Blogs from Whitsundays, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 36

Airlie Beach may simply be the launching point to the spectacular Whitsunday Islands, but people here sure know how to take advantage. Little more than a 1-street yacht village, there are only 2 things to know about Airlie Beach: man-made lagoon, not beach and Vegas-like nightlife. But the main event is the 3-day sailing trip to the stunning Whitsunday Islands, which draws in vacationing Aussies, foreign backpackers and local boaties alike. Like Fraser, this trip is again all about the people on your boat and again, my group was top notch. While other boats were party boats, our focused was on the transcendant world beneath the sea. I nearly gave up after one scuba dive, due to a case of swimmers' ear and bad pressure buildup, but thank God I sucked it up and dove ... read more

url='/Videos/3335.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3335.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Sailing on the Boaturl='/Videos/3339.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3339.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'A Cove we Snorkeled at and the Sunseturl='/Videos/3340.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3340.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Whitehaven Beach This past weekend MC and I and a group of friends went up to Whitsundays and went sailing through the Whitsunday Islands. The Whitsunday Islands are in Queensland and are just north of Brisbane. They are made up of 74 different islands, each one is gorgeous. Anyways, back to the trip. When we got to Whitsundays we stayed in a beach town called Airlie Beach. It was a very cool town with only one main strip and other than people sailing, it was all locals. The next morning, after our night i... read more

Greetings from Airlie Beach, the gateway to the majestic Whitsunday Islands. Its 74 islands are surrounded by one of the world’s seven natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef and are well worth a visit. In fact, I would go so far as to say that our 3 days sailing around the Whitsunday Islands has been my favourite activity here in Australia. On Friday (18th of May), myself, Brenda and Linday arrived on Airlie Beach and checked into "Magnums" hostel into our deluxe bungalow (by deluxe I think they meant it had a roof and running water, ha..). After this we headed over to ABC travel for a brief about our 3 day adventure onboard "The Atlantic Clipper," a 140 foot boat, that came highly recommended and lived up to its name. The boat itself had 3 ... read more

Sailing the Whitsunday Islands + 1 dive From 21st of May till the 23rd we sailed the Whitsunday islands with Pegasus sailing boat. The islands were mostly covered with rainforest/ bush and white sandy beaches. The most beautiful was the White haven beach, surrounded by many different colors of water. We did one dive at Hook island. The diving was not so special and we were about to go to Cairns / Outer reef, which should be better for diving, so we didn't do any more dives here. We were with a nice group of people so we spend some nice days on the boat and snorkelling. The last night we went to a pub at one of the islands and decided to make it a Pirate Party so we dressed up as pirates. Many ... read more

4/29/07 Got an early start this morning - took a shuttle bus to the Brisbane Airport for our flight to the Whitsunday Coast. The Whitsundays are a group of 74 islands, only 8 of which have resorts on them. They’re located off the northeast coast of Australia and are amongst the Great Barrier Reef. We spent the night in Airlie Beach, which is on the coast and is a hub for arranging sailing trips around the Whitsundays, daytrips to parts of the Reef, or transportation to and accommodation at the islands. We signed up for a 3 day/3 night sailing trip aboard Whitsunday Magic (a tall ship), leaving the following afternoon. There are a ton of options, so after going well over budget (the accountant side of us shinning through….), we hoped we made the ... read more