Australian Island Holiday Destinations

If you are a visitor to Australia, or an Australian looking for a unique holiday experience, then you would find it hard to not go to one of our world class island destinations.

Australia has over 8000 islands around our beautiful country, and some of them are best known for relaxation, fullfilling experiences and adventures, that visitors to Australian Islands will always have some of the best times of their lives.

There are so many different island experiences to enjoy in Australia, with Queensland having the Whitsunday Islands group and the Great Barrier Reef , holiday makers to these regions can expect a first class destination with top shelf activities like scuba diving, bareboat charters, sailing, game fishing and relaxing beach explorations.

There are also great island experiences to be enjoyed further south like Lord Howe Island , off the NSW north coast, Kangaroo Island in South Australia, and Rottnest Island in Western Australia. For the adventurous, just north of Darwin , the beautiful Tiwi Islands are well worth a visit.

So next holiday you are planning - come and refreshingly wreck yourself on an Australian Island...

	Rottnest Island - Western Australia Just a short ferry trip or air taxi ride to a safe friendly and protected beaches of the Basin Beaches		Fitzroy Island - Queensland A large continental island just 24 km (15 miles) east of Cairns, Fitzroy island is the third most northerly in the Great Barrier Reef.
	Dunk Island - Queensland Part of the Family Group of Islands, and one of the most tropical on the Barrier Reef in terms of its lush vegetation		Orpheus Island - North Queensland. A coral fringed island resort within its own national park, Orpheus Island Resort offers the ultimate in Great Barrier Reef holidays
	Bedarra Island - Nth Queensland Very exclusive, very luxurious and very beautiful. In setting out to describe Bedarra you need a compendium of		Lizard Island - North Queensland There's lush rainforests and wildflowers and of course, powder white beaches and vivid coral gardens of the sea.
	Hinchinbrook Island - North Queensland The largest island national park in the world, Hinchinbrook Island is the perfect place to restore body mind and spirit.		Magnetic Island - North QLD 23 spectacular beaches a dramatic coastline studded with magnificent hoop pines, Magnetic Island is the "natural destination
	Hayman Island - Whitsundays QLD At Hayman you get the best of both worlds, magnificent luxury and the natural beauty of a tropical paradise.		Hook Island - Whitsundays. QLD Two magnificent 5km fjord-like inlets, Nara and Macona cut into the southern end of Hook Island to provide a perfect anchorage
	Daydream Island - Whitsundays Daydream is extremely popular due to its natural beauty and variety of water activities available.		South Molle Island - Whitsundays. QLD a very picturesque, hilly continental island with undulating grasslands, lush pockets of rainforest, secluded bays and fringing reefs
	Whitsunday Island - Whitsundays QLD The largest of all the Islands in the Whitsundays. Surrounded by crystal clear waters and coral, is an idyllic paradise		Hamilton Island - Whitsundays. QLD Hamilton is the only Queensland island with a modern jet airport. The whole island is a world class resort
	Lindeman Island - Whitsundays QLD There's 20km of bushwalking tracks, all beautifully maintained. Stroll through Butterfly Valley or Climb Mt Oldfield		Brampton Island - Whitsundays. QLD Pretty as a picture postcard, Brampton Island, has been classified as a national park since 1932.
	Long Island - Whitsundays. QLD When you dream of an island holiday, this is what you're dreaming of. Hammocks swinging under palm trees, golden sandy		Fraser Island - Great Sandy NP. QLD a nature based holiday destination which offers spectacular white beaches, coloured sand cliffs, dunes, creeks, lakes, wildflower
	Wilson Island - Southern Reefs QLD Imagine being a castaway far from civilisation on a deserted coral island. Yours to share with just sixteen others		North West Island - Southern Reefs QLD North West island offers visitors a very quiet place to get away, relax end enjoy the crystal clear waters of the southern reefs
	Great Keppel Island - Queensland Great Keppel Island is the tropic of fun. Most of the island is a national park, with 28km of beaches, small secluded bays		Heron Island - South Reefs. QLD Rated as one of the best diving locations on earth, the reef is practically at your doorstep, so all you have to do is go walking.
	Lady Musgrave Island - Queensland an uninhabited coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef, one of the world’s greatest natural phenomenons .		Lady Elliot Island - Queensland The diving here is fantastic with 10 dive sites including Lighthouse Bommie, Coral Gardens, Moiri, and Shark Pool. Excellent visibility and
	Kangaroo Island - South Australia Kangaroo Island has one of Australia’s most impressive concentrations of wildlife and is an idyllic holiday destination.		Stradbroke Island. South East QLD Straddies unspoilt beaches and headlands are perfect for swimming, surfing and fishing year round.
	Torres Strait Islands - NTH QLD An intresting region to visit, the Torres Strait Islands are renowned for pearling, crayfish and the trochus industries.		Bass Strait Islands - Tasmania Known for their fauna & produce, the islands are what remains of a land bridge between the Australian mainland and Tasmania.
	Lord Howe Island - NSW stroll on the white sand beaches, snorkel over pristine coral reefs, scuba dive more than 50 sites with colourful fish.		Tiwi Islands - Northern Territory The islands of Melville and Bathurst are known as the Tiwi Islands Northern Territory Located 80 kilometres of Darwin
	Norfolk Island Imagine a lush, beautiful island with sandy beaches, jagged cliffs and tall pine trees supported by a local community		Hidden Costs of Internet Plans

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Australian Island Holiday Destinations

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