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Aerial view of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: turquoise reef flats with dark coral heads and a pale sand bank in deep blue sea

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park: map

12 places with verified coordinates · 1 with photo

Bookable in the park · 7

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Viewpoints

Water

Where to stay

Nature

Surroundings

Surroundings · Outer reef off Port Douglas

Agincourt Reef

Destination of the large catamarans from Port Douglas.

How to get there: Cairns, Port Douglas or Airlie Beach

Port Douglas

According to the local tourism organisation, reef tours leave from Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation, as full-day or half-day trips to a pontoon or to several reefs.

Tourism Port Douglas Daintree: Great Barrier Reef (tours from Port Douglas and Cape Tribulation) ↗

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Nature · Lighthouse on the Low Isles

Low Isles Light

Coral cay off Port Douglas, visited on sailing and snorkelling trips.

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-16.38408, 145.55977

Nature · Outer reef off Cairns

Hastings Reef

One of the reefs that tours from Cairns visit depending on the weather.

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Nature · Outer reef off Cairns

Flynn Reef

Coral heads in shallow water.

Activities: snorkelling, diving, sailing, scenic flights

Snorkelling and diving

Most day tours go to the outer reef, to pontoons or to coral cays. According to the Reef Authority, the Marine Park is home to 1,625 species of fish, 450 species of hard coral and six of the seven species of marine turtle.

Reef Authority (GBRMPA): facts about the Great Barrier Reef (344,400 km², about 3,000 reefs, established 1975) ↗

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Hill Inlet in the Whitsundays on the Great Barrier Reef: swirls of white silica sand and turquoise water between forested hills
Photo: Jeremymcwhirter ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Nature · Heart-shaped reef within Hardy Reef

Heart Reef

Only visible from above, on scenic flights from Airlie Beach.

Islands, white silica sand and Heart Reef – the most visited area of the reef.

Departure point
Airlie Beach
Whitehaven Beach
about 25 km (16 mi) east
Plan of Management
since 1998
Hill Inlet
Lookout trail 1.3 km

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Whitsundays

White silica sand, turquoise tidal channels and a heart-shaped reef – the most visited area of the Great Barrier Reef.

Reef charge (environmental management charge) of the Reef Authority, as of 9 September 2026
Full day (trip of 3 hours or more in the Marine Park)A$8.50
Short trip under 3 hoursA$4.25
Full day from 1 April 2027A$9

Beaches, reefs & getting there

Activities: snorkelling, diving, sailing, scenic flights

Scenic flights

By plane or helicopter over the reefs; some tours land on the water or at pontoons. From above you can also see Heart Reef.

Reef Authority: ways to visit (day tours, flights, bareboats, ferries) ↗

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Water · Inlet at the northern end of Whitehaven Beach

Hill Inlet

White silica sand and tidal channels.

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Whitsundays

White silica sand, turquoise tidal channels and a heart-shaped reef – the most visited area of the Great Barrier Reef.

Beaches, reefs & getting there

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Water · Beach on Whitsunday Island

Whitehaven Beach

About 25 km (16 mi) east of Airlie Beach, by boat or plane only.

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Whitsundays

White silica sand, turquoise tidal channels and a heart-shaped reef – the most visited area of the Great Barrier Reef.

Beaches, reefs & getting there

How to get there: Cairns, Port Douglas or Airlie Beach

Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays

For the Whitsundays you travel via Proserpine to Airlie Beach or fly to Hamilton Island; tours leave from the marinas in Airlie Beach and from Shute Harbour.

Queensland Parks: Whitehaven Beach (access via Proserpine, Airlie Beach, Shute Harbour, Hamilton Island) ↗

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Viewpoint · Lookout over Hill Inlet

Hill Inlet Lookout Platform

On Tongue Point, 1.3 km (0.8 mi) return from Tongue Bay.

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Whitsundays

White silica sand, turquoise tidal channels and a heart-shaped reef – the most visited area of the Great Barrier Reef.

Beaches, reefs & getting there

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Where to stay · Campsite in coastal forest

Whitehaven Beach Camping

Book through Queensland Parks.

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Whitsundays

White silica sand, turquoise tidal channels and a heart-shaped reef – the most visited area of the Great Barrier Reef.

Beaches, reefs & getting there

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Viewpoint · Lookout at the southern end

South Whitehaven Beach Lookout

View north along the beach.

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Whitsundays

White silica sand, turquoise tidal channels and a heart-shaped reef – the most visited area of the Great Barrier Reef.

Beaches, reefs & getting there

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Water · Landing pad on the beach

Whitehaven Beach Helipad

For scenic flights with a landing.

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Whitsundays

White silica sand, turquoise tidal channels and a heart-shaped reef – the most visited area of the Great Barrier Reef.

Beaches, reefs & getting there

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-20.27811, 149.03559

Locations verified from the linked original sources and OpenStreetMap. The map shows no trails or park boundaries; markers do not imply that access is permitted.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenMapTiles, OpenFreeMap. Elevation: Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data); 3DEP, GMTED2010 and SRTM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey; EU-DEM (Copernicus, European Union); ETOPO1 (NOAA); ArcticDEM (NSF, DigitalGlobe); Geoscience Australia; Open Data Austria (DGM); Open Government Licence – Canada; INEGI; Land Information New Zealand; Kartverket; Environment Agency (UK).

Park photo: Photo: Ank Kumar ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

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