Luxury hotels in Whitsundays & Hamilton Island
The islands of the Coral Sea with an airport of their own, Whitehaven Beach and the sailing grounds.
Other neighborhoods in Great Barrier Reef & Whitsundays
Lizard Island & Northern Reef
The reef north of Cairns, an hour by air, and a national-park island with its own beaches. The outer reef is within reach of a dinghy, and one lodge stands on the sand.
Daintree & Port Douglas
The oldest rainforest in the world and the marina where the reef boats leave each morning. Treehouses hang above the Mossman River, an hour and twenty minutes north of Cairns.