Queensland Australia
2006-09-24 01:32:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Brisbane
Airlie Beach is a seaside village in the shire of Whitsunday, Queensland, Australia. Airlie Beach is known as the Heart of Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) due to its position near the center of the GBR that streaches for two thousand kilometres along the coast. Near latitude 20 degrees South, Airlie Beach 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 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 a lá Phileas Fogg.
Each year the residents of Airlie Beach celebrate The Blessing of the Fleet on Whit Sunday or Pentecost Sunday. Now in its sixteenth year (2005) the Blessing was started by Father Keith Felgate and Cap'n Dan Van Blarcom.
Airlie Beach is a major tourist destination and together with the adjacent Shute Harbour, provide an embarkation point for both the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. The actual town has many attractions to speak of, though its beach is small and the sea is inhabited by marine stingers (a type of jellyfish) from November to May. In order to provide somewhere for the hoards of visiting tourists to swim, the local council, has built a swimming lagoon on the foreshore.
2006-09-24 02:23:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a friend who has family on a cane farm just outside of Airlie. It's a great little spot for a quite holiday, but still has some night life. I would avoid it around schoolies week though, which is the end of November... it drags out longer than a week as the NSW and VIC kids finish at diferent times.
2006-09-24 11:44:57 · answer #2 · answered by jaffajaf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the gate to whitsundays. I liked it, cause it was able to use the internet and had a nice dinner. After a couple of days in the "hinterland" it was the first town alive. We spend some time on the beach and at the pubs...
nice...
2006-09-24 09:58:32 · answer #3 · answered by Michael K. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it good but i loved rainbow beach and Frasier island surfers is good as well but all beaches are great in the land down under our beaches in pom land are ****
2006-09-24 01:44:09 · answer #4 · answered by johnny boy rebel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I liked it
2006-09-24 04:40:32 · answer #5 · answered by Peedah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its wonderful!!
2006-09-24 02:05:14 · answer #6 · answered by summer_81_de 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋