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The White Hat Guide to what's on & things to do in Regional & Country Queensland

Sunday 2nd February 2025

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On this day in 1909, Elisabeth Murdoch was born.

Gold Coast

Gold Coast

Sunday 2nd February 2025


Carrara Markets
A large market on a dedicated site with over 500 stalls featuring clothing, trinkets, gifts, accessories, produce. White Hat suggests you will find it a far cry from the glitz of the nearby casino or the sophistication of the upmarket hotels, but if you can't find a bargain here, you're ot trying. ..

Townsville

Townsville

Sunday 2nd February 2025


Cotters Market

An arts and craft market also featuring stalls selling seasonal fresh fruit and vegetables.

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Townsville Showgrounds Market
A market with a range of bric-a-brac and second hand goods together with clothes and produce. Licensed bar, food & live entertainment. ..
Willows Markets
A regular Sunday market. ..

Tropical North Queensland

Tropical North Queensland (TNQ)

Sunday 2nd February 2025


Rusty's Market

A bustling produce market that also offers a variety clothing, jewellery and bric-a-brac. Anyone inteersted in tropical fruits and vegetables is likely to be delighted with this market and White Hat particularly suggests you search out the PNG stalls and talk to the stallholders about how they use the food they have on offer.



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Port Douglas Markets

This picturesque market has the mountains and the Coral Sea as a backdrop offers local fresh produce and hand crafted goods. White Hat advises that his market is officially a ‘Cotters Market’, thereby ensuring that goods offered for sale are made by the stallholder.



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Cairns Night Markets

With over 70 stalls and a range of food court options, the Cairns Night Markets are a major tourist shopping hub in Cairns. The market is under cover and operates every day of the year.



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Kuranda Rainforest Markets

 

Known by a number of names - Kuranda Original Markets, Original Kuranda Rainforest Market, etc - Kuranda is definitely a market town, and the markets are definitely aimed at tourists. If this is your cup of tea, White Hat suggests you allow yourself a few hours to take in what is on offer.



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Mission Beach Markets

 

The Mission Beach Markets offer a wide range of goods and are held under the trees on the scenic beachfront. It is always worth a visit to Mission Beach and the market offers a good excuse. White Hat reminds you that the beach markets are different from the Monster Markets Mission Beach which are also organised by Rotary.



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Cairns Skyrail & Kuranda Train

Cairns Skyrail - cable car and train

Glide above the canopy of the ancient rainforest in purpose built gondolas that offer a sustainable birds-eye view of North Queensland’s living natural wonder whose prehistoric ancestry is some 60 million years older than the Amazon. Alternatively take the railway journey through the same landscape. You may choose to mix and match the two for a round trip. This tourism experience has won and continues to win numerous international awards. Details at Skyrail


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Mid Queensland Coast

Mid Queensland Coast

Sunday 2nd February 2025


Kern Arcade Car Park Markets

The Kern Arcade Car Park Markets have a large range of local fruit and vegetables, including organic and spray free produce. There are two mobile butchers plus over 150 stalls featuring locally made cakes and biscuits, chutneys and preserves, jewellery, bric-a-brac, ladies and children's fashions, collectable coins and notes, plants and timber craft.

White Hat recommends this market as a particularly efficient place for Sunday shopping since there is plenty of free parking both covered and uncovered in and around the market, and the Kern Arcade shops are also open for trading.

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Noosa Farmers Market
A large range of local produce from local farmers and producers. Fruit, vegetables, seafood, jams, chutneys, and all the seasonal produce that this part of Queensalnd has to offer. In addition to the foos the is a range of other handmade goods. White Hat recommends that if you are taking a holiday in Noosa you make sure to get to this market to stock up for the week. ..

Mackay

Mackay

Sunday 2nd February 2025


Mackay Orchid House

For garden and flower lovers, White Hat strongly suggests that when you in Mackay that you visit the stunning orchid display at the Ken Burgess Display House.

Set amongst the cooling trees and tropical gardens of Queens Park,  The Orchid House contains a range of beautiful and bizarre looking exotic and Australian native orchids. The collection includes some ground-living orchids but consists mainly of tree and rock living orchids.

Monday to Friday:  10 to 11am and 2 to 3pm
Sunday: 10am to 2pm
Admission is free.


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Whitsundays

Whitsundays

Sunday 2nd February 2025


Inland Queensland

Inland Queensland

Sunday 2nd February 2025


Outback Queensland

Outback Queensland

Sunday 2nd February 2025


Great Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef

Sunday 2nd February 2025


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