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airlie beach (dest)
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Airlie BeachAirlie Beach is a seaside village in the town of Whitsunday, Queensland, Australia. Airlie Beach is known as the Heart of Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR) due to it's position near the center of the GBR that streaches for two thousand kilometres along the coast. Near latitude 20 degrees South, Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands enjoy a tropical climate and lifestyle. The Whitsunday Islands, named by James Cook in 1770 are a sailors paridise. Each year the folk of Airlie Beach celebrate The Blessing of the Fleet on Whitsun Day or Pentecost Sunday. Now in its sixteenth year (2005) the Blessing was started by Father Keith Felgate and Cap'n Dan Van Blarcom. Airlie Beach is a major tourist destination and embarkation point for both the Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef.
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