AIRLIE BEACH
Calling Code: +61
Airlie Beach lies on the Whitsunday Coast below the rainforest-clad Conway ranges. The bustling resort village and surrounds is the perfect base for your Whitsunday holiday.
The mainland town of Airlie Beach is the perfect starting point, easily accessible by all major coach companies,
two major airports at Proserpine and Hamilton
Island and train to Proserpine.
Many backpacker accommodation houses offer free courtesy pick-up when your coach arrives in Airlie's Shute Harbour Road.
This 400m stretch of street is the heart of the action, offering accommodation, cheap places to eat as well as top restaurants,
cafes, nightclubs and tour booking agents.
There's plenty of accommodation to suit all budgets: family motels, five star luxury, self contained apartments, several resorts, award-winning caravan parks and backpacker hostels. All lie within easy reach of fabulous islands, tropical rainforests, the Great Barrier Reef and a plethora of high-action activities.
Airlie Beach has a tropical village feel and boasts a variety of shops, banks, medical services and a post office all within a tiny 500m strip known as Shute Harbour Road. This strip is also renowned for its eating and entertainment. There's a huge range of restaurants, cafes, bars and nightclubs to explore. Some boast stunning views overlooking the bay. Live entertainment is a popular feature of many outlets.
A visit to the craft and produce market on the Airlie waterfront, behind Shute Harbour Road, is a must each Saturday morning.
Airlie Beach offers an action-packed range of activities, including bungy jumping, tandem sky-diving, parasailing, a wildlife park,
rainforest tours, jet-skiing, joy flights and more.
The mainland is the perfect base to learn how to scuba dive with several companies offering dive courses from beginner to advanced.
There are a number of National Park walking tracks in the area, the most notable being at nearby Shute Harbour. The tracks wind through untouched tropical bush and make their way down to the deserted coastline.
The Whitsunday Coast is the irperfect base for many day tours. All kinds of yachts, catamarans and motor cruises depart daily from Abel Point Marina and Shute Harbour to the Whitsunday Islands and Great Barrier Reef. Take a three island cruise, spend an entire day on an island resort, visit the Great Barrier Reef on a fast-cat or sail on a super-maxi to a remote sand cay. A must-see is fabulous Whitehaven, a superb 6km long beach of white silica sand surrounded by clear, aqua-blue water.
There are day tours which explore the region's ancient rainforests, while the wildlife park, featuring a crocodile show, is always a family favourite. For the action seeker, there's bungee jumping, joy flights, tandem sky-diving and go-kart racing.
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