Brisbane Region Guides Attractions Events in Queensland

Come and discover the beauty and remoteness of Carnarvon National Park.

Carnarvon Gorge is a spectacular gorge system of cool rainforest, mosses, ferns and creeks and is situated on the dividing range 720 kilometres west of Brisbane.

The gorge boasts some of Australia’s best Aboriginal rock art and there are over 20 kilometres of walking tracks that gives us access to these amazing rock art sites as well as waterfalls, rock pools, amphitheatres, caves and majestic lookouts.

Explore the parks many sights including the Moss Garden, the Art Gallery and Cathedral Cave to name a few. The wildlife is plentiful and varied and there are over 170 species of birdlife.

Explore Australia's wildlife and their habitats during small-group day-tours and multi-day tours with multi-award winning Araucaria Ecotours, designed by and usually led by a zoologist with many years experience both in wildlife research and in nature interpretation for all ages. Wildlife-viewing (day and
early evening), birdwatching and gentle bushwalks are the usual activities in mountain rainforests, typical Aussie bushland, scenic beaches and the outback. Deepen your understanding of Australia's uniqueness and diversity.

They provide standard and customised tours for all ages and fitness levels. Their specialty, the three-day wildlife tour, is possibly Australia's most comprehensive wildlife tour, seeking iconic species such as kangaroos, koalas and platypus plus many lesser known mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs while fitting these into the big picture of Australia's evolutionary and geological history and its current ecosystems. Customised tours for four or more people can include adventure activities, relaxation in forest resorts, and other possibilities.

Australia Fraser Island Escapes departs Brisbane on a fully guided four wheel drive eco-adventure to Fraser Island. Spot dolphins, fish, whales, dugong and turtles. Four Wheel Drive to freshwater lakes, beautiful wildflowers, birdlife and a remote surf beach.

Australia Fraser Island Escape has been operating for over 20 years and offers the most extensive tours on the Islands. All tour guides have driver authorisation, experience and training in a four-wheel drive.

Visit Fraser's world famous Lake McKenzie and the Central Station Rainforest. See the Glasshouse Mountains, and also Rainbow Beach and its amazing coloured sands.

Depart Brisbane on a fully guided four wheel drive Eco-adventure on Moreton Island with Australia See Moreton Island Tours. Sea Cruise from Scarborough Harbour via Moreton’s Marine Park. Spot dolphins, fish, whales, dugong and turtles. Arrive at Moreton Island, the world's second largest sand island. Four wheel drive past Honeyeater Lake, beautiful wildflowers and birdlife to remote surf beach. Take a short coastal forest walk to the fresh waters of Blue Lagoon. Relax, swim, photo, snorkel on your tour. Enjoy a picnic lunch in nature's paradise overlooking golden beaches. Drive to an aboriginal midden site and ancient fish trap, then onto wild Cape Moreton Lighthouse with breathtaking views of Flinder's Reef.

These tours provide great land based opportunities for whale watching, dolphins, turtles and more. Explore Honeymoon Bay Beach and swim the Champagne Pools. Stroll to 'Yellow Patch' and photograph the rockpools and headland, four wheel drive the isolated east coast and sandboard the famous desert dunes. Travel to the Tangalooma shipwrecks for a beach walk, photos and afternoon sunset.

Australian Day Tours offers a wide range of day touring options from either Brisbane or the Gold Coast for visitors to southern Queensland.

Travel in luxury air-conditioned coaches and be entertained by experienced and informative driver guides.

See the best of southern Queensland with Australian Day Tours, owned by the JPT Tour Group, on one of their Escape, Indulge or Immerse branded tours exploring such places as the glorious Gold Coast, the city of Brisbane, the serenity of the Sunshine Coast and Noosa, Australia Zoo, the Sunshine Coast Hinterland including Montville, O'Reilly's and Mount Tamborine, Byron Bay and Tweed River, Springbrook and the Natural Bridge. Also enjoy whale watching in season from July to October, to Moreton Island, Lady Elliott Island and Fraser Island.

Most tours operate daily. Complimentary hotel pick up from most Gold Coast and inner city Brisbane accommodation is included.

Balloons Above meet at The Fairway Tavern and Golf Club Hatton Vale, just prior first light and travel a short distance to their launch site where you are welcome to be part of the crew and assist with the inflation of this majestic, gentle giant. Climb aboard and experience the magic and tranquillity of cruising the skies over the beautiful Lockyer Valley. The Great Dividing Range to the west, below the exquisite patchwork quilts effect of the farms, lakes and dams. After returning safely to the ground they return to the Tavern for a Champagne and Country style cooked breakfast. All passengers are presented with a souvenir flight certificate.

Operating since 1994 with a 100 percent safety record and customer satisfaction. Civil Aviation Safety Authority approved. Your flight takes you over some of the most picturesque country in Australia.

Experience the exhilaration those first aeronauts must have felt when they ascended over Paris in 1783; in their Hot Air Balloon; the first to see the world from the perspective of an eagle, soaring over fields and meadows, streams and farms; serene and in touch with nature.

Balloons Over Brisbane introduces you to Hot Air Ballooning at its best! Your launch site is determined by the prevailing wind direction, and all those able, may help inflate the balloon if they wish. Once in the air, floating over Brisbane in their Hot Air Balloon, it is often possible to see the magnificent Glasshouse Mountains to the north and the fabulous Gold Coast to the south.

Flights over Brisbane are spectacular. Flight time is approximately one hour. Your absolute safety is assured; the licensed pilots are in constant radar and radio contact with Brisbane's Airport Control Tower. The Chief Pilot, Will Paul has flown balloons around the world and maintains the flight over Brisbane is one of the worlds best "Hot Air Balloon Rides."

Brisbane Cruises is the longest running cruise company (22 years), on the Brisbane River, and operate cruises in both Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Choose from one of their many scheduled cruises including: Brisbane and Gold Coast day cruises, Saint Helena Island penal settlement, Moreton Bay, Brisbane and Bremer Rivers, Bribie Island, whale watching and special events incorporating the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race, Australia Day, Riverfire, Christmas Day and New Years Eve. Choose from either the well known 'Lady Brisbane' (classic timber vessel) or 'Eclipse' (new two million dollar catamaran).

Whatever the occasion, Brisbane Cruises are sure to have the expertise and vessels to suit your requirements.

Treat your guests to memorable events, as weddings, Christmas parties, conferences and high profile events are their speciality. Brisbane Cruises purchased the Kookaburra River Queens, icon of the Brisbane River in November 2007, offering an even greater alternative to clients.

Brisbane Hinterland 4WD (Four Wheel Drive) takes pride in visiting some of Australia's most beautiful and historical areas.

Your experienced guides, Bob and Marian Rogan, are passionate about the bush and the outback with extensive knowledge of all the areas that they travel, as well history and flora and native wildlife.

See Brisbane in its best light with Brisbane Lights Tours. Experience Brisbane by night when the City's landmarks come alive with a glittering array of lights. Start your bus tour with a photo opportunity with Wally Lewis at Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park). Next, travel through the inner city suburb of Paddington's
trendy dining and nightlife precinct. Pass the Government House on your way up to the highest point of Brisbane. Mount Coot-tha Lookout provides a bird's-eye view of Brisbane City and its suburbs from the bay to the mountains. Choose a meal or coffee and cake from Kuta Cafe (included in price). Return to the City via the cafe society precinct of Milton's Park Road. Soak up the ambience as they take you for a walk through Southbank Parklands before you board the CityCat for an exhilarating river cruise downstream (included in price). Complete the tour with stunning views from the City Lookout, cross the illuminated Story Bridge into cosmopolitan Fortitude Valley and Chinatown where the sightseeing ends. They will then ensure safe drop-offs to your location of preference, for example city hotel or city venue.

Whether you are travelling alone or with family and friends, there’s still no better way to explore Brisbane and South East Queensland than with your own personal tour guide and your exclusive use of Brisbane Private Tours unmarked vehicles.

While many travellers steer away from organised tours for fear of being bored to death with obscure facts or only taken to the touristy places, a personal tour guide can be the best way to really discover a place.

Brisbane Private Tours caters for up to six people maximum. Only you and the people who travel with you will be included on any tour, so they can offer exclusive service for each of their customers.

They offer three options for touring: use one of their proposed itineraries; tell them where you want to go and they will create a personal, tailor-made itinerary for you; and hire a driver on a daily basis.

Brisbane Warehouse Shopping Tours organises shopping at Factory Outlets throughout Brisbane.

Customers are taken to the doorsteps of the best bargains in Brisbane. The warehouse savings can be as much as 70 per cent below retail prices. You can clothe the whole family for one third of the money you would spend by shopping retail. The value is unbeatable.

One of the big benefits of warehouse shopping is the convenience of being chauffeured around all day in luxury air conditioned coaches in the company of a fully trained hostess. The choice of outlets visited by a group can include fashion for ladies, men and children, lingerie, handbags, shoes, cosmetics and perfumes, gifts, homewares and manchester, kitchenware, toys and confectionary.

Whether as a member of a group, or as an individual on the day, everyone has an opportunity to hunt down the best bargains so as to enable them to stretch their family budget further. Arrangements can be made for city hotel pickups. All tours provide morning tea and a two course lunch. Full day and half day tours are available.

Just 30 minutes north of Brisbane, on the Redcliffe Peninsula, is the luxury whale watching vessel so you don't have to travel hundreds of kilometres to enjoy this natural wonder.

Your captain Kerry Lopez is recognised as the only woman captain, skippering a whale watching venture in the South Pacific Rim. Her crew are skilled dedicated seamen who will assure you a pleasant and sound whale watching adventure.

Brisbane Whale Watching has been successfully operating tours from Redcliffe for over eight years. 2003 saw the operation of a brand new vessel. Eye Spy represents the ultimate in 'whale friendly' design. Purpose built for whalewatching this locally built 30 metre catamaran is a three million injection into the Tourism Industry. Eye-Spy is fully air-conditioned and can carry over 300 passengers. Six outdoor viewing decks and indoor floor to ceiling glass will significantly enhance the whalewatching experience.

North Stradbroke Island, the world’s second largest sand island, lies within easy reach of tourists visiting Brisbane and the coast. It offers Coral Sea beaches of pristine white sand, wildlife and rich forests, wetlands and spring fed lakes. Coastal Island Safaris run day tours of the island.

After leaving Cleveland, as the ferry crosses Moreton Bay, spot whales in season, dugongs and dolphins, pelicans and sea eagles.

After arrival at Dunwich, the exciting four wheel drive component of the tour is exhilarating but safe. The first sand track drive ends with a sweeping panorama of coastal islands, distant Brisbane, the hinterlands and border mountains.

Visit spring-fed lakes, teaming with bird life. Via 18 Mile Swamp, a gorgeous wetland of water lilies, to Main Beach, a prime whale-watching spot in June-November each year. Stop near Point Lookout at the North Gorge Walk, a maintained track through native flora, filled with birdsong, to a rocky outcrop with views far out to sea. Next stop is Flinder's Beach, for some fishing, swimming or simply enjoy the barbecue feast for lunch. The pleasant drive home winds past a tree-sheltered cove where local boats anchor, to meet the ferry for the return crossing.

Come and enjoy CruiseMe personalised river cruises for your own exclusive party of up to 10. Ideal cruise for staff, colleagues, friends, family or romance. CruiseMe has a cruise for you. Sunset, sunrise, pre dinner drinks, romantic, corporate, hens parties, wedding delivery, fireworks or just a family day out. Even be pampered with beauty treatments while you cruise along. Leave the world behind when you step on board, enjoy, unwind, be pampered, chill out. Who deserves it more?

The Oddessy Luxury Pontoon Boat is licensed or you can bring your own. The boat features a chaise lounge, CD/radio or your choice of live music, full length sun deck lounge and luxury L-group lounge seating with half or full shade. There is a toilet with privacy enclosure, multiple drink holders and wine, champagne or spirit glasses are supplied and blankets for cooler weather are available.

Experience the adventure of hand feeding rare Indo Pacific Humpback Dolphins with Dolphin Safaris (the only place in the world where you can hand feed this type of dolphin). Immerse yourself in the excitement of four-wheel driving through forest terrain and along the sandy shores of Noosa North
Shore beach. Embrace spectacular views of mountainous terrain, beaches and a visit to a subtropical rainforest with some of the biggest trees on mainland Australia. With only seven people per tour, you will notice the difference in service.

Relax and explore Noosa National Park, Noosa North Shore and the famous Hastings Street. Enjoy a delicious cafe breakfast and a tasty lunch on Noosa's Hastings Street. The day trip tour provides an array of experiences and adventures that highlights the wonders and beauty of Queensland's coastal districts of Tin Can Bay and Noosa.

Dolphin Safaris don't do tours they do experiences!

Go Wild with Dolphin Wild! Join Dolphin Wild on a cruise of discovery where you will experience the spectacular beauty of Moreton Island and its Marine Park. Moreton Bay is home to a variety of marine animals such as playful dolphins, huge turtles, shy dugongs and the majestic humpback whale which passes through these waters from June to November.

The guided snorkelling tour is comparable to the Great Barrier Reef. Snorkel either Flinders Reef: which has the highest number of coral and fish species out of all sub-tropical reef systems, or the Tangalooma Wrecks with its myriad of marine species including wobbegongs, coral and fish tame enough to eat from your hands.

Boom netting, eco-tour, fish feeding, fishing, beach time, morning tea, smorgasbord lunch with chicken and prawns and tropical fruit platter are all included making it a day full of excitement, adventure and spectacular scenery. Snorkelling is also available as an optional extra. This is sure to be a day not to be missed.

Experience the natural beauty of the Pumicestone Passage Marine Park, see the majestic Glasshouse Mountains and visit many areas only accessible by The Ferryman. These living waterways are home to dugong, dolphins, turtles, dingoes, jabiru, sea eagles, osprey and many of the 360 species of birds recorded in this area – some migrating each year from the Northern Hemisphere. The Ferryman travels up the Pumicestone Passage which runs between Bribie Island and the mainland towards Caloundra and takes in the shipwreck of the SS Avon, then the township of Toorbul, and follows the historic channel that Mathew Flinders found over 200 years ago – past Donnybrook.

Pumicestone Passage is an extremely important waterway with more bird species than Kakadu. The cruises are relaxing, informative with a friendly crew, who want you to have a truly great day out!

Commentary is provided which relates to the area and covers the local history, both Aboriginal and European, the local environment and the fauna and flora found here. All the time they are cruising past these wonderful sights they will be keeping an eye out for such wonderful creatures as dugong, dolphins, turtles, sea eagles, dingoes and many of the different bird species.

Experience South East Queensland's only 'City and Country hot air balloon flight!' Go ballooning with Floating Images, South East Queensland's only balloon operator offering this unique city and country balloon flight. Only 30 minutes from downtown Brisbane.

Imagine floating majestically and effortlessly over the picturesque countryside of South East Queensland. Passengers enjoy superb and glorious views, whilst discovering the heritage city of Ipswich and the Scenic Rim region, part of the Greater Brisbane region and the Great Sunshine Way, Southern Queensland as they gently unfold before your eyes.

Relive the same sensations that the first French balloonists experienced in 1783, with all the magic, emotions and adventure in today's modern balloons - a safe aviation adventure.

Let Floating Images share with your family, friends, overseas visitors, corporate guests and staff, how a hot air balloon flies and operates. They love to share the experience of their activity to all their passengers.

Ipswich and the Scenic Rim's geography and climate are ideal for ballooning, providing a unique opportunity for passengers to enjoy superb and glorious views from Floating Images basket whilst exploring this vast and beautiful region from the air.

Fly Me to the Moon offer hot air balloon flights over Brisbane City. Take off is just after daybreak when the air is mild and still. The balloon usually travels 10 to 15 kilometres during the flight. A Four Wheel Drive vehicle which is in contact with the balloon, follows to your landing site.

Fly Me to the Moon offer hot air balloon flights over Brisbane City. Take off is just after daybreak and the balloon usually travels 10 to 15 kilometres during the flight. A four wheel drive vehicle, which is in contact with the balloon, follows to your landing site.

They meet their passengers at Toowong Park in Sylvan Road, Toowong. Complimentary pick-ups can be arranged from city accommodation.

After the flight they treat their guests to a five star buffet breakfast at the Sofitel Brisbane Hotel (formerly known as Sheraton). Breakfast time enhances your ballooning experience allowing you time to talk to the pilot, crew and fellow passengers about the flight and share in the wonders of ballooning.

Ghost Tours prides itself on upholding the motto 'Horror, Heritage and Hauntings'. They combine the unique experience of visiting Brisbane and South East Queensland's most historic haunted sites with the ancient art of story telling. Hear classic local ghost stories, urban legends and myths, true tales of tragedy, crime, murder, magic, witchcraft, love and death. Ghost Tours has been operating since last century when it was established by local dark historian Jack Sim.

Undertake a tour with an eerie Ghost Host who imparts the haunted heritage of the sites visited. The presence of these creepy characters is Ghost Tours only concession to theatrics - there are no extras in sheets leaping from the shadows to give cheap thrills on these tours. All thrills are genuine and genuinely creepy.

Come Gliding with Gliding Adventure Flights in a 'State of the Art' latest model motor glider. Gliding Adventure Flights take off from two airports - Caboolture (40 minutes north of Brisbane) and Maroochydore Airport in the heart of the Sunshine Coast. Experience the exhilarating feeling of soaring like a bird whilst enjoying the spectacular scenery of the Glasshouse Mountains, Sunshine Coast and Hinterland, Moreton Bay, Bribie, Moreton and North Stradbroke Islands.

You will fly with a highly qualified motor glider instructor who will demonstrate to you how to fly the 'State of the Art' glider and you will be most welcome to take the controls and discover just how easy it is to soar like a bird. They provide a thorough briefing on the art of gliding and the techniques used by glider pilots to stay aloft using just natural energy. Owner and Senior Instructor Al Sim has appeared on many television programs presenting an educational insight into the sport of gliding and demonstrating the many skills used to soar like a bird.

Gliding Adventure Flights offer a comprehensive range of flights and in addition to that will tailor flight to accommodate passengers wishes. Visit the website for full details.

Goanna Adventures specialises in guided four wheel drive tour to Fraser and Moreton Islands. The crew are carefully selected and trained to interact with you and provide a fun filled and exciting island adventure.

Goanna Adventures has been operated by the owners since 1998. They place great emphasis on safety, crew selection and training, and the maintenance of quality products, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction. Get wrecked on one of their wild Moreton Island sand boarding safaris. Or experience the beautiful Fraser Island.

Fraser Island has more than 40 freshwater lakes, fast flowing creeks, massive sand blows, pristine rainforests, coloured sand cliffs, ship wrecks and much more. Goanna's tour travels to more destinations (both two and three day tours) than any other tour to Fraser form the southern tip at Hook point to as far North as Indian Head. The Moreton Island tours are designed to be full of activities you may not have tried before like sand boarding down huge sandhills, snorkelling amongst tropical fish or learning to surf. Plus Moreton is a real wilderness destination with the whitest of beaches and crystal clear water.

Breakfast Creek Golden Gondola provides romantic chauffeured sightseeing tours of the Brisbane River. These limousines of the water provide an ambience rarely available in today's busy world. Experience the romance of Venice, while discovering a side of Brisbane you may never have known existed.

Golden Gondola caters to a wide variety of special occasions, including anniversaries, birthdays and romantic getaways. Enjoy a relaxing private dinner cruise, twilight cruise or midday dining cruise. An exceptional menu is available.

The atmosphere of the old world charm guaranteed to kindle romance in the heart of anyone and with privacy even from your gondolier. Step aboard to enjoy the fabulous views and superb hospitality of Golden Gondola.

Visit Southern Queensland - Australia's playground. From the lush tropical rainforest at O'Reilly's and Springbrook to the hustle and bustle of Surfer's Paradise.

Gray Line Australia is a long established Australian owned premium sightseeing company. The Driver Family has been operating since 1931 and have a fleet of over 85 vehicles with operations in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmania, Cairns, Perth, Alice Springs, Darwin, Brisbane and Gold Coast.

Gray Line offers the largest and most comprehensive range of premium sightseeing tours wherever it operates including half and full day tours, city hop on hop off and national sightseeing passes.

Gray Line Australia is proud to be associated with Gray Line Worldwide where standards of excellence in sightseeing are achieved globally. Gray Line Worldwide is the world's largest sightseeing and destination management company with over 150 destinations on six continents.

Green Triangle Experiences are Brisbane's Best Value Company offering Small Group Day Tours! If you want a great day out with a passionate guide to the best that the region has to offer then look no further.

With small groups Green Triangle Experiences are able to provide a better experience and a friendlier service. They are a family owned company that values and looks after their employees and this shows in the experience they help provide for you.

Green Triangle Experiences pride themselves on giving respect and great value! They love living here - Let them show you why!

Jump the Beach Brisbane’s amazing Sutton's Beach Drop zone is nestled between two of Brisbane's most amazing land marks, Moreton Bay Islands of Bribie and Moreton and the beautiful Glass House Mountains, which offers spectacular views when under canopy. For the ultimate experience land on their fantastic beaches. Your tandem skydive involves instruction from their staff who will fit you with a harness and practice freefall techniques.

Then it's off to the aircraft with friends in tow, and fly to 14,000 foot over Brisbane. You and the tandem master take the plunge, freefalling for up to 60 seconds at speed in excess of 200 kilometres per hour. Your instructor pulls the rip cord and under parachute you have four to five minutes of taking in the beautiful ocean where, from June to November, the migrating whales pass by. Then, land on the beach where you have time to tan up, relax up, and soak up the entire experience.

Come and join Kitestyle Adventures in beautiful Moreton Bay to find out why kitesurfing is one of the fastest growing water sports in the world. Kitestyle Adventures instructors are IKO (International Kitesurfing Organization) approved which means that they have completed an internationally recognised certification process. They have both male and female instructors available.

They use a wide range of the latest models of kites and teach lessons one on one. It is more than just a lesson it is a lifestyle - try it and become part of the kiting phenomenon.

Contrary to perception you do not have to be strong you are not holding on to the kite by your arms. The kite is hooked into a harness and there is little pressure on your arms.

Therefore the sport attracts a wide range of people of all ages and is safe, fun and easy to learn. Learn in the surroundings of beautiful islands like Stradbroke, Moreton, Russel and Peel, experience the Redlands in style - Kitestyle.

Enjoy a cruise along the Brisbane River aboard authentic paddlewheelers, and icons of the Brisbane River, the majestic Kookaburra River Queens. Made entirely of Australian timbers and based on the Mississippi originals, go back to a by-gone era while seeing the sights of Brisbane. Whether by day, or by night, you are sure to see the many highlights of Brisbane by the water. Scheduled daily cruises include the buffet lunch cruise with commentary and light entertainment or the evening dinner cruise featuring a three course seafood/hot buffet with live music entertainment and dancing.

Why not treat yourself to the 'Captain's High Tea' or 'Laidback Live on Sunday' cruises for an extra special treat? Bought by Brisbane Cruises, in November 2007, the Kookaburra River Queens are undergoing an extensive renovation programme and have a new chef (ex-Pier Nine) on-board offering tantalising new menu selections. After a private, exclusive venue for your event? Give your guests a perfect alternative to a fixed room venue by hiring a Kookaburra River Queen. Each boat is licensed to carry 370 passengers and will make a lasting impression. Choose from various decks to suit your exact requirements.

Brisbane’s famous Wildlife River Cruise takes you 20 kilometres up the Brisbane River on the famous vessel MV Mirimar. The cruise takes one and half-hours and includes a full and very interesting commentary by the skipper. Light refreshments and homemade food are available. You can then enjoy a two hour visit to the famous Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, before rejoining the Mirimar for a relaxing journey back to the city.

Mirimar Cruises is one of the oldest cruise companies in Queensland. They operate using the famous cruise boat MV Mirimar, which has served the people of Queensland continuously since 1934. She is a large and comfortable vessel with full bar and rest room facilities.

Jump on board a Moreton Bay Escape and enjoy small group tours to the beautiful Moreton Island. Departing regularly from Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Moreton Bay Escapes offers exciting guided tours including day tours and overnight programs, to the pristine beaches of Moreton Island National Park. Their tours are designed for nature lovers and outdoor people. Small groups allow for lots of group discussion and meeting likeminded travellers from all over the world.

The tour guides are expertly trained and are from varied backgrounds. All guides have significant guiding experience or have studied ecotourism related courses, and also have senior first aid qualifications including oxygen treatment, snorkel guiding and rigorous in-house four wheel drive training.

With activities such as four wheel driving, wildlife viewing, camping, snorkelling, sand boarding and tobogganing, as well as plenty of swimming and sightseeing venues such as Honeymoon Bay, Blue Lagoon, Cape Moreton Lighthouse and many more, you will experience the very best of Moreton Island's natural wonders. If you like to immerse yourself in the environment, then Moreton Bay Escapes is for you.

You are invited to spend some time with Mr Day Tours (Dan and Carol) travelling in a small, personalised group in comfort in an air-conditioned mini coach. Choose from a great selection of tours designed to provide you with a broad overview of South East Queensland. You will experience local hospitality, country towns, bushland, golden beaches, rainforests, native animals and more. Full and half day tours include Moreton Bay suburbs, rainforest, Gold Coast/Surfers Paradise, Brisbane and its Outback or Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary/Botanic Gardens.

Nature-Bound offer quality small group (eight to 12 guests) guided tours specialising in national park, wilderness and outback soft adventures for discerning over 50s guests, private groups (family and friends), special interest groups (walking, birding, photography, art) and corporate guests.

You can choose from the selection of short and extended tours available (four to 15 days), fully accommodated with all meals, entries and side tours and offered at an all inclusive price.

You will travel in the luxury four wheel drive 18 seater coach custom designed and built for comfortable remote back track travel. Now you can enjoy a complete escape from work and lifestyle pressures in journeys inspired by the wilderness. Explore Queensland and Australia in comfort and style with highly personalised attention and a guide to guest ratio of one to seven.

All tours are also available for private group bookings by arrangement (eight to 12 guests). Come and enjoy!

The North Stradbroke Island Surfing School has been a long running initiative of the local board-riders on North Stradbroke Island. The lessons will not only get the local kids ripping but also give holiday makers the chance to get up and surf like a pro. So why not get the kids into something active during their holidays, or go along and act like a kid yourself. Operating all year round in the crystal clear waters of Point Lookout, dolphins and whales are often
seen during lessons. It is a great team building activity for school camps and corporate groups. All coaches are accredited by the Australian Coaching Council and they operate under Surfing Australia guidlines.

MV Supersport, OceanXplorer’s 24 metre, tri-level catamaran, offers comfortable live-aboard accommodation for groups of up to 26 people, as well as a multi-purpose water sports deck, ideal for team-building exercises using kayaks, sailing and snorkelling with fully qualified instructors.

The floating venue can also cater for day excursions for up to 80 people, complete with fully licensed bar, buffet lunch or barbecue on the sundeck. (See their movie on You Tube - search for - OceanXplorer's Weekend Getaway)

A unique feature of Boat Camp is the provision of a range of outdoor water-sport activities and adventures including - marine wildlife tours, scuba diving, sea-kayaking, power-boating and tube-riding, dinghy sailing, snorkelling and even 'Beach Olympics’.

Personally Yours Tours specialises in individual, tailor-made, private and personal tours of Brisbane and South-East Queensland. Come and see the real Brisbane where the locals live and play from the comfort of their luxury vehicle. They can accommodate from one to six persons and can tailor make the tour to suit your interests.

Their discreet unmarked vehicle assures your privacy and if required, the tour can finish at the airport.

Larger groups including conference tours can be catered for on request. Each tour has the owners at the helm regardless of size so personal attention is assured.

Personally Yours Tours has won numerous business achievement awards including the 'Yellow Pages Directions Award' at the 2002 Queensland Tourism Awards.

Four samples of the types of tours you can do are listed here. The options are only limited by your imagination. Transfers to and from Brisbane Airport and to the Gold and Sunshine Coasts are possible using their custom luggage trailer.

Personally Yours Tours prefer to give individual quote for each tour, prices listed here are indicative. You may be pleasantly surprised to find that the best is not always the most expensive.

Welcome to rock climbing in Queensland!

Looking for great climbing, abseiling and hiking with highly qualified and experienced guides? Beautiful scenic views and unique bushland can be experienced without any worry when you enlist Pinnacle Sports specialized guides.

Pinnacle Sports based at Red Hill in the Brisbane Central Business District can tailor activities to suit your range of experience and the challenges you desire. From inner city Brisbane Kangaroo Point Cliffs to the beautiful Glasshouse Mountains one hour north or the scenic rim mountains of the Boonah Shire two hours south, they can provide you with wonderful Queensland memories to take home with you. (Visit the 'Tours' link on their website for information on the range of tours, holidays and climbs.)

Discover a range of unique experiences, combining environmental sustainability with industrial trade, in the heart of Australia's fastest-growing container port. Just 15 minutes from the Brisbane Airport, the Port of Brisbane Visitors Centre sits on the shore of a four-hectare lake and boasts state-of-the-art conferencing facilities. Visitors can join one of the daily 'Explorer Tours' and see how a busy port operates first-hand, or explore the Centre's interpretative and interactive displays. Dine in the casual bistro-style, Eco Cafe or a la carte On the Lake Restaurant, as you take in the views of the unique wetland environment, frequented by migratory birds.

Skydiving and parachuting, tandem skydiving and learning to skydive - all available at Ramblers Parachute Centre, Toogoolawah and Coolum Beach Drop Zones, Queensland. One of the Drop Zones is located only an hour and 30 minutes from Brisbane. It will give you the extreme adrenalin rush of a lifetime, so, "Do it in Tandem" and land on the sand at Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast or "Learn to Skydive" at their Toogoolawah drop zone (just outback of Brisbane) and be surrounded by koalas and kangaroos. Jump today!

Ramblers have qualified and experienced instructors who are keen to take you for a tandem skydive or help you gain the skills you will need to ease your way into this unique and fascinating Sport. To Do it in Tandem with Ramblers you must be at least 14 years (14 to 18 require parental authority), of average health and fitness and weigh under 100 kilograms. To Learn to Skydive with Ramblers select from the Skydiving Instructional Packages offered to find what suits you best.

Come and find out why Ramblers are 'Famous for Fun'.

Welcome to Reality Cruises, home of "Big Cat Reality". Join them as they travel to the best dive sites in South East Queensland including Flinders Reef, which has the highest number of coral species of any sub tropical/temperate reef on the East Coast of Australia and Curtain Artificial Reef, home to over 22 wrecks awaiting exploration.

Reality Cruises are highly experienced operators who have been running diving liveaboards in Moreton Bay for over 20 years. Their vessel, "Big Cat Reality" is a 25 metre luxury dive charter vessel with facilities to accommodate up to 24 divers, four dive staff and seven crew. There are two accommodation areas sleeping guests in air-conditioned comfort. The main deck has two large dining areas, large lounge and bar, television and DVD player. The top deck has a large covered area with sun deck for you to enjoy.

Reality Cruises also offers day cruises for 200 passengers within Moreton Bay, as well as corporate functions and training on this unique venue.

Add to this the latest in navigational equipment, high speed rescue vessel and professional and experienced crew on a large stable platform that only "Big Cat Reality" with her 10 metre beam can offer.

Red Air Tours and Transfers provide an easy and affordable answer to your holiday or business transfer needs. Transfers operate between Brisbane’s northern suburbs (as far as Caboolture) and Brisbane Airport, Portside Wharf and Brisbane Transit Centre. The well maintained transfer vehicles have luggage trailers, seat belts and air conditioning, and the professional drivers pride themselves on reliability, punctuality and friendly service with a smile. When you’ve booked your flight, train or cruise, book your door-to-door transfer to suit your arrival and departure times.

Take a Red Air tour to the mountains or coast, wineries or a race day. An ideal group or family outing or a day trip for your social or hobby group.

For that special event or outing, why not charter a Red Air bus to transport your group? Weddings, school camps, hen and buck’s parties, theatre parties or a day at the races… the possibilities are only limited by your imagination!

Ready for some gravity powered action? Check out the jump options then give Ripcord Skydivers a call.

Jump from a beautiful south-east Queensland sky and enjoy perfect weather conditions nearly all year round, some of the best skydiving rates in the world and exceptional safety standards.

Your first exhilarating jump will be the most memorable experience of your life. If you have a passion for adventure and excitement the ultimate thrill is to jump from a plane.

There are three different ways for you to complete your first jump. These include solo, tandem with one instructor or an accelerated free fall where two instructors assist you on your descent. After you have completed your first skydive you will be issued with a student licence and certificate, which enables you to complete further jumps at greatly reduced costs.

Delays due to weather can happen and weight restrictions do apply.

The best way top see Brisbane at its best is from the decks of the daily Sightseeing Cruise. The one and half hour cruise departs Jetty A at Southbank Parklands at 10.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m.

Sit back, relax and enjoy the Captain’s entertaining and informative commentary. You will be surprised by Brisbane’s picturesque foreshore and intriguing history. The only way to explore Brisbane, they look forward to welcoming you aboard!

Groups are welcome and available for private charter.

Riverlife Adventure Centre offers a range of exhilarating activities! Whether you’re a local or a visitor, you are able to experience the thrill of real outdoor adventure in a fun, friendly and safe setting.

Their location, a short ferry ride from Brisbane’s Central Business District, offers a window into the geography, history and culture of Brisbane! Challenge yourself to rock climbing or abseiling the Kangaroo Point cliffs or take a leisurely kayak on the Brisbane River. If you are up for some night action, take a night kayak along the river followed by great food, wine and beers overlooking the luminous city lights. Choose from their Friday night paddle and prawns experience or try their Saturday paddle and barbecue. Whatever it is they guarantee to get your adrenaline pumping!

No experience is necessary as each session includes instruction, a safety briefing and equipment. Minimum eight years of age and bookings are essential. Take advantage of Brisbane’s beautiful weather and explore the city hot spots on your own, hire a bike, kick bike, inline skates or a kayak! They also offer incredible aboriginal cultural experiences presented by the Uggera Aborliginal Dancers. Visit the operator’s web site for more details.

Corporate and Group Xperiences are Australia First only generation two by two Segway Xperiences offering both ECO guided Xperiences as well as a unique range of Team Building options they like to call SegLympics.

ECO Xperience range from one to two hour tours and cover a variety or area’s from dense bush land to coastal beach access effortlessly gliding across a diverse range of terrains leaving less than a footprint and absolutely no noise or emissions.

Sea World is due to open a short by two Xperience track by Christmas 2009 and several Pink Segway’s in their fleet in support of the Mc Grath Foundation.

With offices and locations on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, Brisbane and now in the Whitsundays, with plans for a further 20 Segway ECO Xperiences locations across Australia with opportunities to join the network - call now for more information on this new Tourism Industry opportunity.

At Sky Adventures they offer fun and excitement with tandem paragliding and tandem tours. Flying from several stunning locations around Brisbane, North Stradbroke Island, Sunshine Coast, Gatton and Toowoomba they give you the opportunity to spread the wings and experience life from a bird's perspective.

With them you are able to fly without any previous experience. After 15 minutes of briefing with your personal fully certified Tandem Instructor you will be ready to go. Two steps and you will be off the ground, flying.

Brisbane's must do experience, Story Bridge Adventure Climb! - a truly unique and memorable adventure for all levels of fitness and age (minimum 10 years old).

The Story Bridge Adventure Climb is a soft adventure experience with a difference and the most spectacular way to discover Brisbane. Whether you're a local or a visitor, you'll be exhilarated by a once in a lifetime experience that offers you the most breathtaking panorama of Brisbane and its surrounding
natural beauty.

The two and a half hour experience includes a unique journey up over the bridge's superstructure to the 80 metre summit which provides magnificent uninterrupted 360 degree views of Brisbane City, the river, mountain ranges and Moreton Bay Islands. One of only three such experiences in the world, the Story Bridge Adventure Climb also provides fascinating commentary from an experienced climb leader about the history and heritage of both the bridge and city surrounding them.

Sunrover Expeditions offers one, two and three day tours of Fraser Island and Moreton Island from Brisbane daily with a choice of camping, staying at Tangalooma Resort, Eurong Beach Resort or Kingfisher Bay Resort.

Tours depart from the Gold Coast Transit Centre, Brisbane Roma Street Transit Centre and Noosa Info Centre. Sunrover Tours keeps their groups small and takes pride in offering personalised services. Their office is based in Scarborough, which is only 35 minutes from Brisbane. Some tours offer the choice of staying in tents on camp sites or to upgrade to beach lodges or hotel accommodation, for example the Eco Award winning Kingfisher Bay Resort on Fraser Island.

Tangalooma Whale Watch Cruises takes you on the journey of the Humpback whale. The Humpback whale is well known for its annual migration from Antarctica to the Great Barrier Reef and beyond, the migratory path is adjacent to the eastern coast of Australia. As the herds travel north past Byron Bay in New South Wales into Queensland, they start to narrow into a five kilometre track which passes to the north of Moreton Island, making this an ideal location for whale spotting.

From June through to October, visitors to Tangalooma can partake in a daily Whale Watching Cruise. Board the largest Whale Watching vessel departing from Brisbane and see these majestic humpback whales in their natural environment as part of the awe-inspiring day tour. This is a great opportunity for guests to get a close view of these gentle giants and watch them breach, tail slap and spy hop as they display some of their acrobatic behaviour. The cruise includes a light lunch on board as well as educational commentary throughout the cruise by a Qualified Marine Biologist from Tangalooma’s Marine Education and Conservation Centre (TMECC).