Whitsunday Islands National Park
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Whitsunday Islands is a national park in Queensland, Australia, Template:Convert northwest of Brisbane. It contains Whitsunday Island and 31 others.<ref name="abwhis">Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
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The Whitsunday Islands lie midway along Australia's Queensland coast and are bordered by the Great Barrier Reef and the waters of the Coral Sea. Migrating humpback whales favour the waters around the Whitsunday Islands as a calving ground between May and September each year.<ref name="xqnp">Template:Cite book</ref> Marine stingers are found in the waters of the islands between October and May.<ref name="xqnp"/>
The region spans from the beaches of Bowen in the north and Laguna Whitsundays in the south. All 74 of the islands are surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef and only eight of them are inhabited.
On Whitsunday Island is the six km long Whitehaven Beach.<ref name="101best">Template:Cite book</ref> The beach has camping and picnic facilities in its foredunes. A walking track links to Chance Bay.
Access
[edit]Access is by private or commercial boat from Airlie Beach or Shute Harbour.<ref name="abwhis"/>
See also
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