Queensland is one richest areas of biodiversity in Australia and is world famous for a number of world heritage sites which include the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree National Park.  The concern over the conservation within Queensland has lead to eco tourism growing appreciably over the last few years, accommodation providers are part of a state wide drive towards increased sustainability have helped Queensland to become one of the leading eco tourism regions of the world.  Queensland’s wealth of natural resources stems in part from various different climate within the state, the western part mainly arid and dry, in the east subtropical and tropical as well as the richness of marine life in the surrounding ocean which offers some of the most pristine beaches in Australia on the world famous Gold Coast.  

The Great Barrier Reef boasts some of the most incredible islands in the Southern hemisphere like Fraser Island the only place on the planet where rainforest grows on sand, Heron Island where David Attenborough filmed “First Life” for the BBC, or Green Island which is set upon an enchanting true coral cay on the great barrier reef.  Turtle watching and whale watching are two carefully managed activities which mark out Queensland from many other tropical destinations.  

Aside from the Great Barrier Reef there is the Daintree National Park, which offers the visitor tropical rainforests, swamps, mangroves and beaches.  Queensland also has the Glasshouse Mountains famed for its towering volcanic plugs.  Queensland offers the visitor so many different options, all visitors should make sure they allow enough time to take in everything they want see do in this wondrous state.  

wikitravel.org/en/Queensland

www.tq.com.au

www.ecotourism.org.au