Culture connoisseurs can get their science and history fix at the Museum of Tropical Queensland and Australian Institute of Marine Science. Take a stroll along The Strand with a gelato in hand or take a hike up to Castle Hill for a 360-degree sunset serenade. Experience the Great Barrier Reef without getting wet at the world’s largest living coral reef aquarium. Dive the century-old SS Yongala shipwreck, then swap sea for sand and head to laid-back Magnetic Island or luxurious Orpheus Island.