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The Whitsunday Islands are 74 continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, 900 kilometres (560 miles) north of Brisbane. [1] The northernmost of the islands are off the coast by the town of Bowen, while the southernmost islands are off the coast by Proserpine.
English: Map of the Whitsunday Group of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia, also showing (in a darker color) parts of some of the neighbouring groups such as the Molle Group and the Lindeman Group.
The island is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour. It contains many popular destinations for both day visitors and overnight sailors, including the magnificent pure-white sands of Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet, the secure anchorage of Cid Harbour, and the sheltered waterway of Gulnare Inlet.
Marine stingers are found in the waters of the islands between October and May. [2] The region spans from the beaches of Bowen in the north and Laguna Whitsundays in the south. All 74 of the islands are surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef and only eight of them are inhabited. On Whitsunday Island is the six km long Whitehaven Beach. [3]
Whitsundays is an island group locality that consists of the Whitsunday Group of islands. It is in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is off the Queensland east coast in the Coral Sea, which is a mix of inhabited and uninhabited islands. [3] In the 2021 census, Whitsundays had a population of 2,281 people. [1]
Hamilton Island is an island of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. [3] It is approximately 887 kilometres (551 mi) north of Brisbane and 512 kilometres (318 mi) south of Cairns . It is the largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands and a popular year-round tourist destination.
Whitehaven Beach is on Whitsunday Island, Queensland, Australia. The island is accessible by boat, seaplane, or helicopter from Airlie Beach, as well as from Hamilton Island. It lies across from Stockyard Beach, also known as Chalkie's Beach, on Haslewood Island.
Shute Harbour is a coastal locality and harbour in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] It has port facilities and transport options for people seeking to access the Whitsunday Islands and holiday destinations. [4] In the 2021 census, Shute Harbour had a population of 113 people. [1]