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| Abel Point Marina is located in Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays, Queensland. It is the departure point for many day and overnight sailing vacations in the Whitsunday Island Chain.
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| We boarded the Air Whitsunday helicopter at the Whitsunday Airport just a few minutes drive from Airlie Beach.
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| Airlie Beach is located on the north east tropical coast of Australia in Queensland. Being a mainly tourist town, Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays supports a large number of adventure tours and styles of accomodation to suit every budget.
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| The Airlie Beach Lagoon was opened to the public on 8th January 2001 and this beautiful addition to the Whitsunday region is very popular with locals and visitors alike.
The swimming area contains a children’s wading pool, another shallow children’s pool which is a maximum depth of 1.5 metres.
The remainder of the pool has a maximum depth of 2 metres.
Supervision is undertaken by Lifeguards from the Royal Life Saving Society of Queensland who are in attendance from 7.00am to 9.00pm, 7 days per week.
Dedicated security staff patrol the site from 9.00pm to 5.00am, 7 days per week.
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| Airlie Beach Market, Whitsundays is held every Sauturday on the Airlie Beach foreshore. Entry is free.
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| Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays is a party town. With thousands of backpackers visiting each year, every night is huge.
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| On a recent trip to Whitehaven Beach, I had the amaing oportunity to take a flight aboard the Aviation Adventures helicopter for a half hour flight around Whitsunday Island.
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Offshore Reef (Whitsundays) |
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| Bait Reef is located on the Outer Great Barrier Reef near the Whitsunday Island Chain, Whitsundays, Australia. It is one of the most pristine scuba diving locations in the world and benefits from protection under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
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| Bowen is about 45 minutes drive north of Airlie Beach and Proserpine in the Whitsundays Coast. Bowen is famous for it's mangoes, a wonderfull fruit that almost everyone loves !
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Transport (Whitsundays) |
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| Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays has a bus station that is virtually on the Airlie Beach main beach! About 1 minute from the centre of Airlie Beach and only a stones throw from the main beach, Airlie Beach swimming lagoon and the Airlie Beach sailing club. Most of the local backpacker hostels are waiting at the bus station when buses arrive, so you can choose when you get there.
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Dive Site (Whitsundays) |
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| Caves Cove - Whitsundays. Caves Cove is located on Hook Island in the northern part of the Whitsunday Islands.
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| Cid Harbour is a large, mostly sheltered, harbour on Whitsunday Island, Whitsundays. Comonly used by bareboats, crewed charter boats and private vessels as an overnight stop.
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National Park (Whitsundays) |
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| The Circuit walk is located on the Shute Harbour Road, Between Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour. The walk is aproximately 1.6km long and a very easy gradient.
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| The Coral Beach bushwalk is located in Shute Harbour, just 10 minutes drive from Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays. The Walk is about 1km long and ends at a secluded beach after providing glimpses of Shute Harbour and the Whitsunday Passage.
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| Dugong Beach, Cid Harbour, Whitsundays is on the western side of Whitsunday Island. Camping and bushwalking are popular here. The best way to get here is by boat, either with a camping ferry or by cruising the area in a bareboat or crewed charter.
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| Flagstaff Hill - Bowen. Located in Bowen on the Whitsundays coast, Flagstaff hill gives great panoramic views of Edgecombe Bay and Bowen.
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| Hill inlet is one of the most popular walks in the Whitsundays. Offering spectacular views of Whitehaven Beach and Hill inlet from it's easy to reach lookout.
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| Hook Passage - Whitsundays. Found between Whitsunday Island and Hook Island is the narrow stretch of water opposite Hook Island Resort, known as Hook Passage.
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| Horse Shoe Bay - Bowen. Located on Bowens northern beaches on the Whitsundays coast, Horseshoe Bay is a beautifull little beach surrounded by stunning rock formations.
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Marine Life (Whitsundays) |
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| Hump Back Whales - Whitsundays. Every year Humpback Whales come to the Whitsundays from Antarctica to calve and breed in the warm sheltered waters of the Whitsunday Islands.
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Dive Site (Whitsundays) |
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| Langford Reef is a beautiful sand and coral spit extending from Langford Island in the Whitsundays.
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| Mantaray Bay - Whitsundays. The Authors Opinion, This is the best snorkelling and dive site in the Whitsundays and the worst overnight anchorage !
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| Mt.Roper Bushwalk, Airlie Beach, Whitsundays, Queensland, Australia.
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| Mullers Lagoon - Bowen. At the heart of Bowen is a beautiful picnic area called Mullers Lagoon. It is on magnificent lawns beside a lagoon with lovely gardens.
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| Nara Inlet on Hook Island in the Whitsundays, Queensland, Australia is a very sheltered anchorage often used by yachts in windy weather for a comfortable nights sleep. It also boasts a short walk and aboriginal cave paintings.
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| The Aborigines of the Whitsunday Islands were called the Ngaro.
The Ngaro are one of the earliest recorded Aboriginal groups
in Australia. In 1770, Captain James Cook recorded a sighting
of two Ngaro people while exploring the Whitsunday Passage.
The Ngaro were often called the `Island People', as their territory
extended north - south along the island chain which make up
the Cumberland Group. It also included the coast on the adjacent
mainland, but no further than the coastal fringe.
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| North Molle Island Whitsundays is in the Whitsunday Passage, Queensland, Australia. Not often visited, it is a beautifull camping site.
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Dive Site (Whitsundays) |
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| Oceania is located in the main street of Airlie Beach and offers some of the most spectacular scuba diving course and scuba diving sites that Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays have to offer.
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Our Tours (Whitsundays) |
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| Next morning the skipper had us up early (7am) and Rod (our decky) had breakfast served on the aft lounging area. The day was another perfect day, warm and sunny and very calm.
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| Day 3 saw another early rise with a couple of sore heads and thick tongues after a drinking game with cards and then with no card. Others watched a DVD on the flat screen surround sound system.
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| We left Airlie Beach on the most beautifull day that the Whitsundays could possibly have given us. The sun sky was full of sunshine and the seas calm and deep blue.
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| On the last day, it was another early breakfast so we could make the most of our morning. Breakfast in the sun in a beautiful tropical anchorage. The Whitsundays doesn't get any better than that!
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