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Airlie Beach!!!! as soon as you set eyes on the ocean and the whitsundays its a wow!! bright blue seas, blue sky, and amazing scenery all round. More boating, fishing and exploring for the boys whilst Amy and myself go off to find some good piccie's to shoot, and maybe a little shopping!!!!
Airlie Beach is a
locality in the
Whitsunday Region of
Queensland, Australia.
At the
2011 census, the suburb of Airlie Beach itself had a population of 7,868.
Airlie Beach is one of many departure points for the
Great Barrier Reef. Near latitude
20 degrees south, Airlie Beach,
Proserpine and the nearby
Whitsunday Islands enjoy a tropical climate and lifestyle.
The
Whitsunday Islands, named by
James Cook in 1770 are a sailors' paradise. Cook named the islands as he believed he passed through the area on the Christian festival day of Whit Sunday. It is now widely accepted that he didn't actually pass through on this date, as he had failed to take into account the yet to be brought into existence
International Date Line à la
Phileas Fogg.
Each year the residents of Airlie Beach celebrate The Blessing
of the Fleet on Whit Sunday or
PentecostSunday. A survey conducted by Ray Green in 2000, found Airlie Beach was often described by local residents and tourists as 'commercial and touristy', 'relaxed', 'beautiful' and 'friendly' while maintaining a 'natural environment' with tropical vegetation, views of the sea, islands and surrounding hillsides – perhaps more reflective of the towns overall representation.
Airlie Beach is a tourist destination, extremely popular with backpackers. Its beach is small and the sea is inhabited by marine stingers, the box jellyfish (
Chironex fleckeri) from November to May. In order to provide somewhere for the visitors
tourists to swim, the
local council, has built a small – medium sized swimming lagoon on the foreshore, similar to the lagoon found in
Cairns. The Airlie Beach Lagoon is 4,300 m2 and 4.5 million litres of fresh, self chlorinated water.
The Great Barrier Reef is easily accessible from Airlie Beach, with an array of different types of tours available. Majority of these tours depart from Abell Point Marina but a few depart from the recently completed Port of Airlie.
It is almost certain that the town was named for the parish
of
Airlie, in
Scotland, as the name was suggested by the chairman of the former
Proserpine Shire Council, who was born in nearby
Montrose, Scotland. The official name was
Airlie from 1936 until 1987, when it became
Airlie Beach.
Dingo beach Onto Dingo beach for a couple of nights for some peace and quiet, Airlie Beach was lovely but noisy, a very backpacker type of place. Here we stayed in a caravan park called Hydeaway, just 1km from dingo beach, there is no camping at Dingo beach which is a shame as it has everything there, fuel, a great pub that plays live music. This place has a really good atmosphere! As you can imagine the boys popped the boat back into the water, but no fish were caught! They also attempted to go snorkelling but there was a silt over all the rocks and coral, maybe from cyclone ITA? a lovely spot though, we saw a tawny owl sleeping in a tree at the caravan park and a dead wild pig on the road.
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