on the planet.The town of Airlie Beach is the tourism hub of the Whitsunday’s region. here you can sail all day on a maxi yacht or sail away for a week aboard a bare boat.

A Vacation in Australia is like no other country on earth and Queensland is the tourism capital.