Blogs from Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Geo: -20.3477, 148.953Tidlig mandag morgen reiste vi fra Port Douglas til Hamilton islands...  En kort flytur 1 time sørover.  Fra flyet kunne vi tydelig se GBF der nede i havet.  Vi gleder oss virkelig til å se nærmere på hva som skjuler seg i disse korallrevene.  Etter ankomst dro vi rett på tur-booking og bestilte oss en ettermiddagstur til Withsundays Beach som er rangert som en av verdens fineste badestrender. Etter en times båttur fra Hamilton var vi der. Stranda skuffet oss ikke. Sanden er veldig spesiell.. Den er ikke varm i det hele tatt, selvom sola steiker - så er det behagelig sval temperatur på sanden.  Har bare opplevd dette en gang før, på Aruba.  Vannet var lunkent, klart og turkis.  Vi hadde to timer til disposisjon på øya - vi bada, solte oss og ... read more

Tuesday, January 22 Goodbye to Sydney but not a total farewell since we'll be back at the end of our trip - we've really enjoyed this city. A quick flight to Hamilton Island on Jetstar, Qantas's discount subsidiary, which seems to operate just as nicely as our regular full price airlines. The airport was full of families going on holiday as the school break is coming to an end at the end of January and this coming weekend is the big national holiday, Australia Day, similar to our Fourth of July. Hamilton Island is the largest of the Whitsunday Islands, which are located about 1,200 miles north of Sydney on the Queensland coast, and it is one of the prime sailing destinations for Australia. There are 74 islands in the area, all rising mountainously out of ... read more

We left Sydney along with Luke and Dana in the morning and took a few hours flight to Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays. The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, situated between just south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay, some 900 kms (560 mi) north of Brisbane. The island group is centred on Whitsunday Island, while the group's commercial centre is Hamilton Island. The beautiful sunny weather of Sydney has quickly changed to very cloudy and rainy weather up in Queensland. We knew that the area of Whitsundays is currently in its rainy season but we clearly underestimated, as you will read later on. We landed on the smallest possible runway that a jet-liner can land on; it was fascinating to ... read more

We woke early and packed up our bags to make our way over to Hamilton Island! We (Jo) got the directions for the ferry to Hamilton Island mixed up and thought that we caught the ferry from the same place that we boarded the sailing trip, but we actually had to be at a harbour about a 20min drive away. It was a very hot day again so carrying our luggage around wasn’t much fun, but with Jo’s direction we happily trekked down to Schute Harbour only to realise the mistake and then call a taxi to take back in the direction in which we had just walked and across to the Harbour where we could catch the ferry to Hamilton Island. There was a ferry leaving just as we arrived and as it took a ... read more

Friday 26th February - Thursday 4th march Hamilton Island, part of the Whitsunday group. Hamilton Island is used almost exclusively for tourism. Hamilton Island is the second largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. Hamilton Island, like most in the Whitsunday group, was formed as sea levels rose creating numerous drowned mountains that are situated close to the east coast of Queensland, Australia. In 2003, the Oatley family acquired the resort and expanded developments to include an expanded Marina precinct, a yacht club and a luxury resort known as qualia which opened in 2007-8. The Oatleys own and run Hamilton Island Enterprises which operates the majority of accommodation and businesses on the island. A golf club has just been completed on nearby Dent island. The region spans from the beaches of Bowen in ... read more