We were invited on the exciting #ThisisQueensland blog trip with Visit Queensland touring around Australia’s dazzling northeastern corner. With days of endless sunshine, gorgeous coastal towns and some of the finest beaches in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s an extraordinarily beautiful region which would easily top a list of the most photogenic places in the world. For the first week, we spent our time exploring some of the region’s highlights – the cosmopolitan beach town of Noosa, the Sunshine Coast Hinterland – a tranquil place filled with pretty towns and spectacular vistas and Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world known for its brilliant blue freshwater lakes, crystalline creeks, sculpted coloured sands, lush rain forests and even its own striking shipwreck.
We ended our first week on Lady Elliot Island, a tiny, highly protected coral cay and one of the most extraordinary places we’ve ever seen. Located at the southern tip of the World Heritage Listed Great Barrier Reef it’s home to over 1,200 species of marine life including manta rays and endangered turtles. We spent our days snorkelling with colourful fish and highly endangered turtles and gawping at the unspoilt coral reef. Here are our favourite Queensland beauty spots, in BIG pictures…
Fraser Island
Hervey Bay
Lady Elliot Island
Noosa
Sunshine Coast Hinterland
All words and photos by Becky (taken with a Leica camera), I was a guest of Visit Queensland but as always all views are my own.
35 Comments
Sharvi Sharma
13 June, 2018 at 12:13 pmReally great article!
Visiting Queensland, Australia next month.
Would definitely visit all these beauty spots 🙂
Rusov
4 June, 2015 at 3:16 pmWow these are the most beautiful photos I’ve seen in a long time, incredible!
Becky Moore
7 June, 2015 at 9:36 amThank you! 🙂
Sand In My Suitcase
25 May, 2015 at 11:28 pmStunning photos! Showing Queensland in all its raw beauty. Love the pic of the shipwreck on Fraser Island 🙂
Becky Moore
26 May, 2015 at 6:09 pmThank you! The Shipwreck was incredible! 🙂
Marc
20 May, 2015 at 6:05 pmAmazing pictures. So want to go visit. Been to NZ but missed the Australia.
Becky Moore
22 May, 2015 at 1:23 pmThanks Marc, they’re both very special places!
Shariq
14 May, 2015 at 9:30 amOMG I so want to go now!!!
Becky Moore
19 May, 2015 at 3:58 pmYou should 😉
Nathan Landdon
12 May, 2015 at 6:32 pmVery nice travel spot, the images are very very nice looking! Thanks.
Becky Moore
15 May, 2015 at 11:33 amThanks Nathan!
Katie Featherstone
12 May, 2015 at 6:08 pmGreat photos! I never visited, but Lady Elliot Island looks gorgeous. Queensland is such a beautiful area.
Becky Moore
15 May, 2015 at 11:33 amThanks Katie! I loved Lady Elliot and would recommend a visit to anyone! 🙂
Agness
11 May, 2015 at 11:19 pmOMG! I am feeling like I was there! The Mother Nature is so powerful!
Becky Moore
15 May, 2015 at 11:31 amThanks Agness, yes very true! 🙂
Jess @UsedYorkCity
11 May, 2015 at 4:33 pmThese photos are stunning! What an incredible trip for you!!!
Becky Moore
15 May, 2015 at 11:31 amThank you Jess, yes it was a trip of a lifetime!
Emma
10 May, 2015 at 2:38 amSeriously beautiful photos, Queensland looks like one of the most beautiful places in the world!
Becky Moore
10 May, 2015 at 9:55 amIt’s definitely up there! 🙂
Anne
9 May, 2015 at 7:19 pmOh wow I was gasping with delight at these incredible pictures. Was surprised you didn’t have the Whitsundays but I guess the challenge is always going to be the number of places you could feature!,
Becky Moore
10 May, 2015 at 9:55 amSadly I didn’t get to the Whitsundays on this trip but some of the other #Room753 bloggers will be covering them instead 🙂
Suze The Luxury Columnist
8 May, 2015 at 4:01 pmI love the photo of the shipwrecked boat. The scale of all these is impressive, did you use a panoramic lens?
Becky Moore
10 May, 2015 at 9:53 amHi Suze, thank you I didn’t but it’s a Leica V-lux lent to me by the company. I’m really pleased with the photos it’s taking! 🙂
John Daniel
8 May, 2015 at 1:10 pmWow! It looks so beautiful everywhere, really want to visit now!
Becky Moore
10 May, 2015 at 9:48 amQueensland is a very beautiful place!
Peter Parker
8 May, 2015 at 1:00 pmReally great photos, I’m really impressed! Especially love the Fraser Island ones!
Becky Moore
10 May, 2015 at 9:48 amThanks Peter, Fraser Island was one of my favourite places!
Scott
8 May, 2015 at 11:01 amAmazing photos, really makes me want to go back!
Becky Moore
10 May, 2015 at 9:47 amHope to return one day too!
Eloise @ Am I Nearly There Yet?
8 May, 2015 at 7:32 amYour photos are amazing and you’re so lucky to have been to all these beautiful beaches!The photo of the turtle is just unbelievable. I have to go scuba diving and see them, as they’re so beautiful!
Anne
9 May, 2015 at 7:20 pmScuba diving in Australia is amazing. The lower barrier reef has amazing corals!
Becky Moore
10 May, 2015 at 9:45 amVery true!
Becky Moore
10 May, 2015 at 9:46 amThank you Eloise, I felt very lucky to have such an incredible experience, flying home tomorrow and I don’t want to leave!
Pixie
7 May, 2015 at 10:55 pmBeautiful pictures, love the one of the turtle..
Becky Moore
10 May, 2015 at 8:47 amThank you, was a cute turtle!