Queensland. A tantalising landscape for the biggest appetite and the most jaded palate.

When you are in Queensland, it is recommended to visit the great restaurants in the Whitsunday Islands in your search for the ultimate dining experience, or you can jump on board a bareboat yacht charter for some scrumptious seafood from the Barrier Reef.

With arguably the most vast and varied landscape in the country, Queensland's gourmet travelling potential would wear down Odysseus, and have Bacchus calling for the bill.

From the outback to the beach, from the rainforest to the reef, from the southeast capital to the tropical north, Queensland is a banquet for the gourmet traveller. Spectacular locations, fresh local produce, fine local wines and a melting pot of cuisines served up by some of the country's best chefs.

And with tourism being one of the state's major industries, visitors are superbly catered for with a wealth of award-winning restaurants and world-class hotels and resorts in the most spectacular settings.

The epicurean will feel right at home. Many visit and never leave.

Queensland serves up its own unique cuisine - a fusion of Asian and Mediterranean, home-grown and exotic, earth and sea, blue sky and sunshine. Much of the fine, fresh food you enjoy at restaurants around Australia comes from here - from Moreton Bay Bugs to Bowen mangoes, export quality organic beef to wild barramundi.

Brisbane's bustling population of some two million supports a feast of fine restaurants. From yum-cha in Chinatown to a seafood platter by the bay, Brisbane is a sunny smorgasbord.

The Gold and Sunshine Coasts have attracted some of the best cooks in the country. In fact, the Gold Coast has more restaurants per capita than any other region in Australia. The Sunshine Coast's Noosa has rapidly become one of Australia's premier destinations.

The cooler southeast Queensland country hosts a wide range of wineries, many of which offer fine dining and accommodation. These regions are famous for their vineyards and orchards, gardens and National Parks, oh-so-cosy Bed and Breakfasts (B&Bs) and grand homesteads.

If you're searching for the essence of Australia, you may well find it in the Queensland outback - the home of Waltzing Matilda and the birthplace of Qantas. A hearty meal at an outback pub is a quintessentially Australian experience. Here, you'll also find traces of earlier travellers, from ancient rock paintings to dinosaur tracks.