clear waters
No photoshopping required and not taken on that specialday. This is the water in Bowen. Only if there is a storm about and the seas are churned will it be any different. Bowen does have stingers! All of North Queensland does. You can stretch the stinger season out at Horshoe bay with it being such an inlet and the stingers just seem to arrive there later than the more open beaches. March To October is ultimately the best time to swim or even visit. November to February is hot. very hot with humidity being almost unbearable.
The best month in my opinion is September. Beautiful weather and a cool ocean to swim in.
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more 
