There are a number of airports in Queensland. However, not all Queensland airports have regularly scheduled flights. We do not list the smallest Queensland airports, since there is no way to provide you flights from those airports. AirGorilla offers flights, hotels, and rental car reservations for Queensland.
Queensland is a state of Australia, in the north-east of the country. It is the second largest state by area and the third largest state by population. The northernmost part of the state is the triangular Cape York Peninsula, which points toward New Guinea. The western side of the peninsula is washed by the Gulf of Carpentaria, while its eastern side borders the Coral Sea, an arm of the Pacific Ocean.
The capital and largest city is Brisbane. Other major regional centres include the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Rockhampton, Mackay, Cairns, Toowoomba, and Mount Isa. Queensland is often nicknamed the Sunshine State, since it enjoys warm weather and a sizable portion of the state is in the tropics.
In December 2005 the population of Queensland officially reached 4 million. Queensland is the fastest growing state in Australia, with over fifteen hundred people moving to the state a week. Predictions have been made to show that Queensland will become Australia's 2nd most populous state as soon as the late 2020's.
Queensland was originally a British Crown Colony that was separated from New South Wales in 1859. What is now Brisbane was originally the Moreton Bay penal colony, intended as a place to hold convicts who re-offended while serving out their sentences in New South Wales.
Queensland has many places that are blessed with natural beauty, including:
the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast having some of the state's most popular beaches;
the Bunya Mountains and the Great Dividing Range with numerous lookouts, waterfalls and picnic areas; Carnarvon Gorge; Whitsunday Islands and Hinchinbrook Island.
Queensland's economy has enjoyed a boom in the tourism and mining industries over the last twenty years. A sizeable influx of interstate and overseas migrants, large amounts of federal government investment, increased mining of vast mineral deposits and an ever expanding aerospace sector ensure that the state will remain Australia's fastest growing economy in the foreseeable future. ()
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