NederlandsLong Island - Whitsundays
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Long Island is one of the most beautiful Whitsunday Islands. The Island is a national park with 20 kilometres of wonderful walking tracks across the Island, leading to beautiful secluded beaches and dense bush areas.
There are three well-known resorts on the Island that offer perfect tranquility to a small number of guests wanting to get away from it all. Relax under the palm trees on the white coral sand beach or spend the day waterskiing, parasailing, island hopping, cruising, playing tennis or exploring the twenty kilometres of bush walks through Long Island.
Paradise Bay, located at the southern end of Long Island is inaccessible to day visitors and it caters for a maximum of twenty guests only. Guests have the opportunity to explore the surrounds by yacht, see dolphins, turtles, hundreds of species of birds and tropical fish, goannas and wallabies.
Palm and Happy Bay are the nearest safe anchorages to Shute Harbour and therefore a popular spot for yachties.
You can get there by flying direct to nearby Hamilton Island Airport from most Australian cities and transfer to Long Island by water taxi or ferry. Or fly to Proserpine/Whitsunday Coast Airport, travel by coach to Shute Harbour, and then by ferry to Long Island. Seaplanes are also available to Palm Bay from the Mainland.From Hamilton Island you can visit any of the Whitsunday Island resorts
