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Abel Point Marina - Airlie Beach  

Abel Point is Queensland's gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and the Whitsundays 74 unique islands all boasting some of the most beautiful turquoise waters in the World. Abel Point houses North Queensland's largest marina catering for boats of all ki ...

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Airlie Beach Lagoon - Airlie Beach  

The Airlie Beach Lagoon has become the focal and topical point of the area. When you want to meet someone, you meet "at the Lagoon". If you want a great day of relaxation with no admission fee.... "spend a day at the Lagoon". And the most rewarding ...

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Bait Reef and Garys Lagoon Dive Site - Hamilton Island  

Bait Reef, located off Hamilton Island, is one of the best known and most spectacular locations on the Great Barrier Reef. Gary's Lagoon is well protected, making it a great site for snorkellers and beginner divers. The coral cover is excellent and t ...

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Caves and Canyons Dive Site - Airlie Beach  

Caves and Canyons, located on Hook Reef in the Great Barrier Reef, is a 60m wall with a 20m shelf. This shelf is dotted with scores of bommies which are yet to be discovered and mapped. A great exploration dive as you never know what may cruise on by ...

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Cedar Creek Falls - Proserpine  

Located 19 kilometres from Proserpine on Conway Beach Road is the picturesque Cedar Creek Falls. These falls are spectacular in the wet season and offer a year-round natural swimming pool at the base of the falls. They are set in a natural rock amphi ...

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Centro Whitsunday - Cannonvale  

Centro Whitsunday is truly Shopping In Paradise! This beautiful fully airconditioned Shopping Centre is located five kilometres from Airlie Beach on Shute Harbour Road which is the main artery connection with Proserpine and the Bruce Highway. Opened ...

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Conway National Park - Airlie Beach  

Conway National Park is a peaceful coastal park overlooking the Whitsunday Passage, protecting rainforest-clad mountains, forested hills and deep valleys. The Gia and Ngaro Elders, Traditional Owners of the Conway Ranges, say "Wadda-moolie" (welcome) ...

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Conway State Forest - Airlie Beach  

In Conway State Forest along the rugged Conway Range, explore lowland tropical rainforest, picturesque creeks and lofty peaks overlooking Airlie Beach. This forest is home to 20 rainforest plants found only in this region and offers a refuge for wild ...

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Drop Zone Dive Site - Airlie Beach  

Drop Zone, off Airlie Beach on the Great Barrier Reef is a drift dive with attitude! Drop into this dive and let the current do its thing. Soft corals, whip corals, staghorn forests and resident turtles. As with all strong currents, keep your eyes pe ...

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Endota Spa - Airlie Beach  

Endota Airlie Beach is nestled in the Pinnacles five star resort with its breath taking views and superbly lush relaxing environment. The soothing waterfall and garden invites you in to open all your senses firstly as you smell the subtle and calmin ...

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Great Barrier Reef - Whitsundays - Airlie Beach  

Said to be the world’s largest living structure and the only one visible from outer space, the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef is often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. The Great Barrier Reef stretches over 2000 kilometres an ...

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Hardy Reef - Shute Harbour  

Hardy Reef, on the Great Barrier Reef off Airlie Beach, is home to the Reefworld Pontoon. There is spectacular fish life with Trevally, Coral Trout, Snapper and a host of smaller marine life as well as Giant Maori Wrasse and a 2m long Giant Queenslan ...

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Heart Reef - Airlie Beach  

Heart Reef, in the Great Barrier Reef of the Whitsundays, is a stunning composition of coral that has naturally been formed into the shape of a heart. Located in Hardy Reef, Heart Reef can best be experienced from the sky by helicopter or seaplane. ...

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Hill Inlet - Airlie Beach  

Hill Inlet in the Whitsundays is a stunning inlet located at the northern end of Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island, the largest of the 74 islands in the Whitsundays. As the tide shifts, the white sand and blue hues of the inlet blend seamlessly t ...

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Kingfisher Circuit - Proserpine  

Enjoy a different Whitsunday experience and escape to the tropical refuge of the Conway Ranges. Conway State Forest contains lowland tropical rainforest remnants and picturesque rocky creeks. Part of the Whitsunday Great!Walk, the Kingfisher Circuit ...

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Lindeman Islands National Park - Lindeman Island  

Lindeman Islands National Park is made up of a group of peaceful tropical islands, the result of the ancient drowning of a mountain range in rising seas. Aboriginal people referred to the main island, Lindeman, as 'Yara-kimba', the place of snapper-b ...

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Manta Ray Bay Dive Site - Hook Island  

Manta Ray Bay, at Hook Island in the Whitsundays, has an array of underwater valleys, caves, and swim-throughs leading all the way to the seafloor 25 metres below. Considered one of the best dive and snorkel sites in the inshore islands, Manta Ray Ba ...

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Manta Ray Drop Off Dive Site - Hamilton Island  

Manta Ray Drop Off, in the Whitsundays on the Great Barrier Reef, boasts spectacular underwater cliffs and a plunging wall that drops off to 30 metres. The wall is covered with gorgonians, soft coral trees, sponges and sea whips. The Manta Ray Drop ...

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Molle Islands National Park - South Molle Island  

Molle Islands National Park covers a picturesque cluster of islands in the heart of the Whitsundays with white sandy beaches and pockets of rainforest, encircled by the aqua coloured waters of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The park offers many ...

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Mount Oldfield Walk - Shute Harbour  

Lindeman Island National Park is set like a green emerald in an indigo ocean. High up on the plateau of the island this walk is the stage for exhilarating views to other islands and the distant mainland. The Aboriginal people, who visited these isla ...

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Mount Rooper Circuit and Swamp Bay Track - Airlie Beach  

The Mount Rooper Circuit in Conway National Park passes through low woodland growing in shallow, stony clay soils. Lophostemons, grass trees and wattles are prominent. The grass trees can grow to 4 metres. Their pale yellow flowers produced on spear- ...

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Paddle Bay Track - Shute Harbour  

Rainforest, windswept hillsides, rocky headlands with majestic hoop pines, sandy beaches and secluded coves make the inshore Molle Islands National Park a wildlife refuge and a scenic retreat for nature lovers. The Paddle Bay track on South Molle Is ...

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Pandanus Creek Track - Proserpine  

Along the rugged Clarke Range behind the Whitsunday coast lies Cathu State Forest. Forests and woodlands range form distinctive poplar gum Eucalyptus alba woodlands and exotic Caribbean pine plantations on the creek flats to dense rainforests and tal ...

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Peter Faust Dam - Proserpine  

Tucked away upstream from Proserpine is Peter Faust Dam. It's an ideal spot for water sports and an even better location for freshwater fishing with the prospect of landing a prized barramundi - the prince of freshwater catches. Lake Proserpine, whic ...

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Proserpine Historical Museum - Proserpine  

Visit the Historical Proserpine Museum, where you can learn about the interesting history of this sugar cane and cattle town. The establishment of a permanent museum in the Whitsunday region was a major initiative with strong support throughout the ...

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Seaflight Bommie Dive Site - Airlie Beach  

Seaflight Bommie, on the Barrier Reef off Airlie Beach, is a coral Bommie in Knuckle Reef lagoon with incredible diversity in coral and marine life including numerous species of clams, hard and soft corals. ...

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Spion Kop Track - Shute Harbour  

Rainforest, windswept hillsides, rocky headlands with majestic hoop pines, sandy beaches and secluded coves make Molle Islands National Park a scenic retreat for nature lovers. Located on the Northern side of South Molle, the Spion Kop track leads t ...

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Stepping Stones Dive Site - Hamilton Island  

Stepping Stones, off Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef, is a series of 18 or more flat-topped coral pinnacles forming "stepping stones" with many interesting channels and caves to explore. Large areas of plate coral with fields of blue stagho ...

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The Aquarium Dive Site - Airlie Beach  

The Aquarium, off Airlie Beach on the Great Barrier Reef, is a beautiful lagoon for all divers to circumnavigate. This lagoon is constantly covered in water allowing access for all forms of marine life. 16m depth provides a sandy bottom composition m ...

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The Hangover Dive Site - Airlie Beach  

The Hangover, located off Airlie Beach on the Great Barrier Reef, is a wall dive with exciting terrain to be negotiated by the diver. Larger marine life such as Giant Trevally, Barramundi Cod & Mackeral to be found in this pelagic area. No previous h ...

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Wally's Wall Dive Site - Airlie Beach  

Wally's Wall, on the Great Barrier Reef off Airlie Beach, is a 45-50 minute gently sloping wall dive. So named due to the population of large male Humpheaded Maori Wrasse located here. These huge fish have been locals for many years and are very comf ...

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Whitehaven Beach - Whitsunday  

Whitehaven Beach is a pristine, award winning beach on Whitsunday Island, the largest of the 74 islands in the Whitsundays. Whitehaven Beach stretches over seven kilometres and boasts brilliant silica sand that is among the purest in the world. Sink ...

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Whitsunday Great!Walk - Airlie Beach  

On the rugged Conway Range behind Airlie Beach lies Conway State Forest, home to the Whitsunday Great!Walk. This beautiful forest contains lowland tropical rainforest remnants and picturesque rocky creeks. Volcanic activity millions of years ago cre ...

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Whitsunday Islands National Park - Whitsunday  

The hilly islands of Whitsunday Islands National Park dot the aquamarine waters of the scenic Whitsunday Passage. Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island is world-renowned for its pure white silica sand and crystal-clear water. Part of the Great Barrie ...

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Wompoo Walk - Proserpine  

Enjoy a different Whitsunday experience and escape to the tropical refuge of the Conway Ranges in Conway State Forest. The Conway forest contains lowland tropical rainforest remnants and picturesque rocky creeks. Stroll down an old logging road thr ...

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Wuggle Fish Wall Dive Site - Airlie Beach  

Wuggle Fish Wall, on the Great Barrier Reef off Airlie Beach, is an outer wall drop off with current making it a great drift dive. The shallow coral garden is untouched and the marine life is spectacular. Schools of large pelagic fish cruise in the d ...

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