Singapore, Jakarta, Medan, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Pattaya, Phuket, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Sydney, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Rome, Capri, Los Angeles, Perak, Pahang, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Johor, Selangor.

I don’t travel to get away from where I am, I travel to get where I want to be. It’s as innate as it is apart of my upbringing. The acknowledgment of the smallest space one takes up is an appreciation of the great worlds that lie beyond our doorstep. And when that tug in my soul is relieved, when I’ve taken the first step off a plane, bus or car, that’s when I know I’m nourishing myself, my own Vitamin Me.

Evidently I’m pretty well nourished, I pay lots of attention to myself. You can see how your Vitamin Me levels fair by taking the test here. 

My last trip to Queensland was almost nine years ago. Us and two other families that we adore rented a van and drove around the great Gold Coast soaking in the shopping, the sights and of course the sun.

We hit the beaches which were a stone throw’s away from our apartment. We were so collectively dazzled by the sand and the waves that one incident actually resulted in us searching for my childhood friend who had wandered off quite a far way from us. It’s a story we now tell with humour and something we’ll never forget.

With four ‘then-kids’ in tow it’s without a doubt that we hit the big theme parks like Dreamworld, Movie World and Sea World. With time and monetary constraints we missed out on Wet’n Wild, a place I promised myself at eleven years of age that I’d visit the next time.

It humbles me to now see that, that precious holiday I took with the people I loved is but just a glimpse of the beauty I’ve yet to see. There’s Tropical North Queensland, something which comes a little closer to home for me when I’m missing Malaysia and the lush greenery and the warmth.

Fitzroy Island

Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas

There’s Queensland in the Outback, a more typically Australian country feel that I’ve yet to experience.

Lawn Hill National Park

Dirt n Dust Festival

Brisbane needs no introduction. There seems to be so much I can’t list out and these are just 12/48 hot spots boasted on its travel page here.

I need to go again. For the experience, the culture, the food, the great times with the people you care about, they all make up my Vitamin Me. All the best to everyone else in winning the $5,000 dream holiday to Queensland by Nuffnang and Tourism Queensland.

All photos in this post belong to Tourism Queensland