Fairy Key Reef Town Knuckle Oublier Island Resort Net Reef Reef Whitsunday Coast Drive Trails Reef Point of Interest The lush greens of the tropical of Train Line begin south of the Whitsundays, meandering north through the Boat Ramp cane fields of Proserpine and diversifying west to the reds, browns Lookout Line and greens of Collinsville. The fusion of colours is a memory that Reef Whitsunday Great Walk will stay with you after a visit to the Whitsundays, and the abundant Whitsunday Ngaro Sea Trail landscape of the Whitsunday Coast is as beautiful as the azure Walk Trail Sea Way Hardy Elizabeth blue of the Coral Sea along the coastline. (Suggested route dependant Reef Reef on wind and tide conditions) Heart Bait Reef Reef Hook CAIRNS & Reef Drive Trail 1: in the heart of the Great Barrier Reef Black Dingo Beach/Hydeaway Bay Reef 45 minutes north of Airlie Beach COLLINSVILLE • Small and friendly townships BOWEN • Soft sandy beaches lined with palms swaying in the breeze • Dine and relax at Dingo Beach’s hotel pub and enjoy their legendary Sunday Sessions with live music Hayman • Visit Hydeaway Bay’s two resorts both right on the Gloucester Island waterfront overlooking Gloucester Island and the Island Coral Sea

Hydeaway 6 Bay Hook Drive Trail 2: Cape Dingo Cedar Creek Falls/Conway and Wilson Beach Gloucester Island Beach 35 minutes from Airlie Beach • A natural swimming hole at the base of a rock cliff-face Drive Trail 5: Bowen with cascading waterfalls after a recent rain Cinema Grays • Enjoy a picnic amongst the wildlife Bay Horseshoe Queens Bay • Visit Conway and Wilson Beach a little further down Beach the road • Caravan and camping for the nature lover Murray Bay • Kite flyers and kite surfers for the adventurous

Rose Bay Drive Trail 3: Daydream Proserpine and Proserpine Dam Kings Island Beach 26km inland from Airlie Beach Whitsunday AIRLIE • Offering a change of pace and scenery from the busier TOWNSVILLEWNSVILLE Airport Hill Inlet BOWEN BEACH South ‘tourist towns’ & CAIRNS See detailed map overleaf Whitsunday Lookout BRUC Molle • A historical town evident by the art deco buildings from E HWY Flagstaff Island B 8 Island the 1920’s and 30’s, with excellent boutique shopping Hill R Whitehaven Lookout U PROSERPINEPROSERPINE Front C • The Proserpine Historical Museum provides a E Cannonvale Beach Beach H comprehensive record of the region’s history IG Shute BOWEN H • Travel a further 26km to the Peter Faust Dam, a large TOWNSVILLE WA Harbour & CAIRNS Y expanse of water perfect for fishing, watersports and a B Peter picnic by the water R U Faust C Dam E Drive Trail 6: Collinsville/Big River Country Long

H Island Drive Trail 4: W Brandy Hamilton Eungella National Park Y BOWEN Creek Dent Island TOWNSVILLE 2 hours southwest of Airlie Beach Burdekin & CAIRNS Island • Beautiful rainforest with spectacular views PROSERPINE B Dam R PROSERPINE U • Waterfalls and crystal clear creeks C Great Barrier E 10 H Cedar Reef Airport • ’s largest tract of subtropical rainforest W Airlie Y Creek featuring the Blue Ulysses butterfly, Regent bowerbirds Beach Falls and Burdekin PROSERPINE Dam • Enjoy the panoramic lookout over the Pioneer Bowen Bowen Developmental Rd C P O Valley below River R N Airlie O Hotel Beach S W E A R Y Bowen Bowen Developmental Rd P I N River NE Hotel R A IV T Drive Trail 5: E I R O Lindeman Bowen COLLINSVILLE N Whitsunday A Island 45 minutes north of Airlie Beach COLLINSVILLE Coast Airport L Conway P • Oldest town in , still boasting that old Wilsons A Beach R style hospitality Beach K • Stunning beaches with BBQ facilities, picnic tables and children’s playgrounds

Mackay • Grab some mango sorbet at the Big Mango • Take a guided walk of Bowen’s murals depicting the Drive Trail 4: Eungella National Park 80 Eungella history of the towns early settlement 50 93 Cape Hillsborough Mt • Dine at Flagstaff Hill and enjoy the 360 degree views PROSERPINE Y 152 169 132 Peter Faust Dam Ossa A W 125 142 105 27 Proserpine H B G R I 144 161 124 44 19 Cedar Creek Falls Drive Trail 6: U C H E E 152 169 132 53 27 14 Conway Beach Collinsville/Big River Country H W C 85km south west of Bowen Y U 143 160 122 43 18 24 32 Great Walk Entrance - Brandy Creek R • Small and friendly community B 146 202 126 47 22 30 36 13 Cannonvale 149 205 129 50 25 33 39 16 3 Airlie Beach • Visit the Coalface Experience for a journey through the region’s history in coal mining Mirani Mount Ossa Rd 159 215 139 60 35 43 49 26 13 10 Shute Harbour Brampton Finch Island • Stop in at the Hotel (30km from Hatton 165 183 146 56 42 57 66 47 50 53 63 Dingo Beach Gorge MACKAY, EUNGELLA Midge Collinsville) for a cool drink 167 185 148 58 44 60 68 49 52 55 65 8 Hydeaway Bay EUNGELLA & CAPE HILLSBOROUGH Point • Drive 110km further and see the Burdekin Dam , the 172 189 152 63 48 64 72 53 54 57 67 12 4 Cape Gloucester largest body of water in Queensland, almost four times MIRANI Finch Mackay-Eungella Rd 192 209 172 83 68 84 92 75 87 90 100 78 80 84 Bowen the volume of Sydney Harbour Hatton MACKAY 273 297 253 164 148 165 173 156 157 160 170 157 160 164 88 Collinsville 386 403 366 277 261 278 286 269 269 272 282 270 273 277 200 275 Townsville 733 750 712 624 610 626 634 616 629 632 642 618 620 625 550 622 349 Cairns D A 8 O R

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