Queensland holidays

Want to know more about Queensland holidays before you go?

Find out more about Queensland by reading these articles.

This year coral bleaching has once again returned to the Great Barrier Reef and scientists are concerned that this is the warning that signals the demise of our glorious natural wonder. Coral bleaching is already responsible for killing more than 16% of the world's coral reefs. Marine biologists believe if these bleaching events continue, then within three decades the undersea gardens of the Great Barrier Reef and the rest of the world will be destroyed. To begin the fight to save the coral world-wide scientists need to get a clear understanding of the exact reasons why bleaching occurs. The Great Barrier Reef is more than 2000kms in length and there are tens of thousand of square kilometres of reef on the planet. Find out more in this Queensland holiday article.

"My companion leaned over the open fire and neatly lifted off the just-boiled billy with a carefully chosen stick. Grabbing the handle with a cloth, he swung the billy round and round in an admirable swaggie style. Then, announcing the billy's contents ready and fit for drinking, he carefully poured the tea into our mugs. Unfortunately, it came out in a great, brown, gluggy mass. He'd put too many tea leaves into the billy. As we sipped tea strong enough to kill an elephant, I wondered how three novices such as us had come to be camping in this remote place – the Expedition National Park in Queensland's north-western Darling Downs. Fortunately, the ever-resourceful national parks' ranger, Alica, from the nearby town of Taroom, had escorted us into the park and was there to keep an eye on us. She had already brought the firewood, efficiently chopped it up and set alight a cheerful fire." Read the rest of Shaun O'Dowd's adventure in this Queensland article.

Australia is the independent traveller’s playground, and to highlight our new independent travel section on responsibletravel.com, we have put together a Queensland itinerary as an example of the sort of thing you can do when travelling independently in Australia... Queensland is home to over 1000km of stunning coastline including the Great Barrier Reef and countless national parks ready to be explored. Here at responsibletravel.com we have the perfect mix of day tours and accommodations to take the intrepid traveller off the beaten track whilst ensuring you can still enjoy some of Australia’s most iconic sites. You can be sure that what we offer will not only delight and excite but that it's also responsibly run. With peace of mind that you are minimising your footprint whilst giving something back by making a difference, adding our tours and accommodations into your Oz itinerary is a must! Read more in this Queensland article.