Must see attractions/places - travelling from VIC to FNQ up the coastline.
As the title suggests I am hoping people might share their number 1 (or 2,3,4...) top places/things to see and do while travelling the coast between the bottom of Victoria to Far North Queensland.
If you have been to an amazing (child friendly) festival or market or strawberry farm or animal santuary I would love to know!
We are looking at travelling the coast with 3 little ones (preschool aged) by car and although we are not going to plan our trip if there are any suggestions on things we must see or do then I welcome your suggestions. Exact time of year is to be confirmed but it will be in the warmer months
Places we stopped at on the way to QLD were Ettamogah pub, there's a massive submarine in Holebrook which the kids absolutely loved, Dog on the Tuckerbox and the Big Banana.
We stopped overnight in Sydney and saw the sights there then drove up to QLD along the coast.
We only went as far as the Gold Coast but there's the Big Pineapple, Ginger Factory up further.
I just googled the big pinapple & banana I didn't realise that they had so much to see and do, I thought that it was like 'take a photo of the big banana' and keep driving
I went to Australia Zoo about 10 years ago, it was very small then so it would be like a whole new place to me now
Ohhh I just googled all the names and had a quick look, they look beautiful!
We will be staying mostly in caravan parks (as we work in the industry it will be great to see other parks) although we will be either staying in a tent or cabin, we won't be taking a caravan/camper.
Back to look further into these places suggested thankyou!
ok seeing as I have juts come back from travelling QLD
starting from the bottom, skip the expensive theme parks not worth it in my opinion kids too little to appreciate
agnes water beautiful relaxing I have a property there so I may be biased LOL
eungulla amazing little camp ground in eungulla its self they do have a cabin or 2 but if you have tents pick a pwd sit will cost you with the 3 kids $30 a night beautiful beautiful views over the pinoeeer valley below...you can go for a drive 5min to see platypus in the wild many many bush walks
bowen stunning peaceful quiet town (australia the movie was filmed there) you can walk out on the jetty pretend you are nicole kidman LOL ..big 4 park is the tops just beautiful
mission beach not a lot to do but because of the cyclone damage I encourage all to visit to help there economy
port douglas again big 4 park stunning.... close enough to drive into cairns to do usual tourist stuff
atherton just inland of cairns againn big 4 park LOL..there is a place called crystal caves amazing gem displays google it fantastic t
so those are my picks away from the usual tourist hype
I should proberly add that when we arrive in FNQ we will be staying so plenty of time to be a tourist at home there!
Did you happen to go to Paronella Park Rach? I could get lost there!
I agree that we won't be bothering with the theme parks and big tourist places as my oldest will be 3.5 years so to young to enjoy although DH does want to go to Seaworld. I want to do all the nature attractions, I also want to pick fruit lots of fruit! and hope to see a couple of wonderful markets along the way - homemade markets though not the markets you see in Melbourne, yuk!
I will add those places to my list since Rach & Nic suggested them, must be lovely. We are planning to drive about 4 hours a day so we will get time to enjoy different places everyday without the stress of being constantly in the car for long periods.
Mmm cheese factory at Tilba Tilba, no need to say anymore
The Eumundi Markets on the Sunshine Coast are really good with lots of yummy food and they were my fave in SEQ. While you're in that area, Noosa, Mooloolaba and Coolum are lovely beaches to visit too.
Australia Zoo is lots of fun and the kids would probably love that
For something different other than heading to Surfers - O'Reilly in the Gold Coast Hinterland is a really pretty drive and also Mt Tamborine near Canungra is pretty. It has Markets too. Not too sure how often they run though.
If you're OK with going off the highway a bit - Fraser Island is really picturesque for camping (but you definitely need a 4WD for the sand and track driving!)
Lots of sights a lot further up north too but you will be close to them when you live there.
Must see attractions/places - travelling from VIC to FNQ up the coastline.
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I didn't realise that they had so much to see and do, I thought that it was like 'take a photo of the big banana' and keep driving 
thankyou!
and its relaxing too (well I think so)
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