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Travel Destination Guide - Bedarra Island
Bedarra Island (Queensland, Australia) 
Bedarra Island Information
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Located just off the Queensland coast midway between Townsville and Cairns lies a part of the Family Group of Islands, Bedarra Island is a location which offers unspoilt rainforests and palm-fringed beaches, where the clear blue waters of the Coral Sea meet pristine white sand. It is 3 mls E of Mission Beach, 4 mls S of Dunk Island, 81 mls SE of Cairns and its international airport. It is the second largest of the family group of islands.
Bedarra is Australia's most exclusive island boasting a resort 16 Villas designed to blend in with the beauty of their natural surroundings accommodating a maximum of just 32 guests at any one time. When it comes to relaxing in glorious seclusion, Bedarra Island is the perfect retreat.
Guests rarely encounter their fellow escapees as they explore the pristine rainforest and bask in the sun on the secluded beaches.
This private island retreat provides many leisure activities taking advantage of the natural setting and is perfectly positioned close to the Great Barrier Reef. Guests can board a fast catamaran for a day trip to explore the wonders of the coral reefs or charter yachts are also available for sailing expeditions around the picturesque waters, visiting neighbouring islands including Dunk and Timana.
Other activities include tennis, bush-walking, snorkelling, fishing, paddle-skiing, catamaran sailing and massage, are also on offer but one of the most romantic ways to spend the day on Bedarra is to take a delicious gourmet picnic, complete with chilled champagne, and venture off in a motorised dinghy to find a private beach - and there are so many to choose from.
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Bedarra Island is most popular with seekers of intimate luxurious seclusion in a rainforest setting. It is a fair distance (18 mls) from the outer reef, so not favoured by divers.
The island has just 1 exclusive hotel with a maximum of 30 guests. There are 8 beaches of fine golden sand including some of the best on the Great Barrier Reef islands.
Both of the main beaches at the resort have rainforest right behind them. Wedgerock Bay Beach contains enormous granite boulder formations and the hotel's water-sports centre. Apart from eating, drinking and sunbathing, the favourite here is walking in the rainforest jungle on a clearly marked trail to the now abandoned resort of Bedarra Hideaway, spotting exotic flora and fauna along the way.
Taking your own outboard dinghy and iced-champagne picnic to a private beach for the day is also a pastime of choice. There is no night scene as such and visitors are generally confined to the occasional beach party and spending evenings in the hotel.
Excursions from the island consist of various boat trips for scuba diving, big-game fishing or just cruising the local islands. Dunk Island visit is also a popular excursion.
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Population: 20.090.400
Languages: English 79%, native and other languages
Currency: Australian dollar
Currency code: AUD
Local Times:
Australia - Australian Capital Territory - Canberra
Australia - New South Wales - Sydney
Australia - Tasmania - Hobart
Australia - Western Australia - Perth
Country Dialling Code: +61
Voltage: 240V 50Hz
Electrical plugs:
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Australia, officially called the Commonweath of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the continental mainland (the smallest of the World\'s continents).
The continent of Australia, with the island state of Tasmania, is approximately equal in area to the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Mountain ranges run from north to south along the east coast, reaching their highest point in Mount Kosciusko (7,308 ft; 2,228 m). The western half of the continent is occupied by a desert plateau that rises into barren, rolling hills near the west coast. The Great Barrier Reef, extending about 1,245 mi (2,000 km), lies along the northeast coast. The island of Tasmania (26,178 sq mi; 67,800 sq km) is off the southeast coast.
It may be one of the world's most ancient lands with its mystical red centre and brooding rock formations, but Australia is also characterised by its youthful energy, its freshness and its \'no worries\' philosophy.
Most of the population lives within a few miles of the beach and with the working day beginning and ending early, it\'s not uncommon to see city slickers out of their suits and into the surf come 4.30pm.
In high summer many families will enjoy a simple backyard barbecue several times a week.
The 22-hour journey means most European people visit for at least a couple of weeks, allowing time for all that the country has to offer, including its chic cities, terracotta desert, lush bush and magical ocean reefs.
But the sheer size of Australia means that one visit is unlikely to be enough.
The most popular attractions are undoubtedly Uluru (Ayers Rock), the Great Barrier Reef and the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge, but there are now more subtle incentives for a visit.
The wonderful fusion cuisine, the café society, the burgeoning art, culture and fashion scene, and the very real possibility of being the only person for miles around all conspire to make it a wholly alluring experience.
Australia is politically divided into six states and two territories, each one offering a different experience for the traveller. There is the drama of the remote \'Outback\', the colourful spectacle of the Great Barrier Reef and its coral islands, the excitement of the cosmopolitan cities, the sun and surf at some of the best beaches in the world, and the tropical rainforests of Western Australia. The list is endless in this diverse land of adventure, which boasts 2,000 national parks and 14 World Heritage-listed areas, along with more than 7,000 beaches.
Australia is a land of character too, with its melting pot of cultures. For more than 50,000 years the Aboriginal people lived and thrived in the continent\'s unique environment. It is believed the Aboriginals are the world\'s oldest civilisation, and in recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in keeping the Aboriginal culture alive and flourishing.
The vast continent at the bottom of the world was the last landmass to be discovered by European explorers. Captain James Cook arrived in Botany Bay in 1770 and sparked off generations of emigration to Australia, which for some time served as a penal colony. It was not until 1860 that two explorers - Robert Burke and William Wills - became the first Europeans to cross Australia from south to north. The country remains a magnet for modern explorers and adventurers and has a great deal to offer tourists and holidaymakers. |
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