Whitehaven Beach, Australia

Post by **being lonely** » Aug 01, 2015 Views: 1927

Whitehaven Beach is a 7 km stretch along Whitsunday Island, Australia. The island is accessible by boat from the mainland tourist ports of Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour, as well as Hamilton Island. The beach was named and discovered in 1879 by Staff Commander EP Bedwell. Being one of the many names from the then English county of Cumberland Bedwell brought to the area following James Cook's 1770 naming of the island group The Cumberland Islands.

ritika · Post by **ritika** » Aug 06, 2015

Thanks for the wonderful post & images. Except Whitehaven Beach there are so many popular beaches such as Lizard Island, Queensland, Byron Bay Beach, Mandalay Beach, Wineglass Bay, 75 Mile Beach, Noosa Main Beach, Cable Beach & much more!!!!!

journeyadvisorz · Post by **journeyadvisorz** » Aug 10, 2015

So beautiful & amazing location. Thanks for sharing with us.

Post by **admin** » Aug 10, 2015

This is a lovely place