:: CRUISERS NOTES :: AIRLIE BEACH WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS GREAT BARRIER REEF AUSTRALIA Airlie Beach is a relaxed sea-side town known as the gateway to the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. For cruisers, Airlie is a great stop when traveling north for the season to take a break, shop to send presents home, provision - and organise maintenance and repairs. There are numerous sea-side eateries from which to satiate the senses whilst enjoying the superb ocean views - alo

Surviving powerful (Cat4) Tropical Cyclone Debbie, by sheltering in the mangroves of The Whitsunday Islands! Ever heard the old mariners tale, that to survive a Tropical Cyclone you should seek shelter up a creek in the mangroves? That's what we did. Here's our story... Weather Map of TC Debbie sitting of the Whitsunday Coast. 27 April, 2017. We have been sailing Australia's Far North Queensland waters - a region prone to Tropical Cyclones during the months of November