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The islands received about 700,000 visitors between March 2008 and March 2009. [6] The Whitsunday Ngaro Sea Trail [7] is a mix of seaways and short walks, crossing South Molle, Hook and Whitsunday islands. [8] The tracks across the islands are linked by seaways suited to kayaking, sailing or powerboating.
South Molle Island, part of the Whitsunday Islands, is a resort island in the Whitsunday section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Queensland, Australia.The hilly island has numerous bays and inlets accessible by 16 km of walking and cycling tracks, with most protected in the Molle Islands National Park.
The island is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour.It contains many popular destinations for both day visitors and overnight sailors, including the magnificent pure-white sands of Whitehaven Beach and Hill Inlet, the secure anchorage of Cid Harbour, and the sheltered waterway of Gulnare Inlet.
Marine stingers are found in the waters of the islands between October and May. [2] The region spans from the beaches of Bowen in the north and Laguna Whitsundays in the south. All 74 of the islands are surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef and only eight of them are inhabited. On Whitsunday Island is the six km long Whitehaven Beach. [3]
Hayman Island is the most northerly of the Whitsunday Islands, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. [1] [2] The island is 294 hectares (726 acres) [3] and lies to the north-west of Hook Island. It is a private island open to the public, most famous for its luxury resort which was built in the 1950s by Ansett Transport Industries. The island ...
Long Island is a member of the Whitsunday Island group off the east coast of Queensland, Australia. It is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) in length and is at its widest point only 400 metres (1,300 ft) [1]. Long Island is the closest island in the Whitsunday group to the mainland of Australia, being only 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) from the coastline.
Hamilton Island is an island of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. [3] It is approximately 887 kilometres (551 mi) north of Brisbane and 512 kilometres (318 mi) south of Cairns . It is the largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands and a popular year-round tourist destination.
The earliest charts of the Whitsunday area showed only one island, named 'Passage Island' where Dent Island and Hamilton Island currently lie. It was not until 1866, when Commander G. S. Nares , Royal Navy , on HMS Salamander , carried out a detailed survey of the northern waters of the Whitsunday Passage that the charts were amended to show ...