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Whitehaven Beach

GREAT BARRIER REEF, WHITSUNDAY ISLAND, QUEENSLAND

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Know before you go. Boat access only, from Airlie Beach or Shute Harbour; anchoring is permitted off the beach at all tides, and the nearest public mooring is at Tongue Bay. Crocodile, marine stinger and shark warnings apply.

White silica sand and clear aquamarine water on the south-eastern side of Whitsunday Island, inside Whitsunday Islands National Park and the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Access is by boat — commercial day trips, charters and transfers run from Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour, about 25 kilometres to the west. A day-use area behind the beach has sheltered picnic tables and toilets, and walking tracks including the Solway circuit and Chance Bay track form part of the Whitsunday Ngaro sea trail. A national park camping area sits back in the coastal vine forest for those staying on past the day boats.

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Whitsunday Island, Whitsunday Islands National Park, Whitsunday Island QLD

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