Formerly called West Molle Island,
it was renamed Daydream Island in 1933 when the original hotel (long
since gone) was built on it. One of the smallest islands in the
Whitsundays, it measures only ¾ ml by around 200 yds at its widest. It
is continental (the top of a submerged mountain) but only reaches a
maximum height of 167 ft. About half is covered by tropical forest where
wallabies, lorikeets, kuloo birds and sizeable lizards live.
The hotel accommodation occupies
the NE corner and it is only a short distance along a coastal boardwalk
to the shops, second pool and resort areas, which occupy the whole of
the S tip and where day-trippers can use the facilities.
Daydream Island is located just off the
coast of Queensland in the Coral Sea (3 mls NE of Shute Harbour,
nearest mainland access port, 11 mls NW of Hamilton Island and its
airport, 710 mls NW of Brisbane, 410 mls SE of Cairns, both with
international airports). It is part of the Whitsunday group of islands
and is also a member of a smaller group called the Molle Islands.
Daydream Island comprises three
beaches, composed mainly of broken fragments of smoothed coral, giving
the effect of a pebble beach; some small patches of fine, light coral
sand. A northern water-sports beach and the smaller western Sunlovers
Beach are both flanked by black volcanic rocks. Snorkelling and scuba
diving over the coral reef off the beach.
A few shopping outlets exist at the S
end of the resort offer souvenirs, general holiday requisites,
child-care items, photographic supplies/developing, swimwear, hair and
beauty services etc.
Activities on the island consist of:
tennis, volleyball, crazy golf, gymnasium, windsurfing, sailing,
snorkelling, fish feeding, table tennis, boules, paddle boats and
organised entertainments are all included. Motorised water sports
incurring a charge are jet-skis, parasailing, water-skiing, (inner) tube
rides behind a speedboat, glass-bottomed boats and scuba diving. By
night there is a full entertainments programme with live shows, bands
etc. Australia’s only outdoor cinema with a liquor licence shows recent
releases.
Local excursions include trips to
Whitehaven Beach, Airlie Beach, cruises to the Great Barrier Reef for
scuba diving or snorkelling, cruise of Whitsunday Islands, game and
deep-sea fishing, scenic helicopter flights.
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