Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island

SOURCE: Lincold Fowler, courtesy of Tourism Australia, the tourism promotion authority of the government of Australia, used with permission.

Whitsunday Island is the largest island in the Whitsunday group of islands located off the coast of Queensland.

The island 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.

It is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour

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