About Queensland
The State of Queensland occupies approximately 25% of the continent of Australia, so there?s lots of space for you to explore. It is Australia?s fastest growing State with 3. 8 million people?2. 1 million visitors are welcomed each year. Queensland also boasts a broad multi-cultural community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descendants with cultures spanning 40,000 years.
Here are just a few reasons to visit Queensland:
Tropical climate
Superb beaches
Friendly people
Relaxed and casual atmosphere
Multitude of things to do and places to stay
The list could go on and on but in a few words, Queensland is the ideal getaway. It is made for holidays. It offers a warm, relaxing, fun, vibrant, energetic and the ultimate pleasure holiday experience, where you have the freedom to do as much or as little as you like and you become the person you?d like to be. When you get home you feel like you have had a holiday, and you know you want to return soon!
Queensland welcomes people from interstate and overseas with ideas, skills and initiative to share a quality of life that ranks with the best in the world. A relaxed lifestyle, affordable homes and easy commuting make Queensland one of Australia's most attractive places to live and work.
With up-to-date technology and services, the lowest taxes in Australia and plenty of space to develop and expand, Queensland is the preferred location for many new businesses each year.
The people of Queensland enjoy an outdoor lifestyle with world class beaches and waterways, national parks, rainforests and tropical reefs. Our pleasant climate (average summer temperatures of 25 degrees Celsius, average winter temperatures of 15 degrees Celsius) means that Queenslanders enjoy more winter sunshine and warmth than most other Australian states.
Queensland's enviable lifestyle ensures that its current population of over 4 million continues to grow and prosper.