Australia's Queensland is a living, breathing postcard

Sunlover by Starlight is an overnight stay on the Great Barrier Reef. In this photo, Jacob, one of the crew, barbecues our three-course dinner.

As host state for the ongoing XXI Commonwealth Games – Gold Coast 2018 – Australia’s largest sporting event of the decade, Queensland naturally wants to put its best foot forward by enthusiastically showing the world all its wonders.

So in conjunction with GC2018, which ends on April 15, Tourism and Events Queensland (TEQ) carefully curated familiarisation trips for media and other stakeholders, following the last leg of the Queen’s Baton Relay in various regions including Cairns, the Sunshine Coast and Fraser Coast, as well as Gold Coast and Brisbane.