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Southern QueenslandWhile not as popular with international
visitors as the Far North, southern Queensland is Australia’s
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The Great Barrier Reef ends around Gladstone, the northern limit of Southern Queensland. Several islands, including Lady Elliott and Heron Island, enable visitors to stay right on the reef. The northern wet season has little effect here, and so the reef, and the region generally, can be visited easily all year round.
Lamington
National Park is
a region of rainforest and eucalpyt forest in the high country behind
Queensland's Gold Coast. Situated around 3000', the mountains, plateaus,
valleys, forests and wildlife make this an exceptional destination
for those interested in wildlife and nature. An extensive National
Park and two nature lodges, perhaps the longest running in Australia,
make access and exploration simple, and there's even daily buses
from Brisbane or the Gold Coast to get there. If wildlife, birds
and natural history are on your Australia must-see list, then make
sure Lamington is part of your visit. The park is an easy and interesting
2-hour drive inland from Brisbane, and a little shorter from the
Gold While Binna Burra is more rustic than O'Reilly's, both offer naturalist guided tours, beautiful scenery, outdoor activities and a lot of accessible wildlife. Each month in November O'Reillys hosts a Bird Week, attracting experts and beginners alike from around Australia and overseas. Binna Burra has several programs of orienteering, abseiling (rapelling) and similar outdoor sports. If you prefer, camping is available at the National Park campground and at Binna Burra.
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domestic holiday destination, due to warm weather and spectacular
beaches. But there’s more to the region than straight hedonism.
Lamington National Park, southwest of Brisbane, is an area of upland
temperate rainforest and open eucalyptus forest, and is rich in fauna
and flora. Two of Australia’s original ecolodges, including
our favorite, 
Steve
Irwin's 
ngulfed
by the booming North Coast. By visiting the Zoo not only do you have
a grat time and see some wonderful animals, but you support Steve,
Bindi and Terri's wonderful efforts to conserve wildlife around the
world. Back in the early seventies Australian Natural Adventure's
president, Andrew Haffenden, lived near there, and enjoyed trips looking
for reptiles with Steve's Dad, Bob. At the time Steve was only small
(and yes, in shorts of course), but as interested in animals as he
appeared on television. Thanks, Steve for all you've done.
Coast.
Travel is from the coast through farming communities and small towns
rising up through the hinterland and into Australia's Great Dividing
Range (which actually just divides the immediate east coast from
the rest of Australia). There are two access roads, one of which
ends at Lamington National Park campground and Information Centre,
and