School Holidays

Here is the uncomfortable truth about family travel: the calendar decides most of it before you do. Airlines know precisely when the Queensland spring holidays begin, and they price the flights accordingly. So the single most useful thing you can do for next year’s trip is not choosing the destination – it’s knowing, well ahead…

Updated July 2026 with current prices. Living in Brisbane, the Gold Coast theme parks are basically our backyard – an hour down the M1 and you’re in the car park, second-guessing whether you brought enough sunscreen. (You didn’t. Nobody ever does.) We’ve done them with a toddler strapped to my chest and a five-year-old vibrating…