 Airlie
Beach
is a major tourist destination with a wide range
Airlie Beach Accommodation Resorts, Hotels,
Motels, Backpackers and Apartments. 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
Jelly Fish) from November to May. In order to provide
somewhere for the hoards of visiting tourist to swim,
the local council has built a swimming lagoon on the
foreshore.
Airlie Beach is known as the Heart of Australia's
Great Barrier Reef. Airlie Beach and the nearby
Whitsunday Islands enjoy a tropical climate and life
style. 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 Captain
Dan Van Blarcom. Together with the adjacent Shute
Harbour, provide an embarkation point for both the
Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef
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