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This site is your online companion to the book of the same name, by David Colfelt. If you are looking for 100 Magic Miles of the Great Barrier Reef - The Whitsunday Islands, you can buy it direct from the publisher. Click here.
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Here you will learn about the magical stretch of the Queensland coast inside Australia's Great Barrier Reef known as 'The Whitsunday Islands. Find information on the books by David Colfelt, talk to local experts, share your experience and more. Stay Tuned!
Introduction to the Whitsundays
The Whitsunday islands are located just off the Queensland coast of Australia between approximately 20o and 21o south latitude. They are a group of rocky, mostly unpopulated continental islands (made up of the same stuff as the adjacent mainland but with fringing coral reefs). They were cut off from the mainland during the decline of the last ice age some 8500 years ago. From the sailor’s point of view they provide excellent cruising grounds, protected as they are from oceanic swells by the Great Barrier Reef which lies about 40 nautical miles to the east. They also have many sheltered anchorages each within easy sailing distance of the next.
What constitutes the Whitsunday islands?
When the Whitsundays’ European discoverer, James Cook, sailed through Passage in June 1770, he didn’t actually name the islands but rather 'Whitsunday's Passage', which was the passage between Cape Conway (20O 22’S, 148O 55’E)
The Whitsundays Book
By David Colfelt
Illustrations by Carolyn Colfelt
(1995)
ISBN 0-9590830-9-X (hard cover)
ISBN 064623039-5 (soft cover)
192 pages
Size: 148.5 mm x 210 mm
Weight: hard cover 487g; soft cover 370g
Recommended Retail Price: $A37.95 for hard cover w/dust jacket (including GST)
$A32.95 for soft cover w/flaps
Click here to order your copy direct from the publisher
Description
The Whitsundays book is a general introduction to the Whitsunday islands, including a wealth of detail about local history and the environment - geology, vegetation, the marine habitat, wildlife - as well as information on all of the activities available in this popular subtropical paradise
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