Diving into the turquoise dream of Whitehaven Beach

By John Rozentals
Updated July 13 2018 - 9:33am, first published 9:23am
A highlight of flying over the Great Barrier Reef … it’s easy to see why Heart Reef got its name.
A highlight of flying over the Great Barrier Reef … it’s easy to see why Heart Reef got its name.

We’re swooping low over Whitehaven Beach, a seven-kilometre-long gem on Whitsunday Island, the largest of the 74 islands that make up the Whitsundays, off the coast of northern Queensland.