A road trip up the Queensland coast is one of the classic Australia trips and includes some of the best beach and ocean experiences in the world.
You’ve got 4WDing on Fraser Island, sailing the Whitsunday Islands, diving the Great Barrier Reef, tropical rainforest, giant waterfalls, and a string of beach towns and islands all the way up the coast. Add in the glitzy, hedonistic Gold Coast and the random giant roadside “Big Things”, and it becomes a very varied and very Australian road trip.
One of the best roadtrips in the world and a must for Australia.
In a nutshell:
- Australia’s classic road trip and one of the best in the world
- Fraser Island and sailing in the Whitsundays are the mega wow experiences
- Great for beaches, sailing, diving and warm weather
- Very varied: beaches, rainforest, waterfalls, islands and cities
- Best done as a self-drive trip from Brisbane to Cairns either supercharged in 10 days or more civilised in 3 weeks
- Go in the Australian winter (dry season in the north)