Bareboats are vessels, usually yachts, but can also be catamarans, motor cruisers and houseboats, that are chartered with no crew on board. Charterers do all the navigation and piloting of the vessel so boating experience is required. The Whitsunday Islands are the bareboat capital of the GBR with an enormous choice of vessels to choose from and vast cruising grounds...

A rugged, thickly wooded, continental island, 29 km southeast of Cairns, most of the 339ha of Fitzroy Island is National Park, with the exception of Fitzroy Island Resort at Welcome Bay. Large granite boulders border coral sand beaches, with star performer Nudey Beach rivalling WhitehavenBeach as the most photographed beach on the Queensland coast, Fitzroy has much to offer. It’s...

The vast lagoon of Lady Musgrave distinguishes it from other coral cays in the Capricornia Cays National Park. The big difference is that boats are able to anchor within the reef-encased lagoon. For cruising boaties Lady Musgrave offers the sort of idyllic lagoon anchorage often dreamt about (when the conditions are right of course!) 60km offshore, it’s a long trip...

Just 15 minutes drive north of downtown Cairns, Palm Cove might just as easily be known as Paperbark Cove. Ancient paperbark trees vie for shady dominance along the beachfront strip of Palm Cove. Lined with cafes, restaurants and resort hotels, Palm Cove is equally suited for brunch, lunch or dinner, a weekend getaway or a romantic week with a loved...

There is something wild and just a little bit sexy about far north Queensland’s Port Douglas. In some ways it’s a sort of tropical frontier-like town, with thongs and shorts the standard dress code amongst boisterous cane toad race crowds. While just a few paces along Macrossan Street, the elegantly attired glamour set lounge in oversized leather couches sipping mint...