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The Whitsunday Gold Coffee Plantation is located just North of Proserpine, it is famously known  for The Great Barrier Bean and Australia's largest coffee plantations. The Whitsunday Gold Coffee Plantation is Award Winning Coffee served by the best!

Information available at http://www.whitsundaygold.com/

Cannonvale Beach is a beautiful beach with a swimming enclosure and bbq area. It is fantastic for a stroll or a lazy day. It also boasts Fat Frog, a very popular coffee cafe overlooking the beach.

Saturdays we have our local markets on the foreshore in Airlie Beach and here you can purchase everything from local fresh produce, jewellery, local handicrafts, clothing, food and all the usual sorts of stalls that markets attract. It's a lovely way to spend your morning.

Proserpine, our main commercial centre, is approximately 25 kilometres from Airlie Beach, was founded on sugar cane and the mill still operates today. Proserpine is a lovely historic township and worthy of a visit. Also located at Proserpine is the Proserpine Swimming Pool and Waterpark. This is an Olympic size pool and heated during the winter. It's a great pool for the serious swimmer or just for a fun day. There are lap lanes for the serious swimmer who want to get into the water and do some 'mileage'.

Proserpine Swimming Pool is located at 79-83 Anzac Ave, Proserpine and now has a water park which has a "zero depth" play for children of all ages.

Facilities include:

• Olympic sized heated outdoor pool with shade cover and grandstand

• Heated outdoor toddler pool with shade cover

• Dedicated heated learn to swim pool with shade cover

• Beautiful landscaped grounds for relaxation

• Playground

• Giant water inflatables

On the way out to Proserpine there is a turn-off taking you through the Conway Range to Conway Beach. This is a quaint sleepy little holiday town worth a visit, don't forget to visit Cedar Creek Falls on the way to Conway. These falls are seasonal but they are still a beautiful part of the National Park. Likewise we have a bushwalk/rainforest walk through the Conway Ranges. This walking track goes for 25 kilometres (approximately) and finishes behind the township of Airlie Beach. You have the choice to do a relaxed 2 or 4 kilometre walk or overnight and walk the whole distance. Equally the full walk can be completed in abut 8 hours for the fit and active. (Weather permitting).

Heading North of the Whitsundays is Dingo Beach and Hideaway Bay. Both of these little pockets of local residents are very scenic and idyllic - giving the visitor a wonderful insight into some magical out-of-the-way areas where some locals live. The beaches are very nice and the Hotel on the beach is down-to-earth and friendly. A car is needed to visit these places due to their being 'off the beaten track' and basically just leading to beachfront. Doesn't get any better really!

There is lots more to experience and explore in Airlie Beach and the surrounds, the above is just a small sample of what's on offer in our local area. Why not come and see for yourself?