Theme Parks & Zoos

Queensland hosts Australia’s most concentrated collection of major theme parks and wildlife sanctuaries. The Gold Coast features Warner Bros. Movie World, Sea World, and Dreamworld, alongside large-scale water parks like Wet 'n' Wild and WhiteWater World. Farther north, the Sunshine Coast is home to the 700-acre Australia Zoo and the family-oriented Aussie World. Specialized conservation centers include the heritage-listed Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary in Kuranda, and Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, which offers boat cruises through crocodile-inhabited lagoons.