Follow the Warrego Way to Toowoomba, the Garden City. Make your first stop the popular Picnic Point Lookout and take in panoramic views over Main Range and Lockyer Valley.

Wander the immaculately tendered floral gardens of Queens Park and see Australia’s finest horse-drawn carriages at the nearby Cobb and Co Museum. Explore Ju Raku En, Australia’s largest Japanese stroll garden and discover Toowoomba’s thriving café culture and foodie scene.

Drive west via Chinchilla and Roma to Carnarvon Gorge National Park, an oasis in the semi-arid heart of Central Queensland. See spectacular sandstone gorge vistas, ancient rainforests and well-preserved Aboriginal rock art on tracks, classified to match bushwalking experience and fitness. Explore the beautiful Moss Garden walk with its splendid waterfall backdrop, ferns and mosses. By day, see kangaroos and wallabies around the picnic area and at night spot night echidnas and listen to the call of yellow-bellied gliders, owls and the bush stone curlew.

Begin with an early departure from Carnarvon Gorge for a big day of travel to Brisbane. Stretch your legs in Roma then continue on to Miles. Discover the rare tropical waterlily found at Chinaman’s Lagoon or stroll back in time along a streetscape from yesteryear. Travel via Dalby back to Brisbane.