Holiday apartment in Queensland

Queensland is a region of strong contrasts for families: coastline, islands, rainforest, cities and rural areas are spread over a large area, so the choice of base shapes the whole holiday. If you want a comparison with the rest of the country, accommodations in Australia takes you back to the national overview.

Quick facts about Queensland

• South East Queensland combines several city and coastal bases that are easy to combine.
• The Gold Coast serves as an active, beachside family base with urban amenities.
• Port Douglas is suitable as a base for rainforest and reef excursions.
• The Daintree is a very large tropical rainforest in the north of Queensland.

South East Queensland: city and beach for families

If you are planning with children, South East Queensland is the obvious axis, because several city and coastal bases can be combined well here. Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast are the clearest base decisions; the Gold Coast in particular feels active, close to the beach and offering urban amenities.

Tropical north: rainforest and reef

In the north, the focus shifts noticeably: if you value nature experiences more than urban variety, Port Douglas is the obvious base for rainforest and reef excursions, and Daintree makes this natural axis especially tangible.

What choosing a base in Queensland means in practical terms

Queensland works as a region with different holiday styles and base options. If you want to combine South East Queensland and the tropical north, two stays instead of many stops are often more sensible than a fast round trip.

If you prefer to choose only one axis, you can combine city and beach in the southeast or focus on rainforest and reef in the north.

More destinations in Queensland

All other places in Queensland can be found here as the full selection of destinations:

Agnes Water, Airlie Beach, Aitkenvale, Allenstown, Amamoor, Annandale, Annerley, Ashgrove, Atherton, Ayr, Babinda, Ballandean, Balonne Shire, Banana Shire, Banksia Beach, Barcaldine, Bargara, Barney View, Bedarra Island, Beenleigh, Bellara, Bellthorpe, Benaraby, Biboohra, Billa Billa, Biloela, Black Mountain, Blacks Beach, Blackwater, Bloomfield, Bongaree, Booie, Boonah, Bororen, Bowen, Boyland, Boyne Island, Bramston Beach, Brandon, Brisbane City, Broadbeach, Brookfield, Brooloo, Bucasia, Bullyard, Bulwer, Bundaberg, Bundaberg North, Bundaberg Regional, Burdekin Shire, Burleigh Heads, Burleigh Waters, Butchers Creek, Byfield

Cairns, Cairns Regional, Cairns Regional, Calico Creek, Calliope, Cambroon, Camoola, Cannonvale, Cape Tribulation, Capella, Caravonica, Carbrook, Cardwell, Carindale, Carmila, Carpentaria Shire, Cassowary, Cassowary Coast Regional, Charleville, Childers, Chinchilla, Clairview, Clare, Clear Island Waters, Clermont, Cloncurry Shire, Colinton, Colosseum, Conondale, Coochiemudlo Island, Cook Shire, Cooktown, Coomera, Cootharaba, Coral Cove, Cottonvale, Cow Bay, Cowan Cowan, Cunnamulla, Daguilar, Dakabin, Dalby, Daydream Island, Dingo, Dinmore, Diwan, Doughboy, Dunk, Dysart, Elbow Valley, Elliott Heads, Emerald, Emu Park, Esk, Eudlo, Eurong, Fernvale, Fletcher, Flying Fish Point, Forest Glen, Fraser Coast Regional, Fraser Coast Regional, Fraser Island, Gamboola, Gatton, Gin Gin, Gindie, Gladstone, Gladstone Regional, Glen Aplin, Gold Coast City, Gold Coast City, Goodger, Goomboorian, Goomeri, Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi Regional, Gordonvale, Grandchester, Grays Gate, Green Island, Guthalungra, Gympie, Gympie Regional, Gympie Regional, Hamilton Island, Hatton Vale, Hay Point, Hayman Island, Helensvale, Helidon, Heron Island, Herston, Hervey Bay, Hideaway Bay, Highfields, Hinchinbrook Shire, Home Hill, Hope Island, Horn, Horseshoe Bay, Hughenden

Ilbilbie, Imbil, Indooroopilly, Ingham, Injune, Innisfail, Ipswich City, Ipswich City, Isaac Regional, Jimboomba, Jindalee, Julatten, Julia Creek, Kairi, Kalbar, Kallangur, Kandanga, Kedron, Kenilworth, Keperra, Kilcoy, Killarney, Kin Kin, Kingaroy, Kinka Beach, Kirwan, Kleinton, Kooralbyn, Kulgun, Kuranda, Kuttabul, Lagoon Pocket, Lake Barrine, Lake Eacham, Lamington, Landsborough, Leslie, Livingstone Shire, Livingstone Shire, Lizard, Lockyer Valley Regional, Lockyer Valley Regional, Logan City, Longreach, Longreach Regional, Lucinda, Lyra, Mackay, Mackay Regional, Maclagan, Malanda, Marburg, Mareeba, Mareeba Shire, Maryborough, Maryvale, Maxwelton, Meadowbrook, Mena Creek, Merrimac, Miallo, Middlemount, Midge Point, Miles, Millaa Millaa, Milton, Miriam Vale, Mitchelton, Moffatdale, Moggill, Monto, Mooloolaba, Moonie, Moranbah, Moreton Bay Regional, Moreton Bay Regional, Moreton Island, Morven, Mossman, Mount Coolum, Mount Cotton

Mount Isa City, Mount Isa City, Mount Kilcoy, Mount Ommaney, Mount Walker, Mountain Creek, Moura, Mungungo, Murgon, Murweh Shire, Nanango, Nelly Bay, New Farm, Newell, Noosa North Shore, Noosa Shire, Noosa Shire, North Burnett Regional, North Burnett Regional, North Tamborine, O'connell, Oak Beach, Oakey, Ormeau, Oxenford, Pallarenda, Palm Island, Palmview, Palmwoods, Parramatta Park, Petrie, Pialba, Picnic Bay, Pittsworth, Pozieres, Proserpine, Purga, Rainbow Beach, Rathdowney, Ravensbourne, Ravenshoe, Ravenswood, Red Hill, Redgate, Redland City, Redlynch, Richmond Shire, Robina, Rochedale, Rockhampton, Rockhampton Regional, Roma, Ropeley, Ross River, Rossville, Saint Kilda, Sandy Creek, Sarina, Scenic Rim Regional, Scenic Rim Regional, Seventeen Seventy, Severnlea, Shorncliffe, Shute Harbour, Slacks Creek, Slade Point, Somerset, South Burnett Regional, South Mission, South Molle Island, Southern Downs Regional, Southern Downs Regional, Southport, Springfield, Springfield Lakes, Springsure, St Lucia, St. George, Stafford, Stanthorpe, Sunshine Coast Regional, Sunshine Coast Regional, Surat, Surfers Paradise, Tablelands Regional, Tamaree, Tambo, Tamborine, Tannum Sands, Tarong, Tarzali, The Gemfields, The Keppels, Thulimbah, Thursday Island, Tiaro, Tieri, Tin Can Bay, Tinaroo, Toll, Toogoolawah, Toogoom, Toowoomba, Toowoomba Regional, Toowoomba Regional, Townsville, Townsville City, Townsville City, Traveston, Trinity Beach, Tully, Tummaville, Twin Waters, Upper Tenthill, Urangan, Varsity Lakes, Wacol, Wallangarra, Wandoan, Warwick, Weipa, Welsby, Western Downs Regional, Western Downs Regional, Whitfield, Whitsunday Regional, Windaroo, Winton, Wondai, Woodford, Woodgate, Woodridge, Woolooga, Wyberba, Wynnum, Yengarie, Yeppoon, Yungaburra, Zilzie

Frequently asked questions about Queensland

Which parts of Queensland are best for a beach holiday with children?

Beach holidays are easiest to plan in South East Queensland; there several city and coastal bases that are easy to combine, and the Gold Coast serves as an active, beachside family base.

Where is the best mix of rainforest and sea?

In the tropical north, Port Douglas is the obvious base if you want to combine rainforest and reef excursions; the Daintree makes nature there especially tangible.

Why is choosing a base in Queensland so important?

Because Queensland as a region consists of different holiday styles and base options, it is worth choosing a few suitable bases rather than making many changes of location.

Is South East Queensland more of a city or beach holiday?

Both are possible: the region combines several city and coastal bases that are easy to combine, so depending on the family you can stay either more urban or closer to the beach.