http://www.camc.com September 2019 Caravan and Motorhome Club Magazine
QUEENSLAND – THE SUNSHINE STATE
Duration/type: 36 days/independent
motorhome tour
Departures and prices: year round
from £3,999 for per person for 2020
d e p a r t u re s ( b a s e d o n t w o s h a r i n g )
Price includes: outfit hire, return
flights from the UK to Brisbane, all
transfers, three nights’ hotel
accommodation in Brisbane including
breakfast, 29 nights’ pre-booked
campsites including electric power,
Brisbane City Tour, Frankland Islands
Reef Cruise, Kuranda Train and
Skyrail, Fraser Island
Covering an incredible 715,000
square miles, Queensland is an
enormous holiday treasure trove of
beaches, coral reefs and rainforest
- as well as classic, red-earthed
Outback country. This 36-day
independent motorhome tour gives
you the opportunity to discover the
‘Sunshine State’ in all its glory. After
three nights in the comfortable
Novotel Brisbane hotel and an exciting
Brisbane City Highlights Tour, you
will be transported to the Maui depot
to c o l l e c t yo u r ve h i c l e. E a r l y o n t h e
tour, you’ll stop at characterful Dalby,
b efo re h e a d i n g o n to R o m a w h e re
you can find out about Australia’s oil
and gas industry at The Big Rig – Oil
Patch Museum.
More social history is on offer at
the Historic Blackall Woolscour – a
fascinating working, wool-cleaning
facility – while heritage towns such
as Longreach and Winton are also on
the agenda.
O n D a y 13 yo u w i l l a r r i ve a t t h e z i n c
and copper mining town of Mount Isa- take a trip to the Hard Times replica
mine and get a feel for life at the pitface.
I t ’s t h e n o n to t h e f a m o u s f i s h i n g
hotspot of Karumba (where you could
head off on a mud crab and
crocodile tour) before you have the
opportunity to visit Cobbold Gorge,
a region of incredible sandstone
formations and a narrow ravine
carved over thousands of years by
fast-flowing waters.
More natural wonders are on
show in the volcanic Undara region
before your adventure continues in
Cairns – where the rainforest meets
the reef. Included on your adventure
is a cruise to the lush, uninhabited
Frankland Islands, where you will
have the chance to see an amazing
variety of wildlife during a
snorkelling experience. Another
excursion takes you to Kuranda via
the Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural
Park, where you can learn about
ancient native traditions.
Townsville and its sea turtle
hospital, beautiful Airlie Beach andpicturesque Yeppoon are highlights
of your coastal journey southwards
to Hervey Bay. From here you will
visit Fraser Island – the largest sand
island on the planet – while you have
the option of going on a whale
watching tour.
Heading along the Sunshine Coast
you’ll stop off in upscale Noosa
(pictured above). As you wander the
pristine sandy shores, take time to
reflect on an adventure like no other...HIGHLIGHTS
Brisbane, Winton (the dinosaur
capital of Australia), Mount Isa
and the School of the Air,
Longreach – home of the Qantas
Founders Outback Museum,
Undara and the lava tubes,
Cobbold Gorge, Cairns – gateway
to the Great Barrier Reef, Airlie
Beach, Fraser Island, NoosaFor more information on this tour, please visit camc.com/worldwide or call 01342 48805951Fabulous Noosa