The Ultimate Pacific Coast Way Detour: 5 Days in Bundaberg & the Southern Great Barrier Reef

Meet the makers turning local produce into legendary flavours 🌾⁠
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Fresh macadamias. Slow-brewed drinks. Award-winning rum. Real-fruit ice cream. Small-batch beers.⁠
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They’re open, they’re pouring and they’re ready to welcome you ✨⁠
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📷️ @meet_the_metchers, @caravanadventureaus, @auslaplux, @brooke_ando1, @_yukotonooka & @384northbrewing⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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Meet the makers turning local produce into legendary flavours 🌾⁠
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Fresh macadamias. Slow-brewed drinks. Award-winning rum. Real-fruit ice cream. Small-batch beers.⁠
⁠
They’re open, they’re pouring and they’re ready to welcome you ✨⁠
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📷️ @meet_the_metchers, @caravanadventureaus, @auslaplux, @brooke_ando1, @_yukotonooka & @384northbrewing⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

30 seconds of serenity beneath the surface at Lady Elliot Island 🐢✨⁠
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📍 @ladyelliotislandecoresort⁠
📷️ @mitchellpettigrew⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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30 seconds of serenity beneath the surface at Lady Elliot Island 🐢✨⁠
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📍 @ladyelliotislandecoresort⁠
📷️ @mitchellpettigrew⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

Your 6-year-old just clocked in for turtle duty 🐢📋👩‍🔬⁠
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Hard hat on. Clipboard ready. Inspection underway.⁠
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Mon Repos Turtle Centre turns kids into conservation heroes with immersive exhibits, real research stories and interactive displays that bring science to life.⁠
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Open daily. Ready to spark curious minds 💙⁠⁠
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📍 Mon Repos Turtle Centre⁠
📷 @the_mordues_in_the_modcon⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #QldParks #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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Your 6-year-old just clocked in for turtle duty 🐢📋👩‍🔬⁠
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Hard hat on. Clipboard ready. Inspection underway.⁠
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Mon Repos Turtle Centre turns kids into conservation heroes with immersive exhibits, real research stories and interactive displays that bring science to life.⁠
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Open daily. Ready to spark curious minds 💙⁠⁠
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📍 Mon Repos Turtle Centre⁠
📷 @the_mordues_in_the_modcon⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #QldParks #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

When even your dog knows this is a rum-arkable photo op 🐾📸⁠
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The Big Bundy Bottle is iconic… but inside? That’s where the real experience begins.⁠
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Go behind the scenes at the fully operational @bundabergrum Distillery, open and ready to welcome visitors to where Australia’s most famous spirit has been crafted since 1888.⁠
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Uncover the stories that built the legend. Stand above the famed molasses well holding 5 million litres. Taste top-shelf rum straight from the source. And meet the legend himself, Bundy Bear 🥃✨⁠
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Snap the pic. Then book the tour. Because this isn’t just a photo stop. It’s Australia’s most awarded distillery experience 💛⁠
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📍 Bundaberg Rum Distillery⁠
📷 @thegoldenlifeofluna__⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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When even your dog knows this is a rum-arkable photo op 🐾📸⁠
⁠
The Big Bundy Bottle is iconic… but inside? That’s where the real experience begins.⁠
⁠
Go behind the scenes at the fully operational @bundabergrum Distillery, open and ready to welcome visitors to where Australia’s most famous spirit has been crafted since 1888.⁠
⁠
Uncover the stories that built the legend. Stand above the famed molasses well holding 5 million litres. Taste top-shelf rum straight from the source. And meet the legend himself, Bundy Bear 🥃✨⁠
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Snap the pic. Then book the tour. Because this isn’t just a photo stop. It’s Australia’s most awarded distillery experience 💛⁠
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📍 Bundaberg Rum Distillery⁠
📷 @thegoldenlifeofluna__⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

Welcome to @onelittlefarm, where you`ll find blooms, bites and bundles of local goodness all in one seriously beautiful shop 💐☕✨⁠
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Think bouquets that brighten your day, lattes that pair perfectly with a paddock-to-plate brekkie and shelves stacked with fresh local produce and products you’ll want to take home ⁠🤗⁠
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📍 Located next door to the iconic Bundaberg Barrel⁠
⁠📷️ @onelittlefarm⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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Welcome to @onelittlefarm, where you'll find blooms, bites and bundles of local goodness all in one seriously beautiful shop 💐☕✨⁠
⁠
Think bouquets that brighten your day, lattes that pair perfectly with a paddock-to-plate brekkie and shelves stacked with fresh local produce and products you’ll want to take home ⁠🤗⁠
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📍 Located next door to the iconic Bundaberg Barrel⁠
⁠📷️ @onelittlefarm⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

At high tide, you’d never know they’re here… 🌊✨⁠
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When the tide goes out at Elliott Heads, the rock shelf reveals these magical little lagoons. Shallow sandy spots for little explorers. Deeper pools perfect for salty soaks.⁠
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Pack your reef shoes and time it with low tide to discover this local favourite 💙⁠
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📍 Elliott Heads⁠
📷️ @⁠teamginning⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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At high tide, you’d never know they’re here… 🌊✨⁠
⁠
When the tide goes out at Elliott Heads, the rock shelf reveals these magical little lagoons. Shallow sandy spots for little explorers. Deeper pools perfect for salty soaks.⁠
⁠
Pack your reef shoes and time it with low tide to discover this local favourite 💙⁠
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📍 Elliott Heads⁠
📷️ @⁠teamginning⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

An open-air bathroom with rain shower and sunken bath overlooking 20,000 acres of sun-dappled cattle country.⁠
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This is @bloodwood_cabin, an off-grid eco-retreat 250km west of Bundaberg, with the kind of bathroom you book the whole stay for 🛁💛⁠
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📍 @bloodwood_cabin, @visit_northburnett⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #VisitNorthBurnett #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia⁠

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An open-air bathroom with rain shower and sunken bath overlooking 20,000 acres of sun-dappled cattle country.⁠
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This is @bloodwood_cabin, an off-grid eco-retreat 250km west of Bundaberg, with the kind of bathroom you book the whole stay for 🛁💛⁠
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📍 @bloodwood_cabin, @visit_northburnett⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #VisitNorthBurnett #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia⁠

This 150-year-old lighthouse? It`s just the beginning 🏖️✨⁠
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The Historic Burnett Heads Lighthouse guided ships for close to a century (1873–1972). These days, it anchors one of Bundaberg`s most laid-back coastal villages 🌊⁠
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✅ Stay beachside at @platinum_parks_burnett_heads⁠
✅ Grab a classic pub feed at the @lighthousehotelmotel⁠
✅ Uncover coral cultivation at @monsoon_coral_farm⁠
✅ Snorkel the Southern Great Barrier Reef with @ladymusgrave_experience (departs here)⁠
✅ Visit the Historic Burnett Heads Lighthouse (of course!)⁠
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Where river meets ocean. Where history meets adventure.⁠
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This is Burnett Heads 📍✨⁠
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📷️ @tharafai⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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This 150-year-old lighthouse? It's just the beginning 🏖️✨⁠
⁠
The Historic Burnett Heads Lighthouse guided ships for close to a century (1873–1972). These days, it anchors one of Bundaberg's most laid-back coastal villages 🌊⁠
⁠
✅ Stay beachside at @platinum_parks_burnett_heads⁠
✅ Grab a classic pub feed at the @lighthousehotelmotel⁠
✅ Uncover coral cultivation at @monsoon_coral_farm⁠
✅ Snorkel the Southern Great Barrier Reef with @ladymusgrave_experience (departs here)⁠
✅ Visit the Historic Burnett Heads Lighthouse (of course!)⁠
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Where river meets ocean. Where history meets adventure.⁠
⁠
This is Burnett Heads 📍✨⁠
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📷️ @tharafai⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

This isn’t an aquarium. It’s just Thursday on the Southern Great Barrier Reef 🐠✨⁠
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Moorish idols going about their day at @ladyelliotislandecoresort, where the reef looks so pristine you’ll forget you’re not behind glass. This is green-zone reef in all its glory 🌊💙⁠
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Ready to see it for yourself? 🤿⁠
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📍 Lady Elliot Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef⁠
📷 @sjthisway⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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This isn’t an aquarium. It’s just Thursday on the Southern Great Barrier Reef 🐠✨⁠
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Moorish idols going about their day at @ladyelliotislandecoresort, where the reef looks so pristine you’ll forget you’re not behind glass. This is green-zone reef in all its glory 🌊💙⁠
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Ready to see it for yourself? 🤿⁠
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📍 Lady Elliot Island, Southern Great Barrier Reef⁠
📷 @sjthisway⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

*Drumroll, please* 🥁 Introducing THE BOMBDIGGITY from @tinaberries.strawberries 💕🍦⁠
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Just when you thought their farm-fresh, real fruit ice cream couldn’t get any better, they’ve created a macadamia harvest masterpiece. Humdinger ice cream, a choc-dipped wafer, topped with Humdinger crunch…it`s nutty, it`s delicious and it`s absolutely living up to its name ✨⁠
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Go on… Treat 👏 yo’ 👏 self 👏⁠
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📍 15 Zinks Rd, Woongarra⁠
ℹ️ Open daily 10am–5pm⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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*Drumroll, please* 🥁 Introducing THE BOMBDIGGITY from @tinaberries.strawberries 💕🍦⁠
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Just when you thought their farm-fresh, real fruit ice cream couldn’t get any better, they’ve created a macadamia harvest masterpiece. Humdinger ice cream, a choc-dipped wafer, topped with Humdinger crunch…it's nutty, it's delicious and it's absolutely living up to its name ✨⁠
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Go on… Treat 👏 yo’ 👏 self 👏⁠
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📍 15 Zinks Rd, Woongarra⁠
ℹ️ Open daily 10am–5pm⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

POV: You take the kids to @thegardenmillcafe 🐐✨⁠
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Goats to pat. Animals to meet. A playground to conquer. Fairy bread from the kids’ picnic box while you sip your coffee (still hot 🙌).⁠
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It’s kid-tested, parent-approved and quietly brilliant for a family brunch.⁠ 🍴💚⁠
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📍 @gardenmillcafe, Bargara⁠
📷️ @jayerochelle_⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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POV: You take the kids to @thegardenmillcafe 🐐✨⁠
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Goats to pat. Animals to meet. A playground to conquer. Fairy bread from the kids’ picnic box while you sip your coffee (still hot 🙌).⁠
⁠
It’s kid-tested, parent-approved and quietly brilliant for a family brunch.⁠ 🍴💚⁠
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📍 @gardenmillcafe, Bargara⁠
📷️ @jayerochelle_⁠
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#TasteBundaberg #VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

World-class reef access without even getting wet? Say less 🙌⁠
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📍 @ladymusgrave_hq_pontoon⁠
⛴️ @ladymusgrave_experience⁠
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#VisitBundaberg #SouthernGreatBarrierReef #ThisIsQueensland #SeeAustralia

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