Visiting Australia
RACQ Travel Agency Services
While RACQ travel agents are based in Queensland they can arrange a diverse range of holiday experiences for you right across Australia, including:
- motoring holidays
- coach touring holidays
- cruises in and around Australia
- Australian rail journeys
- quick facts about Australia
RACQ travel agents welcome enquiries from anyone planning on visiting Australia. We particularly welcome members of overseas Auto Clubs such as AAA, CAA, ADAC, RAC UK, AA New Zealand, AA UK, AA RSA, AA Singapore, AA Malaysia and ANWB to whom we offer reciprocal services.
Our travel agency operation is fully licensed with the Queensland Government Department of Fair Trading (Travel Agents' Licence number TAG 346) and is accredited with the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Motoring Holidays
RACQ travel agents can arrange self-drive holidays using rental cars, campervans and 4WD vehicles. RACQ has special member rates with Hertz for rental cars and with other suppliers of specialist vehicles.
RACQ touring maps, accommodation and events guides can be collected from any RACQ office, simply by producing your current Auto Club membership card. Online maps are also available via our online Trip Planner.
Auto Club members who book motoring holidays with RACQ can take advantage of our touring advice and itinerary planning through one of our experienced travel staff.
Touring maps can be mailed to overseas customers.
Coach Touring Holidays
Discover the many regions of Australia from the comfort of a coach tour.
From the tropical rainforests of the Daintree in Far North Queensland to the Twelve Apostles along Victoria's Great Ocean Road, there is a coach tour to take you there.
RACQ has special rates for members with first-class operators such as AAT-Kings and Australian Pacific Tours.
RACQ has a wide selection of Australian coach tours and can arrange everything from day tours to extended tours for up to 30 days.
Visit our Coach Tours section for further information or contact us with your inquiry.
Cruises In and Around Australia
Cruise the Murray River in style on the Murray River Princess for two, three or five days from Renmark in South Australia.
See the Great Barrier Reef on three and four-night Captain Cook Cruises' Reef Endeavour from Cairns in Far North Queensland. Captain Cook Cruises also operate Sydney Harbour cruises.
'Skipper yourself' on a yacht or motor cruiser in the beautiful Whitsundays (Queensland), or charter your own private, fully-crewed vessel.
Take a houseboat holiday on the Murray River, the Hawkesbury (New South Wales), the Noosa or Gold Coast river systems (Queensland), or the Swan River in Western Australia.
These are just some of your many options. Visit our Cruise section for further information or contact us with your inquiry.
Australian Rail Journeys
The Indian-Pacific train crosses Australia from Sydney in the east to Perth in the west. The 4,352km journey takes 3 days and 3 nights.
The train travels through some of Australia's most diverse countryside, including the Blue Mountains, rich farming areas and the semi-arid interior. As the Indian-Pacific crosses the Nullarbor Plain (between South Australia and Western Australia), it travels the world's longest straight stretch of rail line for 467kms.
The Ghan travels from Darwin in Australia's tropical "Top End" to Adelaide in South Australia. The journey takes approximately 47 hours and traverses some 2979km. Off-train touring options in Alice Springs and Katherine Gorge are available for a modest additional cost.
RACQ has special member rates on these Great Southern Railway journeys. Visit our Rail Travel section for further information or contact us with your inquiry.
Visiting Australia - Quick Facts About Australia
Full country title: Commonwealth of Australia
Geography: Australia is the world's smallest continent but sixth-largest country (with an area of 7.68 million sq km).
Climate: Temperate in the southern latitudes, tropical in the north, arid to semi-arid in the interior.
Population: Approx 20 million - concentrated predominantly along the eastern and southeastern seaboard.
Languages: English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census).
People: 92% Caucasian, 7% Asian, 1% Aboriginal (2001 Census).
Government: Democratic, Federal-State system.
Currency: Australian dollar.
Natural Wonders: Just a sample of Australia's natural wonders to wet your appetite:
- The Great Barrier Reef
- Uluru (Ayers Rock)
- Kakadu National Park
- Monkey Mia
- Daintree Rainforest
- The Whitsunday Islands
- The Twelve Apostles
- Fraser Island National Park
