Long Island is situated at the Southern end of the picturesque Whitsunday Region, with the wonder of Queensland's Great Barrier Reef just a leisure cruise away. The island lies approximately halfway between Mackay and Rockhampton and is one of Queensland's largest coastal islands. This beautiful natural playground combines wilderness with modern improvements, is 75 nautical miles from both Mackay and Rockhampton by road, 16 km by sea from Stanage Bay and only 20 nautical miles from the Great Barrier Reef. Accessible by boat, barge or plane (with it's own airstrip), Long Island assures you of exclusivity and absolute privacy. Mackay Mackay is the gateway to the Tropical North and the spectacular Whitsunday Region. Situated on latitude 210, longitude 1480, Mackay is a prosperous city booming from the sugarcane and mining industries. The city is a destination for many international visitors with it's close proximity to the Great Barrier Reef and with lush rainforests and spectatular unspoilt tracts of mountains and rainforest tumbling to meet the Pacific Ocean. Mackay has a modern city heart with a heritage, having retained much of it's colonial charm. With superb weather all year round, averaging 20 to 30°C in the warmer months and 20 to 24°C in winter, Mackay is a natural attraction. Rockhampton Described as the Capricorn Coast. Rockhampton is a region which showcases the farming, mining and rural wealth of Australia. Heralded as the Beef Capital of Australia, Rockhampton is where the Outback meets the Reef. An historic gold town, Rockhampton has developed and thrived to become a vital agricultural region for Australia with grain crops and a beef industry which provides meat for the local, national and international market. On the eastern coast the island playground of Great Keppell Island is only a catamaran ride away.