Each week, expat Kiwis tell us what they most love about living by Queensland's beaches. Today we hear from travel journalist Lee Mylne.

Ewan McDonald is set adrift on memory bliss after a Whitsundays yacht charter holiday.

After meeting the denizens of land and sea at Heron Island, Rod Emmerson does not want to come home again.

New controversy has erupted around the decision to allow 3 million tonnes of dredge spoil to be dumped near the fragile Great Barrier Reef.

Peter Chapman discovers the island paradises of the southern reef.

We round up some of the best places to stay when you're looking for a spot of luxury in the wilderness.

Dennis and Rosamund Knill discover a distant shore and a whole new world of adventure around Queensland's coast.

To land on this remote coral cay at the precise time of a lunar eclipse is notably auspicious in itself.

Sailing through Queensland's Whitsunday Islands opens up a new world of salt-laden adventure, writes Paul Rush.

It's taken about 20,000 years to build one of the natural wonders of the world, but Kiwi travellers can put themselves right in the middle of the thing within just a few hours.

Jennifer Ennion braves the journey to Lady Musgrave, the second-southernmost island in the Great Barrier Reef.

At the southern limits of the Great Barrier Reef, Paul Rush finds a special place reserved for nature lovers.

An exciting search for a turtle encounter is one of the main draws on the central Queensland coast.

This distinctive coral reef is part of the Great Barrier Reef, which floats in the warm waters of Australia's Coral Sea.

There's always something happening on this island beauty in the Whitsunday chain.