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2000 more international visitors a week scoot to the Gold Coast
Publish Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:57 AM
Premier Anna Bligh has today announced a major aviation deal with a new airline ? worth an estimated $65 million a year ? which will bring thousands of international travellers to the Gold Coast each week.

Queensland welcomes extra QantasLink flights
Publish Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:26 AM
Queensland?s tourism industry will benefit from new Boeing 717 QantasLink services into Rockhampton, Gladstone and Mackay in March and added services into other destinations.

Queensland gets bite on US market with ultimate prize for Twi-hards
Publish Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:33 PM
Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt has unveiled the ultimate reward for American Twilight movie fans ? 20 Queensland holidays to win.

Queensland hotels shine in TripAdvisor?s list of Top 25 Hotels in Australia
Publish Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:23 AM
Queensland hotels make up more than half of TripAdvisor?s Traveller?s Choice Top 25 Australian Hotels list ? reaffirming the Sunshine State?s position as Australia?s favourite holiday destination.

Get into gear for the 2012 Cairns Airport Adventure Festival
Publish Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:49 AM
Tourism Queensland has kicked-off promotions ahead of the 2012 Cairns Airport Adventure Festival by targeting people who made it their new year?s resolution to get fit in 2012.

ABS highlights Queensland?s tourism industry fight back
Publish Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:00 AM
Crowds of tourists are visiting the sunshine state just one year on from Queensland?s ?Summer of Sorrow?, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics results.

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Park life: Queenscliff, Victoria
Publish Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT
TODAY's campgrounds offer greater accommodation options and facilities, writes Scott Podmore

Revitalised Rylstone
Publish Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT
THE widest enclosed valley in the world is truly something special and only a couple of hours' drive from Sydney, writes Angela Saurine

Stanthorpe's Apple & Grape Festival
Publish Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT
HAVE a ripper time at Queensland's Apple and Grape Festival, writes Alison Cotes.

Colonial delights of Canowindra
Publish Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT
THE colonial buildings and wineries of Canowindra offer a great short break away, writes Brian Johnston.

Big-city bustle is a world away
Publish Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT
FOR beautiful surrounds, there are few places better than Bermagui on the Sapphire Coast, writes Brian Johnston.

Septimus: Mud map to relaxation
Publish Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:00:00 GMT
ALISON Cotes indulges in some luxury pampering worthy of Cleopatra herself at Septimus, a quiet Queensland village.

Surf, stay and sup in Yallingup
Publish Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:00:00 GMT
INDIGENOUS people call it Place of Love and many visitors fall for the region, as Brad Edborough discovers.

Golf getaway in Kangaroo Valley
Publish Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:00:00 GMT
KANGAROO Valley Golf & Country Resort is a great place to hit the fairways without being king of the course, finds Brian Johnston.

Townsville's best tucker
Publish Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:00:00 GMT
EAT streets have made it big time in Australia with most capitals able to boast at least one.

Park Life: Coffin Bay Caravan Park
Publish Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:00:00 GMT
COFFIN Bay. It's not the most inviting name for a town. But don't let it  put you off, a stay in Coffin Bay will give you a new lease on life.