Whitsundays
District of Hamilton Island
in Whitsunday of Queensland, Australia
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Lindeman Island Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi) - Whitsundays Country Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -20.346 and 148.952 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -20° 20' 45" and E 148° 57' 6"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - AUD
- Spoken languages:
- English
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 06:20 PM (Friday)
- Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
- UTC/GMT offset: 9.5 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 10:26 am and 9:34 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 17.083 and -25.317 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Bonita - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Delve into Whitsundays
The district Whitsundays of Hamilton Island in Whitsunday (Queensland) is a district located in Australia about 1,040 mi north of Canberra, the country's capital town.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Bowen, , , and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 27°C / 80 °F
| Morning Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 21°C / 69 °F |
| Night Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 48% |
| Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 9% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Saturday, 18th of May 2024
27°C (80 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 19th of May 2024
26°C (78 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 20th of May 2024
25°C (76 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Videos from this area
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Hamilton Island - Heaven on earth
Whitsunday Holiday's promotional video for Hamilton Island. Why holiday anywhere else when you can holiday in heaven right here in the Whitsundays.
Discrimination on Hamilton Island?
24 July 2009 : Construction workers on the Hamilton Island Yacht Club site have likened their accommodation to Alcatraz, and that they feel they are being discriminated against. 4 December...
Accommodation Hamilton Island - Hamilton Island Apartments Book Online
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Great Barrier Reef Tour on Hamilton Island Air Helicopter to Reefworld
Hamilton Island Air run helicopter tours of the Great Barrier Reef by helicopter. If you are staying at Qualia resort they will come and collect you from the heliport in the grounds. The four-hour...
Infinity on Hamilton Island
The 5 bedroom luxury Hamilton Island home "Infinity" is one of the most exclusive and sought after acommodations available.
Sailing at the Hamilton Island Race Week
Every August, yachties all over the country are lured North by the pull of gorgeous weather and the stiff competition of Hamilton Island Race Week. While the crews of yachts like Wild Oats...
Hamilton Island Gokarts
Hamilton Island Race Week Highlights 2010
Check out all the highlights from Race Week 2010 on Hamilton Island, Queensland. Hamilton Island Race Week is one of Australia's favourite yachting events and a firm fixture on the internationa...
Hamilton Island Luxury
Perfectly situated on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, amongst Queensland's 74 Whitsunday Islands, Hamilton Island offers an experience like no other: glorious weather, azure waters, brilliant...
Hamilton Island Race Week on board Carbon Credits
Hamilton Island Race Week 2009 Slideshow of Regatta and crew onboard Cabon Credits A Beneteau First 45, launched in February 2009 and made her offshore racing debut in the 2009 Audi Sydney.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Molle Islands National Park
Molle Islands is a national park in North Queensland, Australia, 913 km northwest of Brisbane.
Whitsunday Islands National Park
Whitsunday Islands is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 920 kilometres northwest of Brisbane.
Whitsunday Islands
The Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, situated between just south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay, some 900 kilometres north of Brisbane. The island group is centred on Whitsunday Island, while the group's commercial centre is Hamilton Island.
Shute Harbour
Shute Harbour is a sheltered port for small vessels located approximately 10 kilometres east of Airlie Beach on the Whitsunday Coast of Queensland, Australia. Serving mainly as a boarding point for ferries between the Whitsunday Islands and the mainland, it is also home to many charter boat operations. It is second only to Sydney’s Circular Quay as the busiest commuter port in Australia and it has the largest seaplane airbase in the Southern hemisphere.
Hook Island
Hook Island is one of the Whitsunday Islands off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland. The island is almost uninhabited, quite rugged and almost completely contained within a section of the Whitsunday Islands National Park . The island has two prominent geographical features on the southern side of Hook Island; the Nara and Macona inlets, two fjord-like recesses that are used as anchorages for the Whitsunday tourist fleet.
Whitsunday Island
Whitsunday Island is the largest island in the Whitsunday group of islands located off the coast of Central Queensland, Australia. Whitehaven Beach was rated as the top Eco Friendly Beach in the world by CNN. com in July 2010. The island should not be confused with Pinaki in the Tuamotu group which was named "Whitsunday Island" by Samuel Wallis in 1767.
Dent Island (Queensland)
Dent Island is an island just off the coast of Queensland, Australia. Dent Island is located at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:20|21|S|148|56|E|region:AU-QLD_type:isle|| | |name= }}. Dent Island is part of the Whitsunday Group and lies immediately west of Hamilton Island. The Whitsunday Group is one of the Island Groups that together comprise the Whitsunday Islands (also known as the Greater Whitsunday Islands or Greater Whitsundays).
Daydream Island
Daydream Island is one of seven islands of the Molle Group, a sub-group of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. The island is small, measuring 1 km in length and 400 m at its widest point. The highest point on the island is 51 metres above sea level. There are two tourist resorts on the island: the original resort at the southern end and a newer resort at the north-eastern end.
South Molle Island
South Molle Island, part of the Whitsunday Islands, is a resort island in the Whitsunday section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia. The hilly island has numerous bays and inlets accessible by 16 km of walking tracks, with 420 ha protected in the Whitsunday Islands National Park. The islands were named by Lieutenant Charles Jefferys in 1815 after Colonel George James Molle, the then Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales.
Long Island (Whitsunday Islands)
Long Island is a member of the Whitsunday Island group off the east coast of Queensland, Australia. It is 9 kilometres in length and is at its widest point only 400 metres . Long Island is the closest island in the Whitsunday group to the mainland of Australia, being only 1 kilometre from the coastline. A boat transfer to the island from Shute Harbour on the mainland takes 20 minutes. Located on the island is Long Island Resort, overlooking Happy Bay.
Whitehaven Beach
Whitehaven Beach is a 7 km stretch along Whitsunday Island. The island is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour, as well as Hamilton Island. The Whitehaven Beach Ocean Swim is a 2 km open swimming competition held on the Beach in November each year as part of the Hamilton Island Triathlon Event. The 2012 event was held on 11 November 2012
Hamilton Island Golf Club
Hamilton Island Golf Club is a golf course located in near the Island Resort Town of Hamilton Island in Queensland's Whitsunday Islands. Despite its name, the Hamilton Island Golf Club is actually located on neighbouring Dent Island - but is named as such because the course is owned and operated by Hamilton Island Enterprises (who own the leases on both Hamilton & Dent Islands) and the course can only be accessed by via the official boat from Hamilton Island Marina.
Eva Bay
Eva Bay is a small bay in the Whitsunday Islands off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is located on the south east corner of the Whitsunday Island on the opposite side to Whitehaven Beach. It was named after Eva Mezei who got married in the bay on 15 November 2009. The bay is rarely visited by anyone due and is often overlooked due to its close proximity to the famous Whitehaven Beach. Mezei Beach, which is one of three beaches within Eva Bay is the biggest of the three.
Hamilton Island (Queensland)
Hamilton Island is the largest inhabited island of the Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. Hamilton Island, like most in the Whitsunday group, was formed as sea levels rose creating numerous drowned mountains that are situated close to the east coast of Queensland, Australia. The island is a popular tourist destination and was featured in the successful "Best Job In The World" promotion.
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