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Overlander.tv - Airlie Beach, Irish Backpacker
2007-06-18 01:31:00 Click to Play Airlie Beach (pop. 3029) Airlie Beach, gateway to the Whitsunday islands has a reputation for being a great place to party, in between sailing trips to the islands. Another must stop location on the backpacker migration up north. Had a ball in Airlie, went out on a boat yesterday to snorkel the reef. The ...
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Queensland Part 3: Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays
2006-06-17 10:00:00 Before arriving in Airlie Beach, I called to reconfirm my spot on the sailboat for Monday. I was told that the boat had been out of the water for the past 2 weeks getting repaired so I was kind of screwed. I called up Peter Pans (the company I booked everything with), and they put me and Julia (friend from school here) on another boat leaving Tuesday instead. So on Monday afternoon Julia and I went to pay our extras for the trip (reef tax and stuff like that), and they said well that boat has been out of commission for a few days ever since it got beaten up in heavy winds the other day. So we were stressing a bit at this point and we went over to Peter Pans where cut a deal for another boat now leaving Wednesday instead. The funniest part was the trip advisor advising us NOT to go on this boat because it's known as the biggest piece of shit boat in all of the Whitsundays. The Tallarook III was the name of the boat, and the fact that it was so poorly looked upon by so many people wh...
By: Ryan Down Under
Queensland Part 2: The Road to Airlie Beach
2006-06-11 10:00:00 The drive from Rainbow Beach to Airlie Beach (the jump off point for the Whitsundays) is about 12 hours I think. Fortuneately, I met a Paul on the Fraser Island trip and he agreed to take me and 2 others in his car for the trip north. This is by far the way to travel. You can see and do heaps more when you aren't on a bus that needs to keep a schedule. Another fantastic thing the state of Queensland has started is the Driver Reviver stations placed about 2 hours apart on the highway. There is not much along these highways so people become fatigued and these stations, run by local volunteer groups, offer free coffee and biscuits in order to encourage people to stop and take a break. I think we hit up about 4 of these on our way. They are the closest thing to a Tim Hortons stop that Australia has.We read about a place called the Town of 1770 which is about an hour off the main highway and decided to make our way there for the first night. It was supposed to be an up and coming holida...
By: Ryan Down Under
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