South East Queensland Country Region Guides Attractions Events in Queensland

If you’ve always wanted to fly in a Hot Air Balloon, experience the romance and wonder of this Must Do activity. Only a 55 minute drive south west of the City, come ballooning from Brisbane. Start your day, watching the sun rise over the rolling hills of the majestic Gold Coast hinterland; enjoy sweeping views of Mount Tamborine and Lamington National Park. To the east see the shimmering tall towers of Gold Coast city, impressive spires against the sparkling blue of the Pacific Ocean.

A balloon cross country chase, balloon pack up games then afterwards, enjoy a delicious hot breakfast in the gracious ambience of a historic Grand Homestead with its high ceilings and wide relaxing verandas, with a full selection of hot and cold breakfast choices with a glass of crisp, cold sparkling wine. Stroll the grounds and see if you can spot the family of platypus or wander the Vineyard and enjoy a visit to the Cellar Door. At the end of this memorable morning, there are complimentary coach transfers to all Gold Coast Theme Parks, Shopping Centres, Golf, Spas or door to door transfer to your hotel.

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.

Bicycle Tours of Queensland Pty Ltd offers half, full and two day guided and self guided bicycle tours around South East Queensland. The tours operate along the Sunshine coast and hinterland, South Burnett, Wide Bay areas and Granite Belt. Bicycles, helmets, experienced tour guides are supplied. In addition, a backup bus to pick you up and drop you off at the ride start point, follow you on the ride and bring you back home is also arranged. Come and join their popular winery rides in the South Burnett, Somerset Region and Granite Belt.

Bicycle Tours of Queensland Pty Ltd cater for individuals, social and corporate groups and schools. The tours offer an ideal team building activity. The operator has rides to cater for all levels of fitness and bicycle riding experience. If you want to tailor make your own ride but would like a bit of backup please contact the operator.

If you want to go it alone, the operator will arrange for bicycle hire.

Judi and Peter, husband and wife team, locals of the area, winners of 2001, 2002, 2003 tourism awards and the Queensland State Finalist for 2008 - Queensland Tourism Awards, are the first and only exclusive wine tour operators who will take you on a small group but intimate and personalised wine tour experience!

Cork'n Fork Winery Tours will pick you up from your accommodation or private home on the Gold Coast, Brisbane or Coolangatta, visit five different wineries, and the Tamborine Mountain Distillery, and enjoy a sumptuous lunch within one of these prestigious wineries, or visit the Scenic Rim wineries with pick up from Brisbane only.

Cork'n Fork Winery Tours specialise in running team building days for companies, hen's day out, special events, get away for couples, birthdays, anniversaries, social club outings and Christmas parties just to name a few. Special attention is given to all listed events and especially couple getaways; packages are also available with different kinds of accommodation.

Filippo's Tours Stanthorpe offers quality tours to the region. Whether you are a couple, a group or small club, Filippo's can easily cater for you as they provide seating for 90 people. The mini-buses and luxury coaches are air-conditioned. Tour offers fine food and country hospitality. Experienced and knowledgeable guides await you. Whether you are staying in the Stanthorpe area or have a group of friends or colleagues to be picked up from other areas, Filippo's Tours can make your tour to the Granite Belt possible and enjoyable.

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.

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.

Hidden Peaks is Australia’s newest guided bushwalks company combining the great outdoors with gourmet indulgence.

In the spirit of the Bay of Fires guided walks in Tasmania, Hidden Peaks aims to provide a world class leisure experience targeting top-end clientele looking to connect with the natural wonders of South East Queensland without sacrificing life’s luxuries.

Created by experienced bushwalkers David Stent and Graham Hickson out of a passion to share their favourite beauty spots with others, Hidden Peaks offers safe outdoor adventure, stunning scenery, friendly camaraderie and the expertise of knowledgeable guides.

Hidden Peaks joins forces with award-winning luxury retreat Peppers Spicers Peak Lodge on Queensland’s spectacular Scenic Rim to launch its first adventure – Spicers Private Walk – in 2009.

The fully-hosted four-day walk traverses the graded paths of some of South East Queensland’s largest private nature refuges and ventures into the pristine rainforests of the Main Range National Park World Heritage areas.

Walkers will learn firsthand some of the mysteries of the bush as they meander past impressive peaks, journey into the realm of Australia’s most loved birds, koalas and kangaroos and watch wedge-tailed eagles soar against stunning sunsets.

Live to Ride Motorcycle Tours are a family business located in Toowoomba, South East Queensland, Australia.

They supply a unique and exhilarating experience for domestic and international tourists, showcasing the best that Australia and Queensland has to offer from the back of a range of motorcycles from a Harley Davidson to a Suzuki GSX 1400. So come feel the wind in your face, they will take you from the coast, through winding mountain ranges to the Great Aussie Outback with its ever changing colours and scenery.

It’s not just a ride, it’s an experience.

Mount Tamborine Wine Tasting Tours are the Tamborine Plateau Tour of Choice!

Get away from the beach for a day and come join in for a tour of the Hinterland Wineries.

Tamborine is situated less than 40 minute drive from the heart of the Gold Coast in the midst of the Hinterland Rainforest.

Mount Tamborine Wine Tasting Tour are the Small Group Specialists (maximum of six) and offer tailored tours to suit the needs of your group. All visits are pre-booked with wineries to ensure the best attention at the cellar door. They provide full and half day tours to the wineries, enabling you to taste the best Queensland has to offer. Options to visit the Distillery, Brewery, Cheese Factory and many other local cottage industries are available.

Stroll the famous Gallery Walk with its many galleries, craft, chocolate, fudge stores and eateries. The Rainforest Skywalk can be a highlight!

They pick up and return you to your door step either it be the Gold Coast or Tamborine Plateau itself.

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'.

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.

Experience the beautiful South Burnett region in air conditioned comfort. South Burnett Country Tours offers you a day to remember on a Local Winery Tour in Queensland's fastest growing wine region or take a visit to the spectacular Bunya Mountains. Night Tours to the Maidenwell Astronomical Observatory allow you to enjoy stargazing with a professional astronomer and you can view the sun, moon and stars through powerful telescopes. Group bookings, airport transfers and charters are available by arrangement and accommodation/tour packages are also available.

The Stonestreet family has been involved in the bus and coach industry for many years and during this time they have established a long list of happy travellers who are keen to utilise Stonestreet's Coaches again and again.

Specialising in both day tours and longer tours, Stonestreets is the best way to explore the Darling Downs.

Their coaches will seat from just 10 right up to 70 people and remember, for your safety and peace of mind, are all fitted with seat belts. For guests with a disability, access to coaches is not a problem with lifts and facilities for up to three wheel chairs so Stonestreets can take anyone anywhere in comfort and style.

Enjoy the freedom of the Tamborine Mountain "Hop on – Hop off" Bus Tour.

Discover Tamborine Mountain at your own pace aboard their unique Trolley buses, whether you enjoy adventure activities, bushwalking, shopping on Gallery Walk, wine tasting or having a picnic by a waterfall this is the Tour for you.

With over 20 stops on this guided Tour you can enjoy the attractions which Tamborine Mountain is famous for with the flexibility of hopping on or off whenever you like, allowing you the freedom to spend more time in places that you want to explore.

You will visit Wineries, Cafes, galleries, an award winning Distillery, the glow worm caves, gift shops, an Adventure park, the new Rainforest Skywalk, Witches Chase Cheese factory and numerous National Parks just to name a few of the attractions you can explore. So hop aboard!

Terry's Gympie Regional Tours start in the historic main street of Gympie with the magnificent Victorian architecture, after talking about some of the history of Gympie you'll proceed to Wolvi, a subtropical rainforest to view the magnificent Gympie messmate trees which stand 50 metres tall. In this area there are 180 rare and endangered trees. You'll then proceed to the towns of Kin Kin and Pomona with more history of the area. After a 30 minute lunch break, the tour progresses to the Tableland Road Lookout to enjoy a magnificent view to the ocean. Then it's off to the rock pools, then back to Gympie and a talk of the industries which carries Gympie today. This tour is a very relaxed five hour tour and you will be surprised what Gympie has to offer. Terry's Gympie Regional Tours have other local tours available so please contact the operator to discuss your needs.

Totaldriver - Bootcamp for the Urban Warrior is an off road adventure program that caters for everybody from families who would like to learn how to use their four wheel drive vehicles in a safe training area before tackling the outdoors, to vehicle manufactures and accessory manufacturers, for new vehicle launches and product launches. They can create specific training programs to cater for just about anybody and any vehicle

To provide all of their clients, private and corporate with the pinnacle of driver preparation, vehicle and product knowledge and the satisfaction they deserve. They are committed to conducting our core business in a manner that that is both environmentally responsible and sustainable

Skills include, driver technique, recoveries, hill ascent and decent, mud and sand driving, water and creek crossings, log crossings and rock crawls, tours through the Mount Tamborine mountain country.