Arrive in tropical Cairns and make your way to our premium accommodation, our home for the next three nights.

The afternoon is yours to settle in, stroll along the Cairns Esplanade or simply relax after your journey.

This evening, we’ll come together for our Welcome Dinner, meet our fellow travellers and talk about the adventure ahead.

Overnight: Cairns
Included meals: Welcome Dinner

Today we experience one of the natural wonders of the world – the Great Barrier Reef.

We’ll join a premium full-day reef experience and travel out to the spectacular outer reef. Spend the day snorkelling, viewing the coral and marine life or simply enjoying this extraordinary environment.

Lunch is included as part of today’s experience before we return to Cairns for our second night.

Overnight: Cairns
Included meals: Breakfast and lunch

From the reef to the rainforest.

Today a specialist local operator takes us north to discover the Wet Tropics and Daintree region, one of the world’s oldest surviving tropical rainforest environments.

Our day will incorporate highlights such as Port Douglas, Mossman Gorge and the Daintree/Cape Tribulation region, with the final itinerary determined by our selected premium local operator.

With someone else doing the driving, everyone can sit back and enjoy the scenery.

Overnight: Cairns
Included meals: Breakfast

Today our small-group road journey begins as we leave Cairns and travel south through the lush tropical landscapes of Far North Queensland.

Our first major experience is Charley’s Chocolate, where we’ll discover how Australian-grown cocoa is transformed from tree to finished chocolate, with an opportunity to taste the finished product.

We then continue to beautiful Etty Bay, where southern cassowaries are regularly seen in the wild. We’ll spend time enjoying the beach and keeping our eyes open for these extraordinary birds. As they are wild animals, sightings cannot be guaranteed.

We continue through the Cassowary Coast to our accommodation.

Overnight: Mission Beach/Ingham region
Included meals: Breakfast

Today’s highlight is magnificent Wallaman Falls, located within Girringun National Park.

At 268 metres, Wallaman Falls is Australia’s highest permanent single-drop waterfall. We’ll take our time at the lookout to appreciate the scale of the falls and the surrounding Wet Tropics landscape before continuing towards Townsville.

After checking into our accommodation, there will be time to enjoy some of Townsville’s waterfront and local sights.

Overnight: Townsville
Included meals: Breakfast

We continue south through North Queensland today, travelling towards the Whitsundays.

Along the way we’ll stop around Bowen, famous for its beaches, tropical produce and North Queensland character.

By afternoon we’ll arrive in Airlie Beach, gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. After checking into our premium accommodation for two nights, the remainder of the afternoon is yours to relax and explore.

Overnight: Airlie Beach
Included meals: Breakfast

Today is another signature experience of our journey.

We leave the vehicle behind and head onto the water for a full-day Whitsundays experience, including spectacular Whitehaven Beach.

With brilliant white silica sand, turquoise water and the beautiful Whitsunday Islands surrounding us, this promises to be one of the most memorable days of the tour.

Our selected cruise will include lunch and plenty of time to enjoy this remarkable part of Queensland. Return to Airlie Beach in the afternoon.

Overnight: Airlie Beach
Included meals: Breakfast and lunch

Leaving the Whitsundays, we travel south through Mackay’s sugar-growing country to Sarina.

Here we’ll visit the Sarina Sugar Shed for a fascinating look behind the scenes of one of Queensland’s most important industries. We’ll learn about growing and harvesting sugar cane and how it is transformed into a range of products, with tastings along the way.

After our visit we continue south through Central Queensland towards the beautiful Capricorn Coast.

Overnight: Yeppoon
Included meals: Breakfast

Our morning begins beneath the surface at the spectacular Capricorn Caves, north of Rockhampton.

We’ll join the Cathedral Cave experience and discover the remarkable limestone formations and history of this privately owned cave system.

Back above ground, our journey continues south through Central Queensland to Agnes Water and the historic Town of 1770, arriving with time to enjoy this relaxed coastal destination.

Overnight: Agnes Water/Town of 1770
Included meals: Breakfast

This morning we experience something completely different.

We board one of the famous pink 1770 LARCs – amphibious vehicles capable of travelling both on land and through the water.

Our LARC experience takes us through the unique coastal environment around the Town of 1770 and includes lunch.

Afterwards we continue south towards the Fraser Coast and Hervey Bay, where we’ll settle in for two nights.

Overnight: Hervey Bay
Included meals: Breakfast and lunch

Today is devoted to one of Australia’s most remarkable islands – K’gari.

We’ll leave our touring vehicle behind and join a specialist local operator with an appropriate 4WD vehicle to explore the world’s largest sand island.

Our full-day experience is planned to incorporate some of K’gari’s celebrated locations, which may include Lake McKenzie, Central Station, 75 Mile Beach, Eli Creek and the Maheno Shipwreck, subject to conditions and the final selected itinerary.

After a full day exploring K’gari, we’ll return to Hervey Bay.

Overnight: Hervey Bay
Included meals: Breakfast and lunch

There’s plenty more to discover as we leave the Fraser Coast.

Our first stop is Bamboo Land, where we’ll have time to wander through the beautiful tropical gardens.

We then travel into historic Maryborough, birthplace of Mary Poppins author P. L. Travers. Here we’ll visit The Story Bank, an imaginative look into the stories, characters and history surrounding the creator of Mary Poppins.

Later we’ll head towards the Gympie region for something completely different – Highland cows! At Highland Hideaway, we’ll enjoy a private/group farm experience and get up close with their Highland cattle and other farm animals.

Tonight we stay in the Gympie/Mary Valley region.

Overnight: Gympie/Mary Valley region
Included meals: Breakfast

We’re finishing our Queensland journey in style.

This morning we’ll board the historic Mary Valley Rattler at Gympie for a heritage rail journey through the picturesque Mary Valley.

After returning to Gympie around midday, our journey continues through the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, including a visit to Kin Kin and time to enjoy the character and scenery of the region.

Later in the afternoon we continue to Brisbane, where our Cairns-to-Brisbane adventure comes to an end. We expect to arrive at approximately 5:00–6:00 pm.

Overnight: Tour concludes in Brisbane
Included meals: Breakfast