W e already knew it, but the best beaches in the world are found right here in Australia.Whitehaven Beach in Queensland has been crowned the best beach in the world by Lonely Planet, and a lesser ...

Beaches in Queensland Whitehaven Beach. Dazzling Whitehaven Beach is one of Australia’s most photographed beaches, famous for its powder-fine pure white silica sand - wear your sunglasses!

Five not-so-secret but still beaut Australian beaches Whitehaven Beach, Qld. Whitehaven Beach regularly makes lists of the world’s best beaches. Credit: Tourism and Events Queensland.

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Nov. 27 (UPI) --Visitors to a Queensland, Australia, beach braved crocodile-infested waters to rescue a disoriented wallaby struggling in the surf. Angus Burnett, 32, said he was walking on ...

I knew about the Great Barrier Reef but quickly learned that Queensland, the state that covers the northeast of Australia, is a lot more than beaches, scuba diving and quaint waterfront ...

Visitors to Australia’s Queensland beaches were met with an unpleasant surprise over the weekend: hordes of bluebottle jellyfish, which stung over 5,000 people on the Gold and Sunshine coasts.

Australia's beaches owe their light colour to their high silica content; ... So the next time you find yourself on a beautiful Queensland beach, perhaps spare a thought for how far it's come.