Lonely Planet Coastal Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781786571557
• eBook ISBN: 9781787011717

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Coastal Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef 8 is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Dive the Great Barrier Reef, walk through the magnificent Daintree Rainforest, then surf and play on the Gold Coast -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet Coastal Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, art, cinema, music, politics, climate change, outdoor activities Covers Brisbane, Gold Coast, Noosa, Fraser Island, Whitsundays, Townsville, Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Daintree Rainforest and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Coastal Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, our most comprehensive guide to Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Looking for a guide focused on Brisbane? Check out Lonely Planet Pocket Brisbane & the Gold Coast, a handy-sized guide focused on the can't-miss sights for a quick trip. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day. Lonely Planet enables the curious to experience the world fully and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves, near or far from home. TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia) eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps a

Brisbane & Around

Brisbane & Around Highlights

Brisbane

City Walk

Around Brisbane

Redcliffe

Manly & St Helena Island

North Stradbroke Island

Moreton Island

Granite Belt

Toowoomba

Around Toowoomba

Brisbane & Around

Why Go?

Sophisticated city galleries and rooftop bars, desolate subtropical beaches, cool-climate vineyards: the greater Brisbane region deals in Queensland's most gasp-inducing contrasts. Star of the show is Brisbane itself, a lush, sultry metropolis with flourishing restaurant, bar and cultural scenes that attest to its coming of age. Lapping at the city's eastern fringe is Moreton Bay, home to low-lying sandy isles that beckon with their turquoise waves, sparkling forests and passing parade of whales, turtles and dolphins.

Head west from Brisbane and you'll hit lofty Toowoomba, an underrated university town where heritage architecture and well-pruned gardens share the streets with smashing street art, specialist coffee shops and a growing number of fashionable eateries and bars. Things get even cooler (literally) further south in the vineyard-laced Granite Belt, a corner of the state where surf clubs, mojitos and palm trees are ditched for elegant reds, crackling fires and the occasional mid-year snowman.

When to Go

AJan Brisbane swelters during summer, making it the perfect time to cool off in the North Stradbroke Island surf.

AMay–Aug Cooler temperatures (bring a jacket) and clear blue skies m...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Coastal Queensland
• Queensland's Top 15
• Need to Know
• What's New
• If You Like
• Month by Month
• Itineraries
• Your Reef Trip
• Queensland Outdoors
• Travel with Children
• Regions at a Glance
• Brisbane & Around
• The Gold Coast
• Noosa & the Sunshine Coast
• Fraser Island & the Fraser Coast
• Capricorn Coast & the Southern Reef Islands
• Whitsunday Coast
• Townsville to Mission Beach
• The Great Barrier Reef
• Cairns & the Daintree Rainforest
• Understand Queensland
• Queensland Today
• History
• Climate Change & the Great Barrier Reef
• The Arts in Queensland
• Deadly & Dangerous
• Directory AZ
• Transport
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers