Guidebook for Whitsundays

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Guidebook for Whitsundays

Food Scene

A great spot where you can have breakfast with koalas!
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Hamilton Island Wildlife
1 Resort Dr
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A great spot where you can have breakfast with koalas!
Popeye's Fish and Chips Takeaway
Front Street
Marina Cafe
Front Street
Bob's Bakery
137 Front St
TAKO is a fun and funky foodie paradise, offering regional cuisine from around Mexico, with influences of Japan and Korea thrown in to the mix.
TAKO
TAKO is a fun and funky foodie paradise, offering regional cuisine from around Mexico, with influences of Japan and Korea thrown in to the mix.
coca chu provides a fresh and modern take on South East Asian cuisine and is a popular spot for foodies.
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coca chu
Resort Drive
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coca chu provides a fresh and modern take on South East Asian cuisine and is a popular spot for foodies.
Clubhouse Restaurant is situated within Hamilton Island Golf Club, on Dent Island and provides contemporary meals with views of Passage Peak and Whitsundays.
Clubhouse
Clubhouse Restaurant is situated within Hamilton Island Golf Club, on Dent Island and provides contemporary meals with views of Passage Peak and Whitsundays.
Manta Ray is a family friendly restaurant offering a wide range of pizzas, seafood and meats, ensuring that even the fussiest eaters find something they will enjoy.
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Manta Ray
Front Street
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Manta Ray is a family friendly restaurant offering a wide range of pizzas, seafood and meats, ensuring that even the fussiest eaters find something they will enjoy.
Beach Club Restaurant offers adults a chance to enjoy a child-free meal on the beachfront, with a seasonal and modern menu.
Beach Club
9 Resort Dr
Beach Club Restaurant offers adults a chance to enjoy a child-free meal on the beachfront, with a seasonal and modern menu.
Bommie Restaurant is the premier fine dining location on the island, overlooking the Whitsundays and serving local produce in an elegant setting. Bommie Deck (outdoor bar) is also a perfect place for an aperitif or cocktail and definitely worth heading to, even if you aren't dining there.
Bommie
Front Street
Bommie Restaurant is the premier fine dining location on the island, overlooking the Whitsundays and serving local produce in an elegant setting. Bommie Deck (outdoor bar) is also a perfect place for an aperitif or cocktail and definitely worth heading to, even if you aren't dining there.

Drinks & Nightlife

Island Bar is within Hamilton Island's Main Poo. With a swim-up bar, it ensures you'll feel instantly on holiday.
Main Pool Bar
2 Resort Dr
Island Bar is within Hamilton Island's Main Poo. With a swim-up bar, it ensures you'll feel instantly on holiday.
Verandah Bar adjoins Sails Restaurant, a short walk from Catseye Beach, giving a relaxed and tropical vibe to your tipple of choice.
Verandah Bar
Resort Drive
Verandah Bar adjoins Sails Restaurant, a short walk from Catseye Beach, giving a relaxed and tropical vibe to your tipple of choice.
The Pimm’s Garden Bar is a great spot to work on your dance moves and party into the evening on a Friday or Saturday night.
Garden Bar
Front Street
The Pimm’s Garden Bar is a great spot to work on your dance moves and party into the evening on a Friday or Saturday night.
One Tree Hill is the premier hilltop lookout on the island and a great place to watch the setting sun with a cocktail in hand.
One Tree Hill
Whitsunday Boulevard
One Tree Hill is the premier hilltop lookout on the island and a great place to watch the setting sun with a cocktail in hand.
Marina Tavern is a family-friendly pub for those after a more casual drink.
Marina Tavern
172 Front St
Marina Tavern is a family-friendly pub for those after a more casual drink.

Parks & Nature

Often described as 'heaven on earth', this beach is pure paradise. Whitehaven Beach is a short trip away and well worth a visit. 30 minutes on a catamaran takes you to this perfect location that has been voted Australia’s #1 Beach (2013 TripAdvisor Traveller’s Choice Awards), and is the world’s #1 eco-friendly beach. It can also be reached by yacht, helicopter or seaplane. The sand of this 7km beach is 98% pure white silica, which gives it an eerie luminescent colour, and the water is crystal clear blues and turquoise. There are a range of day tours available to Whitehaven Beach, including picnic lunch trips, full and half day tours, snorkelling adventures, helicopter and scenic flight tours
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Whitehaven Plajı
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Often described as 'heaven on earth', this beach is pure paradise. Whitehaven Beach is a short trip away and well worth a visit. 30 minutes on a catamaran takes you to this perfect location that has been voted Australia’s #1 Beach (2013 TripAdvisor Traveller’s Choice Awards), and is the world’s #1 eco-friendly beach. It can also be reached by yacht, helicopter or seaplane. The sand of this 7km beach is 98% pure white silica, which gives it an eerie luminescent colour, and the water is crystal clear blues and turquoise. There are a range of day tours available to Whitehaven Beach, including picnic lunch trips, full and half day tours, snorkelling adventures, helicopter and scenic flight tours
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef and is home to the most diverse plant and animal life on the planet. Popular ways to experience the reef include: Popular ways to explore the reef include: Day cruises, snorkelling & Diving, Helicopter tour, Seaplane, Glass-bottom boat tours and the high-adrenaline 'jetryder' tour. Details for these activities (including how to book) can be found at: http://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/things-to-do/great-barrier-reef or by calling Hamilton Island Tour Desk on 07 4946 8305.
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Great Barrier Reef
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The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef and is home to the most diverse plant and animal life on the planet. Popular ways to experience the reef include: Popular ways to explore the reef include: Day cruises, snorkelling & Diving, Helicopter tour, Seaplane, Glass-bottom boat tours and the high-adrenaline 'jetryder' tour. Details for these activities (including how to book) can be found at: http://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/things-to-do/great-barrier-reef or by calling Hamilton Island Tour Desk on 07 4946 8305.

Arts & Culture

The beautiful All Saints Chapel, overlooking Catseye Beach, is an in-demand wedding venue.
All Saints Church
1 Melaleuca Dr
The beautiful All Saints Chapel, overlooking Catseye Beach, is an in-demand wedding venue.

Essentials

For that extra indulgence and relaxation, why not visit the Island spa? Spa Wumurdaylin is open between 9am-7pm, 7 days a week and offers a full range of indulgent and pampering services. The spa prides itself on offering all-natural products, including the exclusive LI’TYA products – a unique range of products that integrate indigenous traditions and precious extracts from Australia’s native plants. Due to the popularity of the spa, bookings should ideally be made at least 72hrs in advance. Appointments can be made by calling the spa on 07 4946 8669.
Spa wumurdaylin
Resort Drive
For that extra indulgence and relaxation, why not visit the Island spa? Spa Wumurdaylin is open between 9am-7pm, 7 days a week and offers a full range of indulgent and pampering services. The spa prides itself on offering all-natural products, including the exclusive LI’TYA products – a unique range of products that integrate indigenous traditions and precious extracts from Australia’s native plants. Due to the popularity of the spa, bookings should ideally be made at least 72hrs in advance. Appointments can be made by calling the spa on 07 4946 8669.
Clownfish Club allows parents a chance to enjoy some alone time, and caters for children from 6-weeks to 14 years. Bookings and enquiries can be made by calling 07 4946 8941.
Clownfish Club
Resort Drive
Clownfish Club allows parents a chance to enjoy some alone time, and caters for children from 6-weeks to 14 years. Bookings and enquiries can be made by calling 07 4946 8941.
Hamilton Island General Store
Front Street

Entertainment & Activities

Hamilton Island a variety of golfing options designed to suit everyone. Hamilton Island offers a driving range and playful mini-golf course that is a fun and family-friendly outing. For the more serious golfers, the area is famous for the par 71, 18-hole championship golf course of Dent Island, with the entire island a dedicated golf course. After a morning on the course, the contemporary clubhouse provides the perfect spot for a relaxed afternoon lunch or post-round drink. A pro-shop is also available with a range of equipment to hire and purchase. Bookings for Hamilton Island Golf Club are essential and can be made by calling 07 4948 9760.
Dent Island
Hamilton Island a variety of golfing options designed to suit everyone. Hamilton Island offers a driving range and playful mini-golf course that is a fun and family-friendly outing. For the more serious golfers, the area is famous for the par 71, 18-hole championship golf course of Dent Island, with the entire island a dedicated golf course. After a morning on the course, the contemporary clubhouse provides the perfect spot for a relaxed afternoon lunch or post-round drink. A pro-shop is also available with a range of equipment to hire and purchase. Bookings for Hamilton Island Golf Club are essential and can be made by calling 07 4948 9760.
Hamilton Island Sports Club provides gym-goers a fully-equipped workout space, as well as tennis courts, spa, sauna and exercise classes. The island also has 6 tennis courts that are available for hire, as are racquets and balls.
Sports Club
Resort Drive
Hamilton Island Sports Club provides gym-goers a fully-equipped workout space, as well as tennis courts, spa, sauna and exercise classes. The island also has 6 tennis courts that are available for hire, as are racquets and balls.
Resort Centre is home to a range of key island attractions – including renowned restaurants and bars, boutique shops, the Main Pool, Hamilton Island Tour Desk and more. Information of all of these activities can be found at: http://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/things-to-do/tourist-attractions-and-activities A great place to check out if you’re wanting inspiration for the day is the Daily Activity Guide. It lists an overview of key events and venues and includes information on dining, sports, group classes, and entertainment options. You can access the Daily Activity Guide online at http://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/things-to-do/activity-guide or by downloading the Hamilton Island App.
Hamilton Island Resort Centre
Resort Centre is home to a range of key island attractions – including renowned restaurants and bars, boutique shops, the Main Pool, Hamilton Island Tour Desk and more. Information of all of these activities can be found at: http://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/things-to-do/tourist-attractions-and-activities A great place to check out if you’re wanting inspiration for the day is the Daily Activity Guide. It lists an overview of key events and venues and includes information on dining, sports, group classes, and entertainment options. You can access the Daily Activity Guide online at http://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/things-to-do/activity-guide or by downloading the Hamilton Island App.
Outdoors mini golf through a maze of palms and other plants, with each hole offering a different challenge.
Mini Golf
Outdoors mini golf through a maze of palms and other plants, with each hole offering a different challenge.
Being an island, water sports are a clear favourite activity for many Hamilton holiday-goers. Popular watersports on the island include diving, snorkelling, jet-ski tours and hire, parasailing, wakeboarding, tube riding, kayaking, windsurfing, and stand-up paddle boarding. Full details of the activities available (some of which will require booking in advance) can be found at: http://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/things-to-do/water-activities . Bookings can be made online, or in some instances by calling Hamilton Island Tour Desk on 07 4946 8305.
Catseye Plajı
4803 Resort Dr
Being an island, water sports are a clear favourite activity for many Hamilton holiday-goers. Popular watersports on the island include diving, snorkelling, jet-ski tours and hire, parasailing, wakeboarding, tube riding, kayaking, windsurfing, and stand-up paddle boarding. Full details of the activities available (some of which will require booking in advance) can be found at: http://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/things-to-do/water-activities . Bookings can be made online, or in some instances by calling Hamilton Island Tour Desk on 07 4946 8305.

Getting Around

Hamilton Island provides holiday goers with a free shuttle bus service, however for those preferring to have their own buggy, these can be hired from the nearby Hamilton Island Buggy Hire, with options to rent by the hour or by the day. Pre-booking of buggies is recommended, especially during peak seasons when demand can be high. Hire rates and buggy bookings can be found at: http://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/reserve-your-buggy. For families or anyone wanting to learn as they have fun, the buggy rally is a good choice and a great way to explore what the island has on offer. The rally involves driving around the island and answering trivia questions at each stop. Prizes are offered daily too!
Hamilton Island Resort Buggy Hire
Hamilton Island provides holiday goers with a free shuttle bus service, however for those preferring to have their own buggy, these can be hired from the nearby Hamilton Island Buggy Hire, with options to rent by the hour or by the day. Pre-booking of buggies is recommended, especially during peak seasons when demand can be high. Hire rates and buggy bookings can be found at: http://www.hamiltonisland.com.au/reserve-your-buggy. For families or anyone wanting to learn as they have fun, the buggy rally is a good choice and a great way to explore what the island has on offer. The rally involves driving around the island and answering trivia questions at each stop. Prizes are offered daily too!