Plantation House

Queensland & Great Barrier Reef, Australia[view map]

Best for: Children of all ages.
Activities: Swimming, horse riding, fishing and watersports galore. Head off on a rainforest boardwalk and experience three separate environments (rainforest, wetlands and grasslands) at the Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary. Highlights include hand-feeding the free-roaming kangaroos and wallabies and getting up close and personal with emus and crocodiles. (Port Douglas Road +61 (0) 7 4099 3235; www.rainforesthabitat.com.au) At Hartley’s Creek Crocodile Adventures, the crocs are always ready for their close-ups and adults will enjoy feeding the koalas as much as the kids. (Captain Cook Highway is 25 minutes’ drive south of Port Douglas, +61 (0) 7 4055 3576; www.crocodileadventures.com)
Swimming pool: There’s no shallow end in the pool.
Meals: Children can be catered for.
Babysitting: The Plantation House offers a nanny and babysitting service.
Baby listening
Also: A pile of kids beach toys, boogie boards and five mountain bikes are also provided and portacots and highchairs are available for $55.00 per item for the duration of your stay.