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Beginning your tour in Cairns you are able to venture to the Great Barrier Reef, snorkel amongst the vibrant colour that the underwater world has to offer, journey to the Atherton Tablelands the high tropical plateau featuring lush rainforests, waterfalls and lakes, see the Curtain Fig Tree and Millaa Millaa Falls before reaching Townsville, Australia’s largest tropical city. Airlie Beach, Shute Harbour and the Whitsunday Islands including Daydream Island are free for your exploration. Passing from Rockhampton to Hervey Bay, you have a morning tea delight at Langmorn Cattle Station. Fraser Island is just a ferry trip away, the longest sand island in the world, and the largest island off Australia’s East Coast it is abundant in rainforests, sand dunes and crystal clear creeks all of which you will experience on your 4WD adventure. South to the Gold Coast for an evening of leisure, cross the border into New South Wales with the forever changing towns and cities of Byron Bay, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie & Sydney.
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| Tour Operator: | AAT Kings |
| Duration: | 12 nights |
| Pickup: | Cairns at 0:00AM |
| Drop-off: | Sydney |
| Meals Included: | Breakfasts - 11
Lunches - 2
Dinners - 6 |
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Cairns
3 nights |  Stretched along a 75 kilometre length of Queensland coastline, between the Coral Sea and the Great Dividing Range lies Cairns gateway to the tropical north of Australia. The city, with a population of 128,000, and is 1700 kilometres north of Brisbane. Cairns is a tropical city, with a hot and hum... |
| Great Barrier Reed | |
| Cairns | Stretched along a 75 kilometre length of Queensland coastline, between the Coral Sea and the Great Dividing Range lies Cairns gateway to the tropical north of Australia. The city, with a population of 128,000, and is 1700 kilometres north of Brisbane. Cairns is a tropical city, with a hot and hum... |
| Atherton Tablelands | |
Townsville
1 night |  is the unofficial regional capital of northern Queensland. The city is made up from two urban areas, Townsville and Thuringowa. Both these areas have developed, grown and combined over the years, to make the greater Townsville metropolitan area. This conurbation is the largest tropical city in Au... |
| Shute Harbour |  Looking for a great holiday destination, don’t go past Airlie Beach, a town with a real tropical feel and holiday atmosphere. It seems that everything you want from a holiday is available in this small seaside town, right in the heart of the Whitsundays, and a hop and a skip to the Great Barrier Re... |
Daydream Island
2 nights |  Daydream Island is a small island, one kilometre long and five hundred metres wide. It is part of the Whitsunday group of islands, five kilometres off the coast of Queensland, between the coast and the Great Barrier Reef. The island comprises a small centrally located volcanic formed hill and low l... |
| Shute Harbour | Looking for a great holiday destination, don’t go past Airlie Beach, a town with a real tropical feel and holiday atmosphere. It seems that everything you want from a holiday is available in this small seaside town, right in the heart of the Whitsundays, and a hop and a skip to the Great Barrier Re... |
| Mackay |  Mackay is a small city (population 78500 approximately) at the mouth of the Pioneer River, on the central Queensland coast. Half way between Brisbane and Cairns, and often called the Sugar Capital of Australia. It is the region’s service and commercial centre, being the export point for the resour... |
Rockhampton
1 night |  Rockhampton is a substantial country city, the capital and cultural centre of Central Queensland, well established, and a touch conservative, but what’s wrong with that? The city has much to be proud and thankful for, with a strong local economy based on cattle production, agricultural produce, tim... |
Hervey Bay
2 nights |  Hervey Bay, for many years was a group of villages, used primarily for people who wanted a quiet seaside life, with good weather, fishing, walking, contemplating the finer things in life, and generally enjoying the lifestyle the area offers. Things have changed now, with a population of 50,000 and ... |
Fraser Island
2 nights |  Fraser Island is one of Australia’s unique natural wonders, and is only 200 kilometres north of Brisbane. It is the largest sand island in the world, being 123 kilometres long, and covering an area of 184,000 hectares, with some of the sand dunes reaching 240 metres above sea level. There are 100 ... |
| Hervey Bay | Hervey Bay, for many years was a group of villages, used primarily for people who wanted a quiet seaside life, with good weather, fishing, walking, contemplating the finer things in life, and generally enjoying the lifestyle the area offers. Things have changed now, with a population of 50,000 and ... |
| Brisbane |  Straddling the curvacious Brisbane River, lies Brisbane City, capital of Queensland. The city has been built on the plains of south east Queensland, fifteen kilometres from the coast, between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range. The river has been dammed upstream, to supply the city with water... |
Gold Coast
1 night |  The Gold Coast, with its famous high rise skyline and its wide, white sandy beaches, is an area of land eighty kilometres south of Brisbane, in Queensland. It stretches along the coast from Coolangatta, in the south, to Beenleigh, in the north, a distance of approximately sixty kilometres. The are... |
Coffs Harbour
1 night |  The Coffs Coast of New South Wales is a pristine region of rainforests, relaxed towns, rich history, superb beaches and spectacular blue Pacific Ocean waves. Coffs Harbour is a coastal resort town, known for it's banana plantations and fishing, with a lazy pace, and plenty of great cafes, restaurant... |
| Port Macquarie | |
| Sydney |  Sydney is the oldest, largest and one of the most beautiful cities in Australia as well as being the capital of the State of New South Wales. The city is located on the shores of the spectacular Sydney Harbour and boasts some of the world’s most iconic images in the Sydney Opera House, Centrepoint ... |
Rydges Esplanade
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Hotel Ibis Townsville
1 night | |
Daydream Island Resort
2 nights | Daydream Island Resort and Spa is a fantastic year-round resort. It is situated in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef on its own island less than two kilometres long. The resort offers numerous accommodation styles each beautifully appointed with refreshing balcony views. These are complemented b... |
Rockhampton Plaza Hotel
1 night |  Rockhampton Plaza Hotel is ideally located just a few minutes from the airport and only three blocks from the city centre. The Hotel overlooks gardens and parkland and has one of the oldest Cathedrals in Rockhampton as a backdrop. |
Mantra Hervey Bay
2 nights | |
Australis Sovereign Hotel
1 night | |
Opal Cove Resort
1 night | |
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