The Queen will cruise the Brisbane River, ride a Melbourne tram, smell the flowers in Canberra and taste a Perth barbecue during her trip Down Under later this month.
The 85-year-old monarch flies to Canberra on October 19 for a 10-night stay which will include opening the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth on October 28.
Accompanied by Prince Philip, 90, the royal couple will receive a "ceremonial welcome" on the afternoon of their arrival at Canberra Airport, Buckingham Palace revealed in a tour schedule.
During her first two days in Australia the Queen will meet with Governor-General Quentin Bryce, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
The line-up in Canberra lists a visit to the Floriade flower show, receptions at Parliament House and for the Duke of Edinburgh Award, a "presentation of colours" to the Royal Military College Duntroon and a Sunday morning worship at St John's Church.
On Monday the couple fly north and spend the morning travelling up the Brisbane River and visiting the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
After lunch with Queensland Governor Penelope Wensley the Queen and Prince Philip will attend a reception for emergency response personnel and communities affected by floods this year, before opening a "rain bank" at a "post-flood rededication ceremony of rainforest".
The royal couple will spend Tuesday, October 25, back in Canberra with a visit to the Australian War Memorial to view the Afghanistan Memorial, where the Queen will lay a wreath. They will later meet Australian Defence Force personnel.
Melbourne will host the Queen and Duke on Wednesday, where they will attend the opening of the Royal Children's Hospital and later visit the National Gallery of Victoria.
In the afternoon the couple will walk through Federation Square and take a journey on a Melbourne tram, before attending a reception hosted by Victorian Governor Alex Chernov.
The same day the Queen and Duke board a flight to Perth where on Thursday they will visit Clontarf Aboriginal College and inspect sporting facilities before a garden party at Government House.
On Friday the Queen will officially open CHOGM, where leaders from some 50 countries will be gathered for talks on a range of issues including the environment and the world economy.
Before their departure from Australia on the Saturday, they will be guests of honour at a community barbecue event.
The royal couple will then head back to London before Prince Philip attends an engagement in Italy on Monday.
It will be the Queen's 16th visit to Australia. Her last visit was in 2006.
The monarch, known for her love of horses and racing, has never attended the Melbourne Cup and despite being in Australia just three days before the race that stops a nation, will miss it again.
"The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are both very much looking forward to their forthcoming visit," a palace spokeswoman told AAP.
