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'''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 very few attractions to speak of, it's 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 [http://www.whitsunday.qld.gov.au/ local council], has built a swimming lagoon on the foreshore. |
'''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 very few attractions to speak of, it's 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 [http://www.whitsunday.qld.gov.au/ local council], has built a swimming lagoon on the foreshore. |
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[[Image:Main_Street_Airlie_Beach.jpg|thumb|The Main Street - Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia]] |
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== References == |
== References == |
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[http://www.whitsunday.qld.gov.au/ Whitsunday Shire Council] |
[http://www.whitsunday.qld.gov.au/ Whitsunday Shire Council] |
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== External Link == |
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[http://www.airliewaterfront.com/ Airlie Waterfront] |
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[[Category:Geography of Queensland]] |
[[Category:Geography of Queensland]] |
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Revision as of 06:29, 26 July 2005
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 existance 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 very few attractions to speak of, it's 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.
