Schools out, beach days are in! The familiar smell of sunscreen on your skin, the feeling of finishing a book you wish you could read again for the first time, and snoozy sleep ins tucked under the cool top sheet – with the life moving faster than ever, here in Bundaberg, we live for these little moments and long summer days! And where better to relax, recharge and reconnect with the whole family than on the Southern Great Barrier Reef!

With the themes of reconnecting and rejuvenating in mind, we’re sharing with you a bit of inspo for your next family adventure, exploring a bevvy of incredible experiences that have the eco-certified tick of approval. This means that they are dedicated to sharing our world-class wonders with travelers and are always doing the right thing by the environment, so future gens can experience the Southern Great Barrier Reef magic too.

This way, you and your family can Travel for Great, and focus your energy on things like choosing whether to snorkel in the lagoon or coral gardens, if you need 2^nd farm fresh ice cream for the day or which top shelf rum to taste😉

Why travel for good when you can travel for Great? Here on the Southern Great Barrier Reef, we pride ourselves on being where Great Care begins, from caring for the intricate ecosystems that thrive below the oceans surface, to the rich red soil that grows 25% of Australia’s fresh produce.

Whether it’s for those cute little hatchling turtles as they make their dash to the ocean, for the magnificent wildlife that call our waters and bushland home, here on the Southern Great Barrier Reef, we’re all about showing Great Care. So take some time for you, switch on your out -of-office and leave the hustle and bustle of daily life behind. Whether you’re travelling solo, with a lover or alongside cherished friends, the Southern Great Barrier Reef promises an escape that will leave you refreshed, reinvigorated and ready to return.

You know those feel good, heart warming, stay a bit longer, play a bit harder kind of events?

From foodie feasts heroing the salt of the earth farmers feeding the nation and pouring their all into producing the perfect crop, to fist pumping music festivals, where you make lifelong friends in the crowd and sing almost as loud as the headliners.​ Passionate locals bringing regional communities together for family fun days to transformational experiences, connecting with culture, in spectacular bucket list surrounds, leaving a better person kind of events.

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Come discover where great memories are made, and fall in love all over again on the Southern Great Barrier Reef.