The red hot outback. The lush green rainforests. The golden beaches and sunshine. The cool blue coast. The living kaleidoscope of the Great Barrier Reef. And the colourful towns and people. Queensland is big, bold, bright and beautiful. Australians know it as the Sunshine State. As the old saying goes, beautiful one day , perfect the next. This is the holiday capital of Australia, attracting visitors from around the country and around the world, all year round.

A Unique, Distinctly Australian Holiday
There’s no part of Queensland more colourful than the people. You’ll find the locals friendly, helpful and more than accommodating. The Sunshine State contains so many amazing attractions that Australia is famous for. It’s brimming with exciting cities, sunshine and pristine natural attractions. Queensland has a character and relaxing nature unlike anywhere else in the world.

Think Big
Queensland is big. Covering 1,727,000 square kilometres, it is Australia’s second largest State after Western Australia. It represents more than a quarter of the country’s total area. And it’s the fastest growing State in Australia, with a current population of over three million people. To put Queensland in perspective, it’s more than seven times the size of the United Kingdom, more than four and half time the size of Japan, around six and half times the size of New Zealand, more than five times the size of Texas. Yet Queensland is relatively uncrowded.

Queensland is such a vast land that Flying Doctors are called to take medical care to remote communities. A school of the air delivers education via two-way radio to distant school children. And the world’s longest mail run - the Channel Country Run - is in air service stretching form North-West Queensland into South Australia.