Days of Coastal Bliss: A Road Trip from Bundaberg to Elliott Heads & Beyond

Happy Queensland Day to everyone who`s ever ordered a Bundy and Coke without looking at the menu 🥃😏⁠
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For more than 130 years, @bundabergrum has been part of backyard barbecues, fishing trips, celebrations and stories shared with mates across the state and globe... and it all started right here in Bundaberg.⁠
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Step inside the Bundaberg Rum Distillery to discover one of Australia`s most iconic stories. Uncover the history, craftsmanship and characters that helped make it a Queensland icon. And yes, there are tastings too. 😏⁠
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Cheers, Queensland. You`ve more than earned it. 🥃☀️⁠
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📍 Bundaberg Rum Distillery⁠
🎥 @comeseewithus⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #BundabergRum #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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Happy Queensland Day to everyone who's ever ordered a Bundy and Coke without looking at the menu 🥃😏⁠
⁠
For more than 130 years, @bundabergrum has been part of backyard barbecues, fishing trips, celebrations and stories shared with mates across the state and globe... and it all started right here in Bundaberg.⁠
⁠
Step inside the Bundaberg Rum Distillery to discover one of Australia's most iconic stories. Uncover the history, craftsmanship and characters that helped make it a Queensland icon. And yes, there are tastings too. 😏⁠
⁠
Cheers, Queensland. You've more than earned it. 🥃☀️⁠
⁠
📍 Bundaberg Rum Distillery⁠
🎥 @comeseewithus⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #BundabergRum #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

National Doughnut Day. But honestly, any excuse will do. 🍩😏⁠
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At @bargaraconesandcoffee, it doesn`t stop at decked-out doughnuts. There`s real fruit ice cream, bubble waffles, loaded croissants, sweet sips and proper coffee to balance it all ☕⁠
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So call it a celebration. Make it a plan. Find it at 53 Esplanade, Bargara. 📍⁠
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📷️ @bargaraconesandcoffee⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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National Doughnut Day. But honestly, any excuse will do. 🍩😏⁠
⁠
At @bargaraconesandcoffee, it doesn't stop at decked-out doughnuts. There's real fruit ice cream, bubble waffles, loaded croissants, sweet sips and proper coffee to balance it all ☕⁠
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So call it a celebration. Make it a plan. Find it at 53 Esplanade, Bargara. 📍⁠
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📷️ @bargaraconesandcoffee⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

No stress. Just vibes 🐢✨ ⁠
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This is Lady Musgrave Island, where the locals are unbothered, unhurried and very much living their best life. ⁠
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Want to experience it IRL? @ladymusgrave_experience runs day tours from Bundaberg to this exact lagoon. Same vibes, just real life 💙 ⁠
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📍 Lady Musgrave Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef ⁠
⛴️ @ladymusgrave_experience ⁠
🎥 @tracyolive⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #LadyMusgraveIsland #LadyMusgraveExperience #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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No stress. Just vibes 🐢✨ ⁠
⁠
This is Lady Musgrave Island, where the locals are unbothered, unhurried and very much living their best life. ⁠
⁠
Want to experience it IRL? @ladymusgrave_experience runs day tours from Bundaberg to this exact lagoon. Same vibes, just real life 💙 ⁠
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📍 Lady Musgrave Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef ⁠
⛴️ @ladymusgrave_experience ⁠
🎥 @tracyolive⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #LadyMusgraveIsland #LadyMusgraveExperience #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

Around here, you don’t just see the sights. You taste them 🤤⁠
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Like @discoveratlantis sampling their way through some of Bundaberg’s must-stop spots 👇⁠
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📍 @macadamias_australia - crack into Australia’s favourite nut, straight from the source⁠
📍 @thebundabergbarrel - taste the full flavour lineup and take your favourites home⁠
📍 @tinaberries.strawberries - farm-fresh strawberries and ice cream that lives up to the hype⁠
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…and this is just the tip of the (very tasty) iceberg 👀⁠
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What would you add to your #TasteBundaberg trail? ⁠
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📍 Bundaberg Region⁠
🎥 @discoveratlantis⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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Around here, you don’t just see the sights. You taste them 🤤⁠
⁠
Like @discoveratlantis sampling their way through some of Bundaberg’s must-stop spots 👇⁠
⁠
📍 @macadamias_australia - crack into Australia’s favourite nut, straight from the source⁠
📍 @thebundabergbarrel - taste the full flavour lineup and take your favourites home⁠
📍 @tinaberries.strawberries - farm-fresh strawberries and ice cream that lives up to the hype⁠
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…and this is just the tip of the (very tasty) iceberg 👀⁠
⁠
What would you add to your #TasteBundaberg trail? ⁠
⁠
📍 Bundaberg Region⁠
🎥 @discoveratlantis⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

Other than @robertirwinphotography in @bondsaus… we can’t think of anything more Australian than this 🦘😏⁠
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Kangaroo on the beach, sunrise doing its thing and not a worry in the world.⁠
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Welcome to Archie’s Beach, just minutes from @kellysbeachresort, where even a casual morning stroll can turn into a full “only in Australia” moment 🌅⁠
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📍 Archie’s Beach, Bargara⁠
📷️ @garyvanderveer via @kellysbeachresort⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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Other than @robertirwinphotography in @bondsaus… we can’t think of anything more Australian than this 🦘😏⁠
⁠
Kangaroo on the beach, sunrise doing its thing and not a worry in the world.⁠
⁠
Welcome to Archie’s Beach, just minutes from @kellysbeachresort, where even a casual morning stroll can turn into a full “only in Australia” moment 🌅⁠
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📍 Archie’s Beach, Bargara⁠
📷️ @garyvanderveer via @kellysbeachresort⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

There’s an English house in the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens… and the story behind it is even wilder 🏠⬇️⁠
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Bert Hinkler was a Bundaberg local who completed the first-ever solo flight from England to Australia in 1928. When his English home (named Mon Repos, after a beach in Bundaberg) faced demolition in 1983, a group of locals refused to let it go. They dismantled it, shipped it across the world and rebuilt it right here in the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens.⁠
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Every brick. Every fitting. Even the kitchen sink (retrieved from a well in the backyard). ⁠
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Today, it stands overlooking the very field where Bert landed after that record-breaking flight.⁠
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Come see it for yourself 👀⁠
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📍 Hinkler House Memorial Museum, Bundaberg Botanic Gardens⁠
📷️ @raels_biff⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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There’s an English house in the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens… and the story behind it is even wilder 🏠⬇️⁠
⁠
Bert Hinkler was a Bundaberg local who completed the first-ever solo flight from England to Australia in 1928. When his English home (named Mon Repos, after a beach in Bundaberg) faced demolition in 1983, a group of locals refused to let it go. They dismantled it, shipped it across the world and rebuilt it right here in the Bundaberg Botanic Gardens.⁠
⁠
Every brick. Every fitting. Even the kitchen sink (retrieved from a well in the backyard). ⁠
⁠
Today, it stands overlooking the very field where Bert landed after that record-breaking flight.⁠
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Come see it for yourself 👀⁠
⁠
📍 Hinkler House Memorial Museum, Bundaberg Botanic Gardens⁠
📷️ @raels_biff⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

Ladies and gentlemen… manta ray season has arrived 📣✨⁠
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May to August is the peak time to encounter these gentle giants on the Southern Great Barrier Reef. And there’s no better place to see them than @ladyelliotislandecoresort, aka the home of the manta ray 💙⁠
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Stop saving this for someday. Manta ray season is now.⁠
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✈️ Flights depart from Bundaberg⁠
📍 Lady Elliot Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef⁠
🎥 @queensland @_amygash⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #LadyElliotIsland #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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Ladies and gentlemen… manta ray season has arrived 📣✨⁠
⁠
May to August is the peak time to encounter these gentle giants on the Southern Great Barrier Reef. And there’s no better place to see them than @ladyelliotislandecoresort, aka the home of the manta ray 💙⁠
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Stop saving this for someday. Manta ray season is now.⁠
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✈️ Flights depart from Bundaberg⁠
📍 Lady Elliot Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef⁠
🎥 @queensland @_amygash⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #LadyElliotIsland #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

You learn something new every day… ⁠
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Especially when that day is spent exploring the reef with @ladymusgrave_experience 😎👏⁠
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📍 Lady Musgrave Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef⁠
🛳️ @ladymusgrave_experience⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #LadyMusgraveIsland #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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You learn something new every day… ⁠
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Especially when that day is spent exploring the reef with @ladymusgrave_experience 😎👏⁠
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📍 Lady Musgrave Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef⁠
🛳️ @ladymusgrave_experience⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #LadyMusgraveIsland #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

This one`s blooming good 🌸⁠
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Every Friday, @fromfarmtovase open their gates and fill the stall with the freshest seasonal blooms. Cut that morning. In your vase by afternoon.⁠
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This is what flowers are supposed to look like 💐 Check it out!⁠
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ℹ️ Open every Friday 8:00am–5:30pm⁠
📍 451 Bargara Road (right between Bundaberg and Bargara)⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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This one's blooming good 🌸⁠
⁠
Every Friday, @fromfarmtovase open their gates and fill the stall with the freshest seasonal blooms. Cut that morning. In your vase by afternoon.⁠
⁠
This is what flowers are supposed to look like 💐 Check it out!⁠
⁠
ℹ️ Open every Friday 8:00am–5:30pm⁠
📍 451 Bargara Road (right between Bundaberg and Bargara)⁠
⁠
#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

Gorge-ous doesn`t even cover it 😍🏔️⁠
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Welcome to Cania Gorge National Park, where 60-metre sandstone cliffs tower over ancient caves, fern-covered pools and landscapes that have been 200 million years in the making. ✨⁠
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Walk through Dragon Cave. Stand beneath The Overhang. Hike to Castle Mountain lookout. In total, there are 8 graded walking tracks to explore.⁠
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📍 Cania Gorge National Park, @visit_northburnett⁠
🚙 Just under three hours` drive from Bundaberg⁠
📷️ @seasunescapes⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #VisitNorthBurnett #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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Gorge-ous doesn't even cover it 😍🏔️⁠
⁠
Welcome to Cania Gorge National Park, where 60-metre sandstone cliffs tower over ancient caves, fern-covered pools and landscapes that have been 200 million years in the making. ✨⁠
⁠
Walk through Dragon Cave. Stand beneath The Overhang. Hike to Castle Mountain lookout. In total, there are 8 graded walking tracks to explore.⁠
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📍 Cania Gorge National Park, @visit_northburnett⁠
🚙 Just under three hours' drive from Bundaberg⁠
📷️ @seasunescapes⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #VisitNorthBurnett #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

You`ve driven past the cane fields. Walked the beaches. Explored the towns. BUT...⁠
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Have you seen how it all fits together? 🚁⁠
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@raptair.aviation⁠ takes you up and over the Bundaberg you thought you knew: cane fields meeting coastline, the Burnett River threading through town, Mon Repos from above, turquoise water as far as the eye can see.⁠
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This is Bundaberg from a completely different angle. ✨⁠
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📍 @raptair.aviation⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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You've driven past the cane fields. Walked the beaches. Explored the towns. BUT...⁠
⁠
Have you seen how it all fits together? 🚁⁠
⁠
@raptair.aviation⁠ takes you up and over the Bundaberg you thought you knew: cane fields meeting coastline, the Burnett River threading through town, Mon Repos from above, turquoise water as far as the eye can see.⁠
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This is Bundaberg from a completely different angle. ✨⁠
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📍 @raptair.aviation⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

If your kids grew up on Barnesy in the back seat… this one’s for you 🤘🎸⁠
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Lighthouse Rock 2026 is bringing a stacked lineup of Aussie rock royalty to the Bundaberg Region, including Jimmy Barnes, Birds of Tokyo, Mental As Anything, Richard Clapton, Ross Wilson, The Superjesus, Tom Busby and Salt & Steel.⁠
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It’s all-ages, kids under 10 are free and tickets are getting snapped up fast. So if introducing the next generation to Aussie rock legends sounds like your kind of weekend… consider this your sign 👀⁠
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📍 Lighthouse Rock, Burnett Heads⁠
📅 Saturday 23 May 2026⁠
🎟️ Kids under 10 free. Tickets are nearly sold out.⁠
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📷️ @lighthousepresentsevents⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia