Airlie Beach, Queensland

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Airlie Beach
Queensland

The Main Street - Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia
Population: 3,017 (2001 census)
Postcode: 4802
Location:
LGA: Whitsunday Shire
State District: Whitsunday
Federal Division: Dawson
The Beach - Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia
The Beach - Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia

Airlie Beach is a seaside village in the Whitsunday Shire, Queensland, Australia. Airlie Beach is known as the Heart of Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) due to its position near the centre of the GBR that stretches 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 the Christian festival day of 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. 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 hordes of visiting tourists to swim, the local council, has built a swimming lagoon on the foreshore.

Whitsunday Shire Council

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Coordinates: 20°16′03″S, 148°43′01″E

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