Whitsunday Reef Festival
Whitsunday Reef Festival 2012
Thu 16 Aug 2012 - Margie Murphy
Whitsunday Reef Festival is here and excitement is in the air! Whitsunday’s annual festival is four days of fun with something for everyone so come out and enjoy!
Get into the festival spirit. Busi ... [more]
Whitsunday Reef Festival is here and excitement is in the air! Whitsunday’s annual festival is four days of fun with something for everyone so come out and enjoy!
Get into the festival spirit. Busi ... [more]
Pirates a plenty
Sat 07 Jul 2012 - John NaylerWith 5 weeks to go until Whitsunday Reef Festival, 16 – 19 August, the PIRATE THEME has taken a grip on Airlie Beach. Saturday just past had a pirate attack repelled by a hoard of local pirate childre ... [more]
Airlie Beach Hottest Spot In August
Sat 02 Jun 2012Airlie Beach will be the hottest spot in Queensland on the weekend 16 – 19 August when the Reef Festival joins up with the Great Whitsunday Fun Race for an entertaining weekend. Coming right on the ba ... [more]
Whitsunday Reef Festival 2011 wrap
Mon 24 Oct 2011 - John NaylerThe eleventh Whitsunday Reef Festival was held over the 4 days 20-23rd October 2011. Despite some “Belgium summer” skies, the festival registered in excess of 10,000 event attendances across the 4 day ... [more]
Beach Music Chill in the Park
Sun 23 Oct 2011 - John NaylerSunday afternoon at the beach has never been so “chilled”. Whitsunday Reef Festival wrapped up with a relaxed afternoon under the trees, beside the sea as more 1000 people drifted in to the space arou ... [more]
Telstra Whtisunday Family Fun Day
Sun 23 Oct 2011 - John NaylerThe Telstra Whitsunday Family Fun Day turned out such a great morning for the more that 600 people in attendance. Blue skies started the show, along with some light music including the Prosperine Stat ... [more]
Consider the Reef Rocked
Sun 23 Oct 2011 - John NaylerThe Whitsunday Reef Festival reached a crescendo last night with Rockin the Reef bought to you by the Airlie Beach Main Street traders group. Many many sponsors made it possible to entertain an estima ... [more]
Rotary Club of Airlie Beach Street Parade Mardi-Gras
Sat 22 Oct 2011 - John NaylerMore that 30 organisations and floats came out to be part of the Rotary Club of Airlie Beach Street Parade. Schools, companies, dance clubs, boat trips and service clubs made an extra effort to suppor ... [more]
ChannelWhitsunday.com Recyclable Regatta reminds and entertains.
Sat 22 Oct 2011Reef protection is a subject close to the hearts of all Whitsunday residents. The ChannelWhitsunday.com Recyclable Regatta is aimed at celebrating and reminding everyone of the importance of this fact ... [more]
Porters Reeffire entertains thousands
Fri 21 Oct 2011 - John NaylerThe Porters Reeffire lit up the grey evening for the entertainment of so many families and visitors to the Whitsundays on Friday night. Porters generous support of the second year has ensured that the ... [more]
Festival of Food - Palmers Lunch
Thu 20 Oct 2011 - John NaylerPalmers Restaurant was the kick off point for the Whitsunday Reef Festival with over 50 people enjoying the fine dining experience at the TAFE training facility.
Frocktails, Fashion TV and Fast Cars
Fri 26 Nov 2010Frocktails once again reinforced its place as the premium style event in Airlie Beach in 2010. Presented by Fashion TV, Frocktails went to a new level as cable TV arrived along with a fleet of prestig ... [more]
Graphic House Writers Competition Winning Entries
Fri 12 Nov 2010The 2010 Graphic House Writers Competition, part to the Big4 Adventure Reef Festival was a great success with many quality entries from schools across the Whitsunday area. The competition topics for ... [more]
O what fun - Telstra Whitsunday Family Fun Day
Tue 26 Oct 2010Under blue skies the Telstra Whitsunday Family Fun entertained hundreds of children and their parents. Across the morning there was a treasure hunt, free breakfast for the kids from Lions Club, egg an ... [more]
Bareboat Open Day attracts new boaties
Mon 25 Oct 2010Reproduced from the Whitsunday Times
Meridien Marina's Abel Point Marina was the venue for the final bareboat
open day for 2010. As part of the Whitsunday Reef Festival a line up of
eleven vessels was put on display. The new Montebello 12.5 from...
Success shines on Big 4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival 2010
Mon 25 Oct 2010A winter of unseasonable bad weather and economic concerns blew away Friday just past as Whitsunday Reef Festival got under way.
Celebrating 10 years in 2010, the festival had come of age with the ... [more]
Family Fun Day full of local delights
Sun 24 Oct 2010The sun shone on a brilliant day in the Whitsundays and the Telstra Whitsunday Family Fun Day. A large crowd of families came to experience a full day.
The “Made in The Whitsundays” brand promoting ... [more]
Consider the Reef Rocked
Sat 23 Oct 2010The Beach Music stage was the venue for an awesome mucisial display Saturday night of Big 4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival 2010. Dom Turner and Co, before the Bar Flaring competition delighted the ... [more]
Street Parade madness
Sat 23 Oct 2010With a mass of people never before seen in Shute Harbour Road, Airlie Beach the Rotary Club of Airlie Beach Street Parade has been the most popular event of the festival ever.
Thank you for Rotary ... [more]
Recycling and bareboats feature at the marina
Sat 23 Oct 2010Hundreds of people turned at Abel Point Marina to watch the spectacle of the inaugural Recycle Regatta. Sevens teams representing youth, families and corporates arrived with all manner of craft made f ... [more]
Sanding Sculpting
Sat 23 Oct 2010Lots of families and kids hit the beach on Saturday the 23rd of October for the annual sand sculpting competition. The competition was fierce in some corners as the teams looked for the edge with thoughtful decorations, rapid fire shovelling and colouring
VIDEO EZY STARLIGHT MOVIES RELOCATED
Fri 22 Oct 2010The Video Ezy Starlight Movies at the Lagoon have been relocated from the Airlie Beach Lagoon to Beach Plaza, on the Esplanade in Airlie Beach.
The overnight rain has left a very soggy viewing area ... [more]
Blair comes to Whitsunday Reef Festival
Fri 22 Oct 2010Blair, famous from the original series of Big Brother and recently in Dancing with the Stars, is coming to Whitsunday Reef Festival. You will see him around the various events of Festival including th ... [more]
Now that was funny!
Thu 21 Oct 2010Airlie Day Spa was the sponsor of the Comedy Gala as part of Whitsunday Reef Festival 2010. A sell out crowd of 90 people supplied a great atmosphere at Waterline on Shingley to enjoy a non-stop laugh ... [more]
Go Girl wins the Dress the Street competition
Thu 21 Oct 2010Sponsored by Airlie Beach Hotel the winner of the Dress the Street competition was Go Girl, located adjacent to McDonalds in Airlie Beach.
Palmers Restaurant
Thu 21 Oct 2010Julia Wheway was delighted with the attendance at the Palmers Restaurant lunch as the kick off dining opportunity for the Whitsunday Reef Festival 2010
Scuplt the sand
Sat 16 Oct 2010Come to the Airlie beach foreshore Saturday morning and help sculpt the beach into an art gallery full of creativity. The zest design sand sculpting competition is free for everyone and welcomes famil ... [more]
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Thu 14 Oct 2010One week till the Whitsunday Reef Festival has placed a committee of great people on tender hooks about the success of the long weekend to come 21-24 October 2010. Now it is 10 th year, the festival h ... [more]
Flair Gods hit Airlie
Thu 30 Sep 20108 of Australia and New Zealand's best Flair Bartenders will descend on the Big4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival to battle it out to be the first ever "Airlie Flair God"!! Our 8 contestants will pe ... [more]
PCYC Recycled Raft launching with Jan Clifford
Mon 27 Sep 2010The "Recyclable Regatta" took the next step in its build up today with the PCYC school holiday crew launching their recycled raft at the Airlie Beach Lagoon.
The prototype looked to need some furt ... [more]
Local foods feature across festival
Sat 25 Sep 2010The Whitsunday Reef Festival celebrates its tenth year in 2010 and the value it adds to town can't be measured. Boosting the local economy, extra visitors to town for the weekend to make the most of a ... [more]
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This year's Whitsunday Reef Festival features an event to raise awareness of an important reef protection issue. Every year increasing signs are evident on the once pristine shores of the Whitsunday I ... [more]
Recyclable Regatta raises awareness
Wed 22 Sep 2010This year's Whitsunday Reef Festival features an event to raise awareness of an important reef protection issue. Every year increasing signs are evident on the once pristine shores of the Whitsunday I ... [more]
North Queensland Institute of Training helps out Reef Festival volunteers
Tue 21 Sep 2010New local business North Queensland Institute of Training has come on board as a Big4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival partner, with some very special assistance to the committee of volunteers who o ... [more]
The search is on for a local DJ
Fri 17 Sep 2010Whitsundays local DJs are being offered the chance of live radio air time, as the Big4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival committee announced this week they were searching for someone to set the sound ... [more]
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Plastic bottles, old magazines, coat hangers, just about anything could become a school holidays activity next week!
The Rotary Club of Airlie Beach Wearable Art parade is on again as part of the Big ... [more]
Get creative!
Wed 15 Sep 2010Plastic bottles, old magazines, coat hangers, just about anything could become a school holidays activity next week!
The Rotary Club of Airlie Beach Wearable Art parade is on again as part of the Big ... [more]
Inaugural writing competition announced
Mon 13 Sep 2010Budding young writers will have a chance to showcase their talents in the inaugural Graphic House Writers Competition as part of this year’s Big4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival.
Event coordinator ... [more]
Airlie Beach businesses challenged to Dress Up The Main Street
Sun 12 Sep 2010The Big4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival challenges Airlie Beach businesses to the Main Street Dress Up competition.
Show your community spirit and celebrate the Great Barrier Reef as part of ... [more]
Fashion TV for Frocktail event
Thu 09 Sep 2010THE Big4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival's signature fashion event, Frocktails, just got even more glamorous, with confirmation this week that Pay TV's Fashion TV would be covering the event.
Party Time! Get ready for the Big 4 Adventure Reef Fest Street Parade
Tue 31 Aug 2010Party Time! will be the theme of this year's Reef Festival Street Parade.
Celebrating the festival's 10th year, the parade is sure to be a crowd favourite yet again, and the participants will be havi ... [more]
Australia's Got Talent comes to Airlie Beach with The Twine and Swoon to play at this years fest!
Thu 05 Aug 2010Find out about the great live music for this years Big 4 Whitsunday Reef Festival.
Team Kerr on board for the Big 4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival
Mon 02 Aug 2010Team Kerr on board for the Big 4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival
Whitsunday Reef Festival Wrap
Mon 26 Oct 2009With the dust now settled in 2009's Whitsunday Reef Festival the time has come to reflect on the success. Over 4 days of the festival, our little town came alive with a complete range of festival acti ... [more]
Reef Festival Street Parade more popular than ever
Wed 21 Oct 2009The main street, only 4 bus lengths long and magnificently bitumened was the scene of the Rotary Club of Airlie Beach Street Parade during the BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival.
Featuring sco ... [more]
Free of the Phonies play Reef Festival
Tue 20 Oct 2009With the dust settling on BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival, the great feedback has been rolling in.
The finale of four days of action packed entertainment and fun was the local youth band " ... [more]
Tonight's going to be a good night!!
Sat 17 Oct 2009Now in its 3rd year of success, Frocktails @ Deja vu, Water's Edge Resort broke records and moved the event to premier position as the Whitsunday's "be seen" event.
With fashions from Beachworx, Th ... [more]
BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival 2009
Sat 26 Sep 2009John Nayler speaks with Steve McDonald about the BIG4 Adventure Whitsunday Reef Festival 2009 while at Deja Vu restaurant, Water's Edge Resort, Airlie Beach.
These is heaps of information available ... [more]
Tempo Lifestyles Frocktails
Sat 15 Nov 2008Celebrating the peak of Whitsunday Reef Festival 2008 and fine fashion was Tempo Lifestyles Frocktails. Held around the pool at Deja Vu restuarant, Water's Edge Resort the sun set on 150 + of Airlie B ... [more]
Whitsunday Wearable Art shines again
Sat 15 Nov 2008The youth of the Whitsundays once again showed there designing prowess with the Rotary Club sponsored Wearable Art competition. A dazzling display of creativity was on display during the Whitsunday Tr ... [more]
Whitsunday Transit Street Parade of colour
Sat 15 Nov 2008Whitsunday Transit where the sponsors of this year's Street Parade, which showcased a mass of colour. With floats from Goldings, Ngaro people, Save Our foreshore, Whitsunday scouts, the schools, weara ... [more]
Rockin the Reef, rocks the reef
Fri 14 Nov 2008Presented by Airlie Beach Music, this year's Rockin the Reef was THE live music event for the Whitsundays in 2008. Headlined by Evermore with the David Flower Band, and DJ LA Walker, the very foundati ... [more]
Reef Festival 2007 Street Parade
Mon 05 Nov 2007With the sun still shining on Reef Festival 2007, the final day activities included the street parade and beach BBQ. The street parade was a bumper display of smiling faces, brightly decorated cars, t ... [more]
Reef Festival 2007 Frocktails
Fri 02 Nov 2007One of the gala events of Reef Festival was Frocktails, held at Deja Vu at the Water's Edge Resort. Guests were wow'd with fashions from The Strand and Gear as the sun set over another gorgeous Whitsu ... [more]
Reef Festival 2007 Comedy Gala
Thu 01 Nov 2007Coral Sea Resort was the venue for the Comedy Gala. Southern acts including Dave Jory and Eric Hutton entertained the party goers pool side under another brilliant Whitsunday evening sky.
Reef Festival 2007 Jazz at the Foreshore
Sun 28 Oct 2007As part of the diverse range of entertainment at Reef Festival 2007, the Airlie Beach foreshore was the venue for jazz entertainment. Another wonderful way to spend time at Airlie Beach, Whitsundays.
Reef Festival 2007 Beach Volley
Sun 28 Oct 2007As one of the fun activities of Reef Festival 2007, Bayley from Curious Concepts organised a beach volleyball comp at Magnums.
Reef Festival 2007 Airlie Beach Hotel Dinner Party
Sat 27 Oct 2007Dinner has never looked so good! With the combination of "wearable art" fashion from the youth of the Whitsundays and the fine cuisine from Airlie Beach Hotel and Fish D'Vine, Whitsundays was wow'd un ... [more]
Reef Festival 2007 Sand Sculpting
Sat 27 Oct 2007Airlie Beach was this morning the scene of the CPQ Real Estate sand sculpting competition. Kids of all ages got busy with spades, shovels and buckets to create a range of interesting creatures includi ... [more]
Reef Festival 2007 Fireworks
Fri 26 Oct 2007Start the party with a bang was the instruction... and Reef Festival 2007 certainly did that. The small community that is the Whitsundays turned out in droves to line the beach and foreshore to witnes ... [more]