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Queensland weather is made for cruise shipping. The glittering coastline and stunning reef islands provide memorable destinations for the relaxed traveller. Interstate and International Cruise Liners regularly dock into Brisbane, and sail on to the Whitsundays, Cape York, Townsville, Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef and beyond.

Some of the other exotic destinations you might consider cruising to:


Cruise Travel Times

Sydney to Brisbane: 1 sea day 
Brisbane to The Whitsundays: 1 sea day 
Brisbane to Cairns: 2 sea days 
Brisbane to New Caledonia: 2 sea days

Cruise Terminals

There are cruise ship ports at various locations along the Queensland coastline.

Cruise Ship at Portside

Portside Wharf - Brisbane

Brisbane’s cruise ship port is called Portside Wharf, a recent development located in Hamilton, 6km from the Brisbane CBD or about a 20 minute drive. Buses into town and ferries service the port regularly. It also boasts fresh produce markets, riverside restaurants, cafés and eateries, boutiques and cinemas.

Port of Thursday Island

The Port of Thursday Island is located in a natural harbour in the Torres Strait at the most northern point of Australia.
Aerial Great Barrier Reef

Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal

Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal is on the Cairns Waterfront and is often used as an events space. Various cruise liners dock in Cairns as from here you are able to head out to the Great Barrier Reef.
City and Castle Hill_Townsville

Port of Townsville

Enter the Port of Townsville and you arrive at a premier destination where you can experience all that Australia has to offer, from the outback, to the reef, to the rainforest.

Port of Hinchinbrook

At the halfway point between Townsville and Cairns, Port Hinchinbrook is the gateway to discovering the Hinchinbrook area.
Airlie Beach, Whitsundays

Port of Airlie - Whitsundays

Located an easy walk from most Airlie Beach hotels and accommodation, it is an accessible port that connects you to all the Whitsundays has to offer.