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Airlie Beach is a coastal locality and resort town in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census , Airlie Beach had a population of 1,312 people. [ 1 ] The town is a tourist drawcard.
The current Whitsunday Holiday Apartments opened in 1986 followed by the current Reef View Hotel in 1990. In 1992 the resort was placed in receivership and between 1995 and 2003 it was owned by BT Australia and managed by Holiday Inn for a portion of that time. In 1999, the five-star Beach Club opened.
The development of the beach as a popular leisure resort from the mid-19th century was the first manifestation of what is now the global tourist industry. The first seaside resorts were opened in the 18th century for the aristocracy, who began to frequent the seaside as well as the then fashionable spa towns, for recreation and health. [ 4 ]
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.With a population of 201,313 as of 2024, [1] it is the largest settlement in North Queensland and Northern Australia (specifically, the parts of Australia north of the Sunshine Coast).
Beach safety and management The Gold Coast has Australia's largest [ 51 ] professional surf lifesaving service to protect people on the beaches and to promote surf safety throughout the community. The Queensland Department of Primary Industries carries out the Queensland Shark Control Program (SCP) to protect swimmers from sharks. [ 52 ]
Toowoomba was the headquarters for McCafferty's that operated a national long-distance coach network until its sale to Greyhound Australia in 2004. [ 89 ] [ 90 ] Toowoomba station has a twice-weekly return rail service from Brisbane to Charleville on Queensland Rail 's The Westlander . [ 91 ]
The Airlie Conference Center, commonly referred to simply as Airlie, is a historic hotel outside of Warrenton, Virginia. [1] The compound is best known for having become a safe space for dialogue during the US civil rights movement , and as the origin of Earth Day .
28 March – Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie makes landfall between Airlie Beach and Bowen in north Queensland. [24] Power outages affect over 140,000 properties across Queensland. [25] 29 March – The Hazelwood Power Station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley was taken off-line, after first coming into operation in 1964. [26] 30 March –