Airlie Beach
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Airlie Beach Queensland |
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Airlie Beach Lagoon, Whitsundays, Queensland
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 Airlie Beach
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| Coordinates | 20°16′03″S 148°43′01″E / 20.26750°S 148.71694°ECoordinates: 20°16′03″S 148°43′01″E / 20.26750°S 148.71694°E |
| Population | 1,208 (2016 census) |
| Postcode(s) | 4802 |
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| LGA(s) | Whitsunday Region |
| State electorate(s) | Whitsunday |
| Federal Division(s) | Dawson |
Airlie Beach is a locality in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia. At the 2016 census, the suburb of Airlie Beach itself had a population of 1,206 excluding Cannonvale.
Airlie Beach is one of many departure points for the Great Barrier Reef. Near latitude 20 degrees south, Airlie Beach, Proserpine and the nearby Whitsunday Islands enjoy a tropical climate and lifestyle.
Each year the residents of Airlie Beach celebrate The Blessing of the Fleet on Whit Sunday or Pentecost Sunday.
Airlie Beach is a tourist destination, popular with backpackers. Its beach is small and the sea is inhabited by marine stingers, the box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) from November to May. In order to provide somewhere for the visitors tourists to swim, the local council, has built a small – medium-sized swimming lagoon on the foreshore, similar to the lagoon found in Cairns. The Airlie Beach Lagoon is 4,300 m2 and 4.5 million litres of fresh, self chlorinated water.
The Great Barrier Reef is easily accessible from Airlie Beach, with an array of different types of tours available. Majority of these tours depart from Abell Point Marina but a few depart from the recently completed Port of Airlie. The Abell Point Marina contains 507 berths.
It is almost certain that the town was named for the parish of Airlie, in Scotland, as the name was suggested by the chairman of the former Proserpine Shire Council, Robert Shepherd, who was born in nearby Montrose, Scotland. The official name was Airlie from 1936 until 1987, when it became Airlie Beach.
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