Hundreds of holiday deals up for grabs in the Great Queensland Getaway

Hundreds of holiday deals to Queensland’s top tourism experiences are on sale as part of the Great Queensland Getaway, a campaign to encourage travel-hungry Australians to unleash their holiday lives after lockdown. Among the 800 or more offers, there are penny-pinching deals such as “Kids Go Free” on a Great Barrier Reef scenic boat tour from Cairns, a 50% off Aboriginal Dance and Dinner Show in Brisbane, and up to $101 off a dreamy scenic hot air balloon experience on the Gold Coast.
Coupled with slash-priced offers from Virgin Australia, MyQueensland, Viva Holidays and Accor, The Great Queensland Getaway campaign enables Aussie holidaymakers to book a Queensland escape for less. The Great Queensland Getaway is on until 27 February 2022, terms and conditions apply.
Family Fun in the sun
Kids going through an Attenborough phase? Then the Great Barrier Reef is sure to appeal to their oceanic interest. Save a massive $265 on a family day out to the Great Barrier Reef with Sunlover Reef Cruises priced at just $497 after a discount for two adults and two children. In the Whitsundays “Kids Go Free” on Cruise Whitsundays’ Great Barrier Reef Adventure includes a scenic return cruise to the outer reef, four hours snorkelling at Hardy Reef, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. While in Mackay get $20 off adult tickets on Wildcat Mackay’s all-inclusive day tour, normally $179 now only $159.
Back on land, the whole family can dive into social studies and meet some of Australia’s historic heroes. Hinkler Hall of Aviation’s two for one offer provides access to two family-friendly Bundaberg experiences, Hinkler Hall of Aviation and Fairymead House Sugar History Museum, at a discounted price. Or step back in time for an exhilarating outback adventure with Outback Pioneers in Longreach and get $44 off a family pass to ride a stagecoach across the old Longreach-Windorah mail route and check out the hilarious Harry Redford Old Time Tent Show. In Brisbane, join a roving theatre group and travel through time to understand a story 60,000 years in the making at the award-winning Spirits of the Red Sand Aboriginal Dinner and Show. Get 50% off adult tickets, normally priced at $120, now only $60.
Stay longer at RACV Noosa Resort and save up to 20% on a suite, one-, two- or three-bedroom apartment or villa. Or treat the family to a classic Gold Coast getaway with 15% off Q1 Resort and Spa accommodation bookings and a 25% discount from SkyPoint Climb. While you’re on the Gold Coast, look out for 20% off at Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Odditorium, $45 off bookings for 4-8 people at Padlock’d Escape Rooms and Aquaduck Gold Coast where adults get kids prices.
Wrap up a K’Gari getaway and tick all the Fraser Island beauty spots with Kingfisher Bay Resort’s Family Adventure Package. For $2,200 two adults and two children enjoy four nights in a two-bedroom villa plus a 4WD Beauty Spots Guided Tour (normally priced at $239 per adult and $159 for a child). The package includes return ferry transfers and airport pick up plus daily breakfast and a sunset platter.
Cost-saving breaks for couples
Need a last-minute Valentine’s gift? Get up to $101 off a Classic Gold Coast Hot Air Ballooning experience with champagne breakfast from $259 per person on weekdays and $289 per person on weekends, normally $360. Or go all out on a romantic island escape with a free night on Heron Island when you stay three nights on nearby Wilson Island. Nothing fires up the heart more than a country getaway and The Country House at Hunchy in the Sunshine Coast hinterland is slashing $50 off every night booked during the Great Queensland Getaway campaign.
Adventure and nature enthusiasts will jump at the chance to experience K’gari (Fraser Island) and its hidden gems on Tasman Venture’s Remote Fraser Island Experience with $40 off adult rates. Or head over to Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island, just off Brisbane, with the free boats to paradise + wild dolphin feeding three-night package from just $239 twin share.
Escape to Great Keppel Island Hideaway on a 2-night mid-week package including all main meals for only $520 (for two adults) while those seeking a charming country break get the fourth night free at Kiambram Country Cottages, north of Toowoomba when booking a three-night stay.
Fall in love with the Great Barrier Reef
Play on the Gold Coast and then spend a day on Lady Elliot Island with ‘Adults at Kid’s Prices’, including scenic flight departing Coolangatta, five hours on Lady Elliot Island, island tour, glass-bottom boat/guided snorkel, lunch and more. Price is just $599 per adult, saving a massive $260 per person.
Explore the only underwater museum in the southern hemisphere, the Museum of Underwater Art, with Yongala Dive and add a ‘Discover Scuba Dive’ or ‘Certified Dive’ for free. That’s a saving of up to $79 per person and includes free return ferry tickets to Magnetic Island with Sealink Queensland. Head out to the reef for longer and fly free when you book a Spirit of Freedom Dive Trip (three, four or seven days) and fly to Cairns for free (up to $400 per person).
Fly and stay for less
As part of the Great Queensland Getaway, Virgin Australia has slashed airfares to some of the state’s most popular destinations with tickets starting from just $59. Dozens of discounted routes are on offer including Sydney to Gold Coast – $59, Brisbane to Proserpine – $59, Launceston to Gold Coast – $69, Adelaide to Sunshine Coast – $79, Canberra to Brisbane – $115, Melbourne to Cairns – $125 and Darwin to Brisbane – $179.
Team a flight with a discounted stay at Accor and travel for less. Accor is offering accommodation deals across select Queensland hotels, on sale until 27 February, with guests saving 15% when booking three nights. Stay at the Pullman Cairns International from $279 per night, The Johnson Brisbane – Art Series from $174, Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort from $191, Mercure Gold Coast Resort from $166 and Mercure Townsville from $143.
For stress-free holidays, MyQueensland has packaged up a suite of bundles designed to save some serious bucks. These include five nights at Mirage Whitsundays for $899 per person plus a $500 bonus value, five nights at the Riley by Crystalbrook Collection in Cairns for $999 per person with $1,350 bonus value, and an escape to the Sunshine Coast and stay five nights at ULTIQA Shearwater Resort Caloundra for $499 per person with $1,100 bonus value. Back at Australia’s favourite playground, travellers can stay on the Gold Coast from $699 per person at Hilton Surfers Paradise Hotel and Residences with $2,000 worth of bonus value.
Viva Holidays are also offering major savings on travel packages such as $524 off a Port Douglas and Great Barrier Reef package, a saving of $186 on a stylish Gold Coast stay at the new Dorsett Hotel Gold coast, and a discount of $204 per person on a luxury city escape at Brisbane’s new Hotel X with City Winery experience. Sometimes, however, you just need to get away from it all. For the ultimate Outback escape, book a Viva Holidays first-class ticket on the Spirit of Queensland train journey, five nights accommodation in Longreach, a packed itinerary of iconic experiences and return flights to Brisbane for just $3,639 per person twin share.
WIN one of five money-can’t-buy Queensland holidays
On top of these fantastic holiday offers and deals, which guarantee a great value Sunshine State getaway, there are five money-can’t-buy Queensland holidays also up for grabs. From cruising the Whitsundays on a rock-star style superyacht with five others to a private tropical island escape for 12, a luxury Cairns rainforest and reef getaway for two, the ultimate five-day family Gold Coast playground holiday, and a VIP experience to Crash the Big Red Bash in Outback Queensland – all are possible just by entering the Great Queensland Getaway competition.
Need more incentive? Entrants also have the chance to win a bonus prize of one million Velocity Frequent Flyer Points when a Virgin Australia flight for travel to, or within, Queensland is booked between now and 27 February 2022. Each competition is open for a limited period during the Great Queensland Getaway, so check the site frequently to enter.
Visit queensland.com/greatqueenslandgetaway to book your next Great Queensland Getaway before 27 February 2022 and check out the full line-up of discounted holiday deals and travel offers up for grabs. Terms and conditions including redemption and travel dates apply.