Nature and World Heritage

Experience nature at its best in Queensland.

With World Heritage-listed sites, kilometres of ocean, breathtaking natural landscapes and over 450 amazingly diverse national parks and forests, you’ll be amazed by what Queensland has to offer.

With everything from the Great Barrier Reef islands to stark desert landscapes, tropical rainforests and pristine wetlands, it’s easy to see why Queensland is one of the most ecologically diverse places on earth.

Queensland boasts five World-Heritage listed areas out of Australia’s 16.

The first of these is the Great Barrier Reef - where 3,000 individual reefs and coral islands harbour thousands of fish and marine creatures.

It has two World Heritage rainforests - the wet tropical Daintree rainforest in the north, renowned as the oldest in the world, and the sub-tropical rainforests on the State’s southern border.

The dinosaur and fossil sites at Riversleigh have also been given World Heritage recognition for being a former inland sea that once dominated Queensland’s Outback.

The largest sand island in the world, Fraser Island, completes the list of Queensland’s world-famous natural wonders.

Queensland is also home to a diverse range of native Australian animals just waiting for you to discover. You can get up close to Humpback whales, handfeed wild dolphins, or cuddle a koala.

Come and experience the natural wonders that this amazing state has to offer.