Queensland Restaurants, Entertainment & Travel Directory

About Queensland

Widely known as Australia's "Sunshine State", Queensland averages over 300 days of sunshine a year. Warm summers and mild winters are what this sub-tropical destination is best known for.

There are five World Heritage listed areas and kilometers of ocean and natural landscapes, throughout Queensland. Queensland's preserved sites are recognised for their irreplaceable beauty; the 3,000 individual reefs and coral islands of the Great Barrier Reef harbour thousands of fish and marine creatures, while the World Heritage listed rainforests of the Wet Tropics and Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves are home to an abundance of native Australian wildlife.

Large tracks of significant dinosaur and fossil sites at Riversleigh are testament of a former inland sea that once dominated Queensland's Outback. The giant sand dunes and perched lakes of Fraser Island depict natural wonders like no other place in the world.

Watch the progression of protected humpback whales on their journey along the Queensland coast. Hold your breath while they play in the water during the winter months. Access this awesome spectacle from numerous points along the coast from the Gold Coast to the Whitsundays.

Queensland beaches also provide excellent environments for loggerhead, flatback, green and leatherback turtles. At the beginning of summer, visit Mon Repos and quietly watch up to 20 turtles slowly progress up the beach to lay eggs. A few months later, see the hatchlings make a perilous journey to the Pacific's edge.

Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Tourism Body: http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au

RECENT REVIEWS FOR QUEENSLAND

Michael's Oriental Eight Mile Plains

Michael & Angela have been running Michael's Oriental Restaurant for close on twenty years and the multitude of awards they have received are testimont to their dedication and hard work. The added bonus is that their function rooms can cater for up to 400 guests. S...

Rhapsody Cafe / Restaurant Cornubia

Rhapsody is a family run restaurant in Loganholme's Riverlakes Village Plaza Shopping Centre. Owner Mr Lasky offers an irresistible contemporary menu for breakfast, lunch, coffee-hour or dinner. Sophisticated and healthy, the extensive menus feature low-fat, low-car...

Tatra Winery Tamborine

The Tatra Winery Estate is nestled in the picturesque Gold Coast hinterland, 34km west of Nerang on Tamborine Mountain. Towering 560 metres above sea level, embark on a spectacular escape of wine tasting, bushwalking & sightseeing. Enjoy a day of winding roads on green hills an...

Pine & Bamboo Cannon Hill

Pine and Bamboo Chinese Restaurant offers a doorway directly to the flavoursome delights of China, right in Cannon Hill. Using only the finest ingredients, Pine and Bamboo offers Hunan, Szechwan, Hong Kong and Cantonese cuisine at its finest. Commonly recognised as one of the...

Cafe Alba Burleigh Heads

Café Alba is located under the Swell building on the Gold Coast Highway in the mecca of Burleigh Heads and its buzzing village. Cafe Alba owners are passionate about high quality food and service in a relaxed Gold Coast setting. The word "alba" comes from the Italian language ...

Tabla Indian Cuisine Shailer Park

Tabla is run by the Sandhu family, and prides itself in offering an exquisite range of authentic Indian meals, in Brisbane's Shailer Park. Chef Sukhdev Sandhu’s cuisine showcases Tandoori & Vegetarian meals from Northern India. Welcoming staff, clothed tables and subt...