Airlie Beach – Gateway to the Whitsundays & Great Barrier Reef (Australia)

Kategorien: Reiseblog, Oceania, Australia

Today our journey along the east coast of Australia continued from Bisbande to the small coastal town of Airlie Beach on the Great Barrier Reef

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Our flight from Brisbane to Proserpine

Brisbane welcomed us again with wonderful weather and we made our way to the airport in the late morning with the airtrain. At 1.30 p.m. our plane went with Virgin Airlines to Proserpine. 1.5 hours later we landed at Whitsunday Coast Airport. At the airport in Proserpine we got our car from Avis for the next day and our trip to Cairns. We have booked this with all insurances via DERTOUR. From Proserpine we drove to Airlie Beach, 25 km away.

Disposable rental in Australia: In the run-up to our world tour, we have researched for a long time which car rental companies we take for our rental car in Australia. The problem here is the one-way rental, if you don’t want to return the car in the same place. Since we wanted to drive from Proserpine to Cairns, there would be a one-way rental every time. And depending on the provider, this can be several hundred euros. We have requested several offers via different booking portals – but in the end a one-way rental was added. And DERTOUR seems to be one of the few providers where, under certain conditions (length of rental period, etc.), there is no one-way rent in Australia. In any case, we did not have to pay a one-way rent on our routes and also the service packages (all inclusive) and the general prices for the car were absolutely fine, so we can really recommend this.

Our Airlie Beach Hotel

For three nights we had booked a room at the Airlie Beach Hotel and were very satisfied. The staff at the reception were very nice. The room was clean and well equipped. There were even dishes. Pool towels can be rented free of charge at the reception. Internet is free and worked perfectly. The hotel offers free parking on the first floor. The location is great, to the nearest restaurants it is less than 2 minutes. A large supermarket is a 5-minute walk away. All in all a decent hotel where we would stay at any time.

On our balcony in the hotel we also saw white cockatoos from time to time. At first it was just one… but after a short time the second and third cockatoo swelled. And at some point we had the whole balcony full. The cockatoos are relatively trusting and of course speculate on a treat 🙂

Here is a video of the white cockatoos on our balcony:

The coastal town of Airlie Beach on the Great Barrier Reef

Airlie Beach is a small tourist resort with just 2800 inhabitants on the east coast of Australia, which is considered a starting point for tours of the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef. The place has many small shops, restaurants and hotels and is mainly aimed at the many backpackers. From the harbour, a 3 km long beach walk runs along the shore. Since life-threatening jellyfish can arise in the sea depending on the season, the city has built a very nice lagoon on the beach, where you can swim for free, simply sunbathe or even barbecue. We really liked that.

Die Cedar Creek Falls & der Conway Beach

About 20 minutes drive from Airlie Beach are Cedar Creek Falls, which we also wanted to see. Since it hasn’t rained here for days, unfortunately there was no waterfall to be seen. A little further is Conway Beach. Here we have seen mainly a few black cockatoos in the trees.

Unsere Reiseberichte von Australien (2015)

Mit der Einreise nach Australien hat für uns die 2. Hälfte unserer 6-monatigen Weltreise begonnen. Während unseres Aufenthaltes in „Down Under“ haben wir an der Ostküste, im Süden und im Inneren des Landes jede Menge erlebt: Wir haben die Großstädte Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane und Cairns besucht, eines der bekanntesten Wahrzeichen des Landes – den Ayers Rock – erkundet, einen zuckersüßen Koala in den Armen gehalten, Kängurus in freier Wildbahn erlebt, sind die Great Ocean Road entlang gefahren, haben eine Tauchkreuzfahrt am Great Barrier Reef unternommen und einen atemberaubenden Rundflug über Whitsunday Island und den Whitehaven Beach erlebt. Unsere Reise durch Australien hat uns sehr gut gefallen und das Land hat uns von Beginn an verzaubert.
Route Australien 2015 » New South Wales: Sydney - Sehenswürdigkeiten & die schönsten Fotospots
» Northern Territory: Der Ayers Rock (Uluru) & die Kata Tjuta (Olgas)
» South Australia: Adelaide - Koalas halten im Gorge Wildlife Park
» South Australia: Adelaide - die Sehenswürdigkeiten der Innenstadt
» Victoria: Die Stadt Hahndorf & Kängurus am Cape Bridgewater
» Victoria: Die Great Ocean Road - 12 Apostel, Papageien & Koalas
» Victoria: Melbourne - Sehenswürdigkeiten & der Dendy Street Beach
» Queensland: Brisbane - Die Sehenswürdigkeiten in der Innenstadt
» Queensland: Airlie Beach - Das Küstenstädtchen am Great Barrier Reef
» Queensland: Airlie Beach - Ein Rundflug über das Great Barrier Reef
» Queensland: Airlie Beach - Whitsunday Island & Whitehaven Beach
» Queensland: Cairns - Ein Rundflug über das Great Barrier Reef
» Queensland: Cairns - Eine Tauchkreuzfahrt am Great Barrier Reef