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There are over 600 "Buggies" for rental on Hamilton Island and although you can see the island easily using the local bus service or walking if you are fit it is nice to have a "Buggy" for one day, it helps you get to those far off places, to go over the island for that last time, and most importantly it is fun.
Hire charges are approximately Au$90 for a 24 hour period, however you can hire for shorter and longer periods. The Hire Office is close to the central Administration Office near the Main Pool. Leave a Comment
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The free bus service is excellent and has two routes, one bus gets you to most major destinations including the walking and hiking tracks. This route takes 33 minutes to complete the round trip every 33 minutes. We took it early on during our holiday and it gave us a good knowledge of where most attractions were located and the distances should we decide to walk somewhere. The other bus service runs from the marina/restaurant area to the various resort accommodation locations.
We used the service regularly, particularly in the evening to return to our accommodation after dining at the marina, it saved us having to walk up the huge hill. For those who do not want the expense of hiring a buggy this bus service is ideal. Leave a Comment
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When taking a trip out to the Great Barrier Reef (which was absolutely sensational) make sure you take sea sick tablets.
We went with the Reefworld people and they were fantastic, they sold tablets on the boat (unfortunately they don't work for everyone). We went a few days after the Tsunami and obviously the waters were rather choppy, many people on our boat were ill (about 20). The staff ran around providing sick bags and cold cloths for peoples heads, they were great but if you can avoid it, take the tablets.
If you are like me and the tablets don't work all i can say is that the Barrier reef is so beautiful that despite how sick i was, i would still do it again. Leave a Comment
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They don't have cars on Hamilton. Just these little golf buggy thingys. Cute hey (the buggy that is haha). Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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A great way to see the Whitsunday Islands is on a cruise, you have the opportunity to spend a day on some of the islands as well as cruising past many of the 74 islands in the Whitsundays group. Whilst we were on Hamilton Island we saw a very large cruise boat anchored offshore for several days. Leave a Comment Theme: Ship/Boat
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We went home via Proserpine Airport on the mainland. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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Getting around the Island is easy with the hire of a golf buggy. It's easy to hire, just bill it to your room. Hire for a few hours or all day. Theme: Other
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The most popular form of travel around Hamilton Island is the golf buggy - you will see then everywhere, parked outside of accommodation, along the paths by the pool, and most scarily tearing along the roads at 10pm at night with drivers "well-lubricated" by a few drinks over dinner!!
You can hire then at the resort complex and there seems to be plenty of space to leave them. While the would be good if you were planning to do lots of activiteis like golf driving, target shooting or the wire-flyer which are on the opposite end of the resprt from the accommodation, I think they would be a bit redundant for just getting between you room and the beach or pool. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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The only way to travel on the island is via shuttle which starts early evening OR by buggy (yep, just like the ones you use for golf!). Hire is around $80 a day and truth be known, they are not really necessary.
You require an international or Australian licence to drive a buggy.
Walking to the Marina (where most of the shops and nightlife is located) only takes a few minutes and all of the pools and bars are a short walk away.
Do yourself a favour and only hire a buggy for a half day or two - that way you can see a bit of the outer island, such as the golf course and the lookout but don't get conned into thinking you need it each and every day to get around! Leave a Comment
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By far the easiest way to get to Hamilton Island is to fly straight there! Virgin Blue offer flights from Brisbane - or with a connection in Brisbane from Sydney and you can also fly on Jetstar direct from Sydney. There is a bit of competition on the route, when I looked you could score one-way fares for as low as $150 each way with either airline.
Not a bad start to your holiday - flying straight into the resort, jumping on a bus and hitting the beach within an hour! For information on fares and schedules, check out http://www.jetstar.com.au or http://www.virginblue.com.aur />
It may also be worth keeping an eye out in the papers on on these airline's websites as they quite often offer very good package deals with airfares, accommodation (and often meals) all rolled into one. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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