We are going to QLD in 10 days time. I'll be 23 weeks when we leave and DD turns 2 while we are on holidays.

We have a friends wedding in Mission Beach so we are staying there first at Castaways Resort for 4 nights and we've also splurged and booked 4 nights at Hayman Island in a pool access room We also have 2 nights in Cairns but purely to meet our arriving and departing flights - we've already been to Cairns, Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation.

Although we live not far from the coast, we wanted to holiday right on the beach so we could just stroll out from our room and hang out with DD in the sand. The pool access room is a huge bonus as we can swim straight from our room which means we can enjoy the pool while DD naps. Woohoo!! The other important things for us, which Hayman provides, were:

- child friendly and families actually welcomed!!
- kids club and additional facilities for kids (just in case we want some time out or DD is bored with us, LOL!)
- baby sitting (we plan on having a nice dinner alone one night)
- meal options - we've booked half board so breaky and dinner are included daily
- water sports especially hobbie cats as DH loves his sailing
- child friendly beach

So I'd definitely suggest somewhere with facilities to keep your DS entertained as well. And by that I don't just mean a kids club but generally if they have a kids club, often they have additional facilities (toys, playground, etc) or you can take your kids into the club for a play without leaving them, IYKWIM, which is handy if the weather isn't favourable or they are sick of the beach and pool

Oh, and Hamilton Island is a great suggestion too! We looked into Club Med Lindeman too but it gets an awful wrap online. If you're happy to go overseas, friends of ours have raved about Club Med Bintan (it's in Indonesia but just off the coast of Singapore so you actually fly to Sing and travel by ferry to Bintan).