Buzz·Posted on 31 July 2014Definitive Proof That Queensland Is The Real Sunshine StateSorry Florida. Pictures via Tourism Queensland's Instagram.by Simon CrerarBuzzFeed Founding Editor, AustraliaLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Queensland is Australia's Sunshine State, with 263 sunny days a year on average. View this photo on Instagram 2. Every morning, thousands of Queenslanders hit the beach for the greatest show on Earth. View this photo on Instagram 3. "GOOD MORNING AUSTRALIA!!!!!!!!!!" View this photo on Instagram 4. Queensland has 6,973 km of coastline (4,333 miles) = spectacular sunrises aplenty. View this photo on Instagram 5. In Queensland the early bird gets the worm. View this photo on Instagram 6. Over Brisbane. View this photo on Instagram 7. The Sunshine Coast. (See what they did there?) View this photo on Instagram 8. Burleigh Heads. View this photo on Instagram 9. Fraser Island. View this photo on Instagram 10. Mission Beach, Far North Queensland. View this photo on Instagram 11. Port Douglas, FNQ. View this photo on Instagram 12. And the Gold Coast. View this photo on Instagram 13. A new day dawns, and all is right with the world. View this photo on Instagram 14. Eventually the sun is up, and Queensland basks in 13.5 hours of solar bliss*. View this photo on Instagram 15. All too soon, the sun begins to sink towards the horizon. View this photo on Instagram 16. Another beautifully perfect Queensland day comes to a close. View this photo on Instagram 17. That great big ball of fire falls away. View this photo on Instagram 18. And the sky glows again. View this photo on Instagram 19. QUEENSLAND. View this photo on Instagram 20. THE SUNSHINE STATE. View this photo on Instagram 21. Home to the greatest sunrises and sunsets on Earth. View this photo on Instagram 22. See? View this photo on Instagram 23. SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! View this photo on Instagram