Australia, Airlie Beach and Whitsunday Islands

An ansolute must do in Australia is sailing on a boat around the beautiful Whitsunday Islands. Airlie Beach is the town where all the trips start from. You need to decide how long you want to go for 2 days, 2 nights, 2 days 1 night, 3 days 2 nights and lots more. There are far too many boats to choose from. Basically you need to choose whether you want to go on a backpacker party boat or not. These would be great fun and you'll meet people but you'll be packed in like sardines but they are cheaper. You can also choose to go on maxi racing yachts that have won prestigous races. There are also tall ships which are slower and you can play pirate.
A great website with info on loads of boats is OZMagic.
We chose to go with Classic Sail Whitsundays on a beautiful wooden boat called the Ron of Argyll with sails and loads of charm. King George V sailed on her and Marilyn Monroe and JFK were once guests! We did 3 days 2 nights which was a perfect time. Ron of Argyll normally does the 2 day 2 night trip and another boat, the Ileola does the 3 day trip but the Ileola was being worked on so Ron did her trip. The boat was absolutely beautiful, felt like royalty in such a beautiful surroundings. The food was also spectacular as the skipper, jovial Massimo, is VERY Italian and ensures all the food is superb. Between October and May you can hire stinger suits from the marina to protect against the deadly box jellyfish which must be worn when in the water. There is a bottle shop at the marina as well which opens at 8 so you can stock up.
Here are some other companies we looked at with boats:
ProSail
Aussie Adventure Sailing
OZSail
The beach is not great at Airlie Beach but there's a swimming lagoon free of jellyfish behind the shops along the seafront.