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Whitsunday Islands Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Oceania : Australasia : Australia : Queensland : Far North Queensland : Great Barrier Reef : Whitsunday Islands
The Whitsunday Islands are a group of 74 islands that lie off the coast of Queensland, Australia and form part of the Great Barrier Reef.
Contents |
Islands
- Hamilton
- Daydream
- Lindeman
- Hayman
- South Molle
- Dent
- Hook
- Whitsunday
Other Destinations
- Airlie Beach Airlie
- Cannonvale
Understand
The islands are so named because they were discovered by Captain Cook on Whitsunday, the seventh Sunday after Easter, on 4 June in 1770. This is not quite historically accurate however.
See
- Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
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