Green Island is a coral cay north-east of Cairns in Tropical North Queensland. The island boasts an unspoilt rainforest, stunning beaches and surrounding reef ... so close that you can snorkel directly off the beach.
Green Island is perfect for day-trippers from Cairns, but if you'd like to spend more time there, then you have the option to stay at the luxurious Green Island Resort. Stroll through the lush cool rainforest; laze on white coral sands or lie by the inviting swimming pool.
Whether you spend a half or full day on Green Island, you will experience a adventure unlike any other.
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Hand feeding wild dolphins at Tangalooma Island Resort
Moreton Bay is home to approximately 600 bottlenose dolphins and each evening as the sun begins to set across the water, a small pod makes their way to the shores of Tangalooma Island Resort. Since 1992, resort guests have had the opportunity to hand feed the dolphins as part of the Tangalooma wild dolphin feeding program.
Currently up to 11 dolphins frequent the shores of Tangalooma, hunting, surfing and playing with fellow pod members. The jetty at Tangalooma is the perfect platform for viewing and observing these wild dolphins as they continuously entertain all with their inquisitive antics. A dedicated Dolphin Care Team records the dolphins' behaviour each evening, monitoring growth, behaviour and interactions.
Included in selected accommodation and day cruise packages is the opportunity to wade into the water to feed these playful creatures. Day guests travelling on the Dolphin Adventure Tour also have the chance to participate in this unforgettable experience.
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Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk is a one and a half kilometre rainforest walking experience which inlcudes the Skywalk Bridge (steel-structured), the 40 metre Skywalk Cantilever (steel-structured) and the Cedar Creek Viewing Platform, joined by a winding pathway along the canopy floor.
Accessible directly from the Eco centre, the walk showcases the pristine beauty of the lush rainforest in a safe and exciting way. The whole experience takes approxiamately 45 minutes at a leisurely pace and begins and ends at the main centre. The main centre includes, the Eco Centre, bus parking, gift shop, cafe and toilets.
Located in the beautiful Gold Coast Hinterland, the Skywalk is 45 minutes from Surfers Paradise and 60 minutes from Brisbane International Airport.
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Dig for Dinosaurs in Outback Queensland
Bone hunters, fossil fanatics and amateur paleontologists unite in capital.
•Dig up and dust off 20-million-year-old dinosaur bones travelling along the Dinosaur trail between Winton, Richmond and Hughenden.
•Follow three-toed footprints at the world's best-preserved dinosaur stampede at World Heritage Listed Lark Quarry Conservation Park.
•Dive into the marine fossil museum in Richmond and spot the 10-metre prehistoric sea monster.
•Head to the channel country where you'll discover one of Queensland's largest dinosaurs at the Eromanga Natural History Museum
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Hervey Bay is a popular spot for our biggest coastal visitors, the humpback whales from June to November. More than 7,000 whales holiday in the Fraser Coast on their 5,000km migration from Antarctica to teach their baby calves sweet skills like breaching, spy hopping, tummy flashes and plenty of other survival tools.
Here's why Hervey Bay is the whale watching capital of Australia:
•Get up-close and personal on a catamaran experience or sit back and watch the whales play on a super vessel
•Share the ocean and swim with the whales
•Jump aboard the Whale Express with a half day tour or really get to know the barnacled beauties with an in-depth day tour
Mmwwwwwwaaah (that's whale speak for "Either way, you'll have a whale of a time!").
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A celebration of all things melon and a tribute to our town's melon farming reputation, the Chinchilla Melon Festival has become a renowned Queensland event. Held in February every second year, the festival encompasses a week of activities with the highlight being the classic Family Fun Day and colourful street parade. If you've never skied on watermelons or attempted a melon bungee, then you need to put the Chinchilla Melon Festival at the top of your to-do list!
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4WD Rainbow Beach, Sunshine Coast
Escape the bitumen and indulge in a unique once in a lifetime 4WD Tour from Noosa to Rainbow Beach. Imagine driving right on the sandy Great Beach Drive, in an experience that can only be described as exhilarating. Stopping at Double Island Point Lighthouse for 360 degree views, the beautiful Rainbow Beach for a coloured sands demonstration, Honeymoon Bay for secluded swims, Red Canyon where the red and yellow sands form this unique pinnacle in the sand dunes and a pristine rainforest at Freshwater.
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Lady Elliot Island is regarded as one of the best snorkelling and diving destinations on the Great Barrier Reef. Enjoy a glass bottom boat/guided snorkel tour, snorkel safari, snorkel straight off the beach, dive spectacular dive sites, guided reef walk, witness the magic of bird and turtle nesting and hatching season, or watch migrating humpback whales blow and breach (in season).
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Whitehaven Beach is a pristine, award winning beach on Whitsunday Island, the largest of the 74 islands in the Whitsundays. Whitehaven Beach stretches over seven kilometres and boasts brilliant white silica sand that is among the purest in the world. Sink your feet into the sand and wade into the warm waves that gently lap the shore and you'll soon realise why people come here from all over the world.
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