Last month, my family and I went on a vacation to Queensland. This is my dream holiday ‘cos I have been wanting to drive from Cairns to Brisbane. Just simply like driving along the Great Barrier Reef and wanting to make a few stops along the way. The whole trip took me 14 days which was simply not enough. I did not allocate enough time to visit the nice beaches along the Bruce Highway.
Bruce Highway is the road linking Cairns to Brisbane. The distance is about 1900km. There are so many nice stops along the way such as Airlie Beach, Townsville, Mackay, Gladstone, Bundaberg, etc.
I flew into Coolangata Airport on Air Asia X and stayed at in Surfers Paradise for 3 days. Rented a car and drove around Surfers Paradise and Gold Coast area. Exploring the Mount Tambourine National Park which really surprised me on how people and natural beauty can blend together harmoniously
Then, I flew from Brisbane to Cairns and proceeded north to Daintree. From Daintree, it was driving all the way down south to Brisbane.
Driving in Australia has always been easy. Drivers are very polite and law abiding. I never have to worry about speed limits as long as I follow another Australian driver, he will make sure I am within the limit as he never drives beyond the limit. They don’t over take unnecessarily. They only overtake at overtaking lanes. And, I also rarely see people overtaking. Australians are really nice on the road.
Boarding Air Asia X to Gold Coast
Just to share with you my trip itenerary:-
Day 1 : Arrived in Gold Coast
Day 2 : Drove around Gold Coast / Mt Tambourine
Day 3 : Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary & Movie World
Day 4 : Flew from Brisbane to Cairns. Drove north to Daintree. Overnight in Daintree
Day 5 : Visited Cape Tribulation in the north. Drove south to Mossman and Port Douglas. Back to Daintree
Day 6 : Visited Kuranda. Overnight in Cairns
Day 7 : Visited Atherton Tableland
Day 8 : Drove 650km to Airlie Beach
Day 9 : Sailed to Hayman Island on Ruggamuffin
Day 10 : Lazed around Airlie Beach
Day 11 : Visited Great Barrier Reef. Drove to Mackay to overnight.
Day 12 : Drove 1087km to Brisbane. Overnight in Brisbane
Day 13 : Visited Tangalooma Beach at Moreton Island.
Day 14 : Back to Gold Coast. Visited Habourtown.
Day 15 : Visited Seaworld. Flew back to Kuala Lumpur.
I will share more of my trip in detail in subsequent blog posts.
2 responses so far ↓
1 ppearl // Oct 31, 2008 at 2:42 am
eh wah! sounds so exciting one leh… can’t wait for the pics :)
2 athena // Oct 31, 2008 at 4:50 pm
yeah man..this post is useless without sharing pics!!!
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