Hill Inlet and Whitehaven Beach

Possibly the most famous location in the Whitsundays and for good reason - it's spectacular! We anchored in nearby Tongue Bay thinking it would be a quiet anchorage before heading to the beach the following day. Not so, I think every backpacker dive/sightseeing boat was anchored there when we arrived and then when the day trippers left, the overnight backpacker dive boats arrived and they were huge.

Having said that it was a nice anchorage and a convenient place to stop to head to the look out or to the beach. I really think the  view to Hill Inlet is hard to beat.

Scott even had to perform a "rescue" from one of the backpacker tenders had a motor failure. But it was so windy and with only 3.3hp on our outboard trying to tow a bigger heavy tender, they couldn't get too far and other help was called for.