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July is a special time of year in Airlie Beach and The Whitsundays because the weather is normally beautiful and there are humpback whales everywhere! TEMPERATURE In July, Airlie Beach and The Whitsundays are a pleasure to be in with day time temperatures rarely going above 24 degrees and at night it will start to…

June is one of the best months of the year weatherwise, and we start to see increased marine life activity in the form of manta rays, dolphins and whales.  Autumn is always a great time of year to visit the far north and here is why. TEMPERATURE In June, Airlie Beach and The Whitsundays are…

May is one of our glamour months with blue skies, warm days, coolish nights, clear water and hardly any rain.  Autumn is generally a great time of year to visit the far north and here is why. Temperature In May, Airlie Beach and The Whitsundays are absolutely spectacular more often than not.  The wet season…

April is when our weather here really gets ‘turned on’.  The rain from the wet season is more or less gone and the temperature starts to drop.  The biggest benefit is the humidity dropping which means less sweat. Temperature In April, Airlie Beach and The Whitsundays are the picture-perfect brochure worthy days we all love…

March is the tail end of the wet season in Airlie Beach and The Whitsundays.  This means that it may still rain at night, like January and February, though it is clearing up. Temperature In March, Airlie Beach and The Whitsundays the tropical destination that dreams are made of.  With daytime temperatures around 30 degrees…

February is right in the middle of the wet season in Airlie Beach.  Which naturally means that it will be wet.  Though certainly not all the time, most of our rain happens at night. Temperature In February, Airlie Beach and The Whitsundays will be a hot tropical destination that hovers around 30 degrees celsius. Heatwaves…

January is the wet season in Airlie Beach which means we can get 5 seasons in one day.  Yes, I said 5, the fifth season is what is commonly known as a cyclone. Temperature In January, Airlie Beach will generally hover around 30 degrees Celsius in the day and drop to 25 degrees at night….

While Debbie was by far the most destructive and devastating for all of us here, it’s important not to forget the cyclones that came before.  Below the list is a track map of all the cyclones that passed Airlie Beach within 100km. ADA – 1970 GERTIE – 1971  VERA – 1974 DAWN – 1976 OTTO…

Yes, Airlie Beach is a good place to live.  Most people here would say it’s the best place to live and here is why. Community Everyone in Airlie Beach is generally happy and friendly.  It’s the kind of place that passing someone on a footpath is usually accompanied by a friendly ‘hello’.  This is mostly…

Red Cat Adventures brings home the gold Asher and Julie Telford could never have imagined ‘the cat was in the bag’ when they walked into the 2019 Qantas Australian Tourism Awards in Canberra on Friday night.At the end of the ceremony their Whitsunday business, Red Cat Adventures, was the recipient of not one, but…

WHITSUNDAYS BRINGS HOME GOLD AT THE AUSTRALIAN TOURISM AWARDS Red Cat Adventures brings home Gold and Silver!. It was the Australian tourism industry’s night of nights, and The Whitsundays was front and centre of the celebrations at the 2020 Australian Tourism Awards in Canberra last night. The Whitsundays had two operators in the running for…

Paradise Cove Resort – 7 reasons to check out this amazing, secluded mainland resort in the Whitsundays! Paradise Cove Resort Whitsundays is a private estate situated about 20km from Airlie Beach in the Whitsundays. The mainland resort can be accessed by bus, boat, seaplane or helicopter but it is so secluded, boat is the…