List of tourist drives in Queensland
List of tourist drives in Queensland includes numbered and un-numbered routes. Most routes have an official name, but some have been named in this article based on the region in which they occur. Some duplication of numbers exists where the Queensland Government and a local authority have each chosen the same number for use in different regions. General information about tourist drives in Queensland can be found here: [1].
Unless stated otherwise, all distance and road name information in this article is derived from Google Maps.
Strategic touring routes[edit]
State Strategic Touring Routes are road routes in Queensland, Australia, which have been identified as significant to motoring tourists. These are the primary routes used by tourists as they provide the connections between popular tourist locations, and consequently have high volumes of tourist traffic. Standardised road signage is used to identify the route itself, with "Welcome to" signage at towns and districts of interest to tourists, as well as "turn off" signage to natural attractions.[1]
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| Route | Component roads and streets | From | Via | To | Length | Notes ↑ (Top) |
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| Adventure Way[2] |
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Brisbane | Toowoomba, Dalby, St George, Cunnamulla, Thargomindah | Durham | 1,152 km (715.8 mi) | Continues to Innamincka, South Australia. Length (from reference) is from Brisbane to Innamincka. |
| Australia's Country Way[3] |
Rockhampton | Monto, Wondai, Kingaroy, Yarraman, Toowoomba, Warwick | Wallangarra | 1,615 km (1,003.5 mi) | Continues to Sydney. Length (from reference) is from Rockhampton to Sydney. | |
| Capricorn Way[4] |
Capricorn Highway | Rockhampton | Duaringa, Blackwater, Emerald, The Gemfields, Alpha | Barcaldine | 579 km (359.8 mi) | Length is from reference. |
| Great Inland Way[5] |
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Hebel | St George, Rolleston, Springsure, Conjuboy, Evelyn, Gordonvale | Cairns | Continues from Hebel to Sydney. | |
| Leichhardt Way[6] |
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Goondiwindi | Miles, Banana, Dululu, Westwood | Rockhampton | Continues from Goondiwindi to Melbourne. | |
| Matilda Way[7] |
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Karumba | Howitt, Cloncurry, Longreach, Augathella | Barringun | Continues to Bourke, New South Wales. | |
| Overlanders Way[8] |
Townsville | Charters Towers, Hughenden, Richmond, Julia Creek, Cloncurry, Mount Isa | Camooweal | Continues to Tennant Creek, Northern Territory. | ||
| Pacific Coast Way[9] |
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Cairns | Townsville, Mackay, Gympie, Brisbane | Coolangatta | Continues to Sydney. | |
| Savannah Way[10] |
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Cairns |
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Hells Gate Roadhouse |
Continues to Broome, Western Australia. Alternate Routes:[11]
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| Warrego Way[12] |
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Brisbane | Charleville | Birdsville | 1,578 km (980.5 mi) | Length from reference. |
Un-numbered tourist drives[edit]
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| Route | Component roads and streets | From | Via | To | Length | Notes ↑ (Top) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane Valley Drive |
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Blacksoil |
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Yarraman | ||
| The Canecutter Way[13] |
Kurrimine Beach |
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Innisfail | |||
| Cobb and Co Tourist Drive[14][15] |
Ipswich | Grandchester | Toowoomba | 120 km (74.6 mi) | Length from reference. | |
| Dingo Barrier Fence Drive[16] |
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Jandowae | 110 km (68.4 mi) | |||
| Granite Belt Drive[17] |
Granite Belt Drive | Dalveen | Cottonvale, Thulimbah | The Summit | 12 km (7.5 mi) | Loop route from and to New England Highway. Length from reference. Signed as 
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| Great Barrier Reef Tourist Drive[18] |
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Smithfield, Cairns |
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Cape Tribulation | 125 km (77.7 mi) | |
| Great Bunya Drive[19] |
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Toowoomba | Dalby, Bunya Mountains, Nanango, Kingaroy, Wondai, Murgon, Goomeri | Gympie | 324 km (201.3 mi) | Length from reference. |
| Hibiscus Coast Tourist Drive[20] |
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The Leap (Mackay) | Calen |
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| Mission Beach Drive |
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Tully |
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El Arish | ||
| Northern Moreton Bay Tourist Drive[21] |
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Rothwell | Redcliffe | Deagon | 36 km (22.4 mi) | Length from reference. |
| Pioneer Valley Drive [22][23] |
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Walkerston (Mackay) | Broken River, Eungella National Park | Marian, (Eton), (Kuttabul), Kinchant Dam, Mirani, Cattle Creek, Pinnacle, Finch Hatton Gorge, Eungella | 122km | |
| Shearer's Way[24] |
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Stanthorpe | Glenlyon | Texas | Extension of Tourist Drive 8 from Glenlyon Dam to Texas. Signed as 
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| Southern Moreton Bay Tourist Drive[25] |
Wynnum | Cleveland | Redlands | 78 km (48.5 mi) | Length from reference. | |
| Warrego Way through Gatton [26] |
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Gatton | Grantham | Helidon | Former alignment of the Warrego Highway. Part of it is signed as 
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Numbered tourist drives[edit]
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| Route | Component roads and streets | From | Via | To | Length | Notes ↑ (Top) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tourist Drive 1 Settlers’ Route[27][15][28] |
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Warwick | Killarney | Warwick | 72 km (44.7 mi) | Loop route | |
 Tourist Drive 2 Paradise Dam Tourist Drive[29] |
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Goodnight | Paradise Dam | 46 km (28.6 mi) | Some sections are 4WD Only, Goes through Goodnight National Park | ||
 Tourist Drive 3 Border Rivers[30] |
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Goondiwindi | Yelarbon | ||||
| Tourist Drive 3 Cambooya[15] |
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Toowoomba | Cambooya | Toowoomba | Loop route | ||
 Tourist Drive 4 Darling Downs[15] |
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Cambooya | Clifton | Cambooya | Loop route. Much longer southern extension of Tourist Drive 3 (Cambooya) | ||
| Tourist Drive 4 Fairbairn Dam |
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Emerald | Fairbairn Dam | Loops back to Emerald via  Gregory Hwy, Central Highlands Tourist Drive 4
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 Tourist Drive 5 Amiens[31] |
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Stanthorpe | Amiens | Thulimbah | |||
 Tourist Drive 6 Bauple Tourist Drive |
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A1 Bruce Highway | Bauple | A1 Bruce Highway | 11 km (6.8 mi) | ||
| Tourist Drive 6 Highland Drive[32][31] |
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Stanthorpe | Eukey | Ballandean | |||
 Tourist Drive 7 Mount Coot–tha[33] |
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Toowong | Mount Coot-tha & Bardon | Toowong | 7 km (4.3 mi) | Loop route | |
| Tourist Drive 7 Oracle's Way[34][31] |
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Stanthorpe | Amosfield, NSW | Tenterfield, NSW | Loop route. Enter NSW at Dalcouth. | ||
| Tourist Drive 7 Anakie-Sapphire[15] |
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Anakie Siding | Sapphire Central | Central Highlands Tourist Drive 7 | |||
 Tourist Drive 8 Glenlyon Dam[31] |
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Stanthorpe | Glenlyon | Mingoola | |||
| Tourist Drive 8 Tamborine Mountain[35] |
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Oxenford | Mount Tamborine, Canungra | Nerang | Also signed at the Junction of the Mount Lindsey Hwy and Beaudesert Nerang Road in Beaudesert | ||
| Tourist Drive 8 Arcadia Valley Loop[36] |
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Baffle West | Arcadia Valley | Loops Route | |||
| Tourist Drive 8 Mount Nebo[37] |
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The Gap | Mount Nebo | Goes Through Mount Nebo, End at Intersection with Tourist Drive 9 | |||
| Tourist Drive 8 Clermont-Goldfields |
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Clermont | Rubyvale | Central Highlands Tourist Drive 8 | |||
 Tourist Drive 9 Mount Glorious[38] |
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Ferny Hills | Mount Glorious | Lake Wivenhoe | |||
 Tourist Drive 10 Capricorn Coast[39] |
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Berserker | Emu Park and Yeppoon | Berserker | 103 km (64.0 mi) | This is a circular route from and to the northern end of the Fitzroy Bridge in Rockhampton. It is also signed as  .
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 Tourist Drive 11 The Sunflower Route[40][15][28] |
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Warwick | Allora | Warwick | Loop route | ||
 Tourist Drive 12 Fraser Coast[41] |
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Maryborough | Hervey Bay | Howard | From Bruce Highway, Tinana to Bruce Highway, Howard | ||
| Tourist Drive 12 The Sprint Route[42][15][28] |
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Warwick | Leyburn | Warwick | Loop route | ||
 Tourist Drive 14 The Cedar Route[43][15][28] |
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Warwick | Goomburra | Warwick | Loop route | ||
| Tourist Drive 14 |
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Mareeba | Mount Molloy | Part of the Great Barrier Reef Tourist Drive | |||
 Tourist Drive 16 Scenic Rim[37][15] |
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Marburg | Rosewood, Boonah, Rarhdowney, Beaudesert | Tamborine | Ends at an intersection with Tourist Drive 8. Left to Tamborine village, right to Canungra. | ||
 Tourist Drive 21 The Falls Drive |
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Killarney |
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Coochin | Joins  near Coochin. Onward options:
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 Tourist Drive 22 Kenilworth |
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Eumundi | Kenilworth | Maleny | |||
 Tourist Drive 23 Blackall Range[47][48] |
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Landsborough | Maleny | Nambour | |||
 Tourist Drive 24 Glass House Mountains[49][48] |
Steve Irwin Way | Glenview | Landsborough | Beerwah | Also signed as  . For an extension to this drive that takes in much more of the Glass House Mountains, see here [2]
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 Tourist Drive 25 Tanawha-Forest Glen Tourist Drive |
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Tanawha | Forest Glen | ||||
 Tourist Drive 29 Mount Mee[47][48] |
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Dayboro | Mount Mee | Woodford | Follows  from Dayboro to D'Aguilar then follows  to Woodford
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 Tourist Drive 40 Gympie City[50] |
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Gympie | Goes through Central Gympie | ||||
 Tourist Drive 41 Opportunity Drive[15] |
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Nobby | Clifton | Spring Creek | Runs Parallel with  through most of the Route
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 Tourist Drive 42 Mary Valley[51][15] |
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Gympie | Imbil | Tuchekoi | 49 km (30.4 mi) | ||
 Tourist Drive 43 Cooloola-Fraser Island |
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Tin Can Bay | Rainbow Beach | Fraser Island |  Ferry Crosses to Fraser Island
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Driving Experiences (State Strategic Touring Routes and Tourist Drives)" (PDF). Department of Transport and Main Roads. Queensland Government. February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017. Licensed CC BY 3.0 AU.
- ^ "Adventure Way – Queensland". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ "Australia's Country Way". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Capricorn Way". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Great Inland Way" (PDF). Royal Automobile Club of Queensland. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ "Leichhardt Highway Melbourne to Rockhampton". Royal Automobile Club of Queensland. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Matilda Way". Outback Queensland. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Overlanders Way". Outback Queensland. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Pacific Coast Way". Tourism and Events Queensland. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ Hema, Maps (2007). Australia Road and 4WD Atlas (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-1-86500-456-3.
- ^ "Savannah Way". 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Warrego Way". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "The Canecutter Way". tropicalnorthqueensland.org.au. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ "Cobb & Co Tourist Drive". Queensland.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "South-east Queensland coast (Map 7)" (PDF). Queensland Government. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Wild Dog Barrier Fence Tour". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Granite Belt Drive". Southern Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Great Barrier Reef Drive roadsign". 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- ^ "The Great Bunya Drive". Discover South Burnett. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Sign showing Mackay area tourist drives". Mackay Regional Council. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Northern Moreton Bay Tourist Drive". Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Sign showing Mackay area tourist drives". Mackay Regional Council. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ^ "Pioneer Valley Driving Itinerary (Mackay – Finch Hatton – Eungella National Park)" (PDF). Mackay Tourism. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Shearer's Way". Southern Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Southern Moreton Bay Tourist Drive". Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ "Confusion over Warrego Way in Gatton". Gatton Star. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Settlers' Route". Southern Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Scenic Country drives from Warwick". Queensland.com. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Paradise Dam Tourist Drive (Good Night Scrub National Park)". brownsigns.net.au. 8 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Border Rivers Tourist Drive". Goondiwindi Region. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d "South-west Queensland Downs (map 6)" (PDF). Queensland Government. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Highland Drive". Southern Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Coot-tha Tourist Drive". Road Photos & Information: Queensland. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Oracle's Way". Southern Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Gold Coast and surrounding areas (map 7D)" (PDF). Queensland Government. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "The Arcadia Valley Loop". Queensland Government. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Brisbane and surrounding areas (map 7C)" (PDF). Queensland Government. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Mount Glorious Tourist Drive". Road Photos & Information: Queensland. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Capricorn and southern Queensland coast (maps 4 and 5)" (PDF). Queensland Government. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "The Sunflower Route". Southern Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Fraser Coast not so pretty". Fraser Coast Chronicle. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "The Sprint Route". Southern Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "The Cedar Route". Southern Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "The Falls Drive". Southern Downs Regional Council. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Condamine River Road". Queensland and beyond. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Kenilworth Tourist Drive". Road Photos & Information: Queensland. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Blackall Range Tourist Drive". Road Photos & Information: Queensland. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Caloundra and surrounding areas (map7B)" (PDF). Queensland Government. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Glass House Mountains Tourist Drive". Road Photos & Information: Queensland. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Gympie City Tourist Drive". Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Mary Valley Tourist Drive". Road Photos & Information: Queensland. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
