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Brisbane -
Queensland - Australia.
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If you're on holidays or traveling to Queensland, you'll find there are some exclusively gay and lesbian accommodation, as well as gay-friendly accommodation, venues and cafes.
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Destinations such as Brisbane, Tropical North Queensland, the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast have gay-friendly bars, venues and accommodation.
Brisbane's Pride Festival is a major gay and lesbian event which includes the vibrant Pride Rally March and Fair Day in June each year. You can find up-to-the-minute information in publications such as Queensland Pride newspaper and Q News. Some helpful contacts include the Brisbane Pride Festival at
http://www.pridebrisbane.org.au.
The Tropical North Queensland city of Cairns has an exclusively gay and lesbian hotel, 18-24 James Street with Turtle Cove Resort also exclusively gay and lesbian, 30 minutes to the north. The newest gay and lesbian resorts are Liberty Resort nestled in the rainforest at Kuranda and the Pink Flamingo in beachside Port Douglas. Head to the beaches at Cleo's Guesthouse at Yorkey's Knob, which caters for women, and the Witchencroft Women's Guesthouse is a women's-only rainforest retreat. The Beach Front Lodge at Yorkey's Knob is gay and lesbian friendly.
Helpful contacts include The Pink Guide to Cairns, Queer Club at James Cook University and Tropical Gay FM radio 4CCR 89.1FM on Sunday night.
On the Sunshine Coast, Noosa Blue Resort and Horizon's at Peregian are notable gay and lesbian friendly properties. Others include Beachcomber Resort at Peregian (no children under 16 years) and Hunchy Hideaway, self-contained hideaways in the Blackall Range rainforest near Maleny. Palm Tree Tours is a gay friendly tour booking office based in Noosa. Further north Kingfisher Bay Resort and Village on world heritage Fraser Island is the perfect nature-based getaway.
You'll find like-minded guys and gals in the Brisbane suburbs of West End, Woolloongabba, Spring Hill, Fortitude Valley and New Farm. The Allender Apartments, The Sportsman Hotel, Central Brunswick Apartment Hotel and Thornbury House all offer gay and lesbian friendly accommodation. Clubs and bars include The Lychee Lounge, Options Nightclub, The Alliance Hotel, Sportsman Hotel, The Beat Wickham Hotel, The Empire Hotel, GPO, Ric's Bar and The Zoo.
Team Brisbane organises and promotes lesbian and gay sporting events in Brisbane. The Australian Gay and Lesbian Tourism Assocation is a non-profit association of businesses and individuals involved in travel and tourism. Visit http://www.galta.com.au for details.
The Sunshine Coast begins an hour’s drive north of Brisbane. The northern areas of Noosa and its hinterland and Perigian Beach are possibly the most gay and lesbian friendly.
Noosa is a stylish resort enclave bordered by the frothy rollers of the Pacific Ocean. Hastings Street dining and shopping is excellent … Noosa cuisine has emerged as distinctive to the state - something that just has to be tasted to be believed!
There’s an unofficial gay & lesbian beach at Alexandria Bay in the Noosa National Park at the end of Hastings St, a couple of exclusively gay and lesbian accommodation house and several gay and lesbian friendly places. Just north of Noosa is Fraser Island- the world’s largest sand island and world heritage protected.
It is s a nature lover’s paradise with environments that include pristine rainforest, sand blows, roaring ocean, crystal clear freshwater lakes and native banksia forests. Kingfisher Bay Resort and Village is a gorgeous gay & lesbian friendly ecolodge.
Bon Voyage!
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