australia's top five islands for holiday

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Australia’s Top Five Islands for HolidayAustralia, a great and beautiful place to celebrate holidays offers lots of unique and miscellaneousexperiences. The country has more than 1000 islands within its maritime boundaries, and the largestisland off the mainland is Tasmania. Just take a Phillip Island tour to see and explore the water activities,hiking, camping, swimming, diving and observe different wildlife’s. Top five best islands in Australia forholiday / vacation are given below:

1. Hamilton Island

This island is located on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef and is a part of Queensland's WhitsundayIslands. Hamilton Island is popular for its stunning weather, World Heritage listed reef and gorgeousbeaches, visitors can choose between a variety of accommodations or hotels to suit all budgets. Inaddition, there are cafes, bars, restaurants and night clubs with lots of activities to choose from. You canenjoy quad bike tours, go carts, water activities, scenic flights, a wildlife park and enjoy golf game.

2. Dunk Island

It is the Island of Peace and Plenty and the largest of the Family Islands. Dunk continues to be the mostgorgeous rainforest island and is situated 120 kilometers south of Cairns. Most of the island is a NationalPark with unique tracts of virgin rainforests, turquoise seas and sweeping arcs of golden sand. Holiday-makers visiting this Island will get an instant sense of being in a tropical heaven enjoying in the perfectharmony made by balancing rainforest views and vistas of dazzling blue sky.

3. Phillip Island

It is popular for its Penguin Parade and the Australian Motorbike Grand Prix across the world. PhillipIsland is a great destination for a weekend getaway or family holiday. There are many kinds ofaccommodation options and plenty of things visitors can do, including visiting a maze, playing golf,wildlife coast cruises, visiting the Phillip Island Nature Park and helicopter scenic flights.

4. Kangaroo Island

This island is one of the largest islands in Australia, with most of the population being working as primaryproducers. Kangaroo Island is famous worldwide for its epicure foods such as sheep cheese, seafood,wine and honey. The country side varies across about 150 kms length with wetlands, sand dunes, widebeaches and bush land.

5. Daydream Island

Lying just 5 kilometers from the mainland is the closest of the Whitsunday Islands to Shute Harbour. Thisisland is just 1 kilometer long and half a kilometer wide, and is always popular with day visitors becauseit is situated in a short distance from the mainland. Tourists and travelers can do lots of things here like ,jet-skiing, parasailing, sail boarding, coral viewing in glass bottomed boats and can play some sportsgames like Play tennis, volleyball and badminton.

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