Whitsunday Islands, scene of the Hamilton Island Race Week event. Photo courtesy of Laurence Grayson, Sydney.
Audi Hamilton Island Race Week begins August 21 to 29. If you want accomodations, you had better prepare now. That week has become a sailing institution over the past 25 years. Last year, there were 12 divisions and a fleet of 225.
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Don’t think that boat racing will be the only thing happening on the island. Hamilton Island Race Week has a number of social events at the island resort during the racing week. And there will be live entertainment every evening.
The most famous event is the Whitehaven Beach Party where boats from all over the Whitsunday region converge on the white sands of Whitehaven beach to drink, eat, and dance in a festival celebration to mark the end of race week.