Whitsunday Paradise Explorer

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Whitsunday Paradise Explorer

Specializing in personalized, private charters for small groups, families, and couples. Day trips for sightseeing, exploring, and snorkeling without the crowds.
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We specialize in providing personalised private charters for couples, small groups and families and our aim is to provide you with an "Experience of a Lifetime" during your visit to the Whitsundays. We also provide the region's only Indigenous Cultural Tour to the islands.

19/11/2024

Having a maintenance day today before going overseas tomorrow to an exclusive resort for a couple of days R&R.

What do you think of the new trailer for "Paradise Explorer"

It was time to replace the old one as it was going very rusty after 8 busy years.

18/11/2024

We had a late decision charter today for some French guests staying at PALM BAY Resort - originally, it was looking good, however, the fresh Easterly winds that built up yesterday, made a trip to Whitehaven beach doubtful.

In the end, we explored much of the western side of Whitsunday Island before running up to the top of Hook island to see George (the Hump headed Maori Wrasse) and then having a nice snorkel in absolutely calm conditions at Stonehaven Anchorage, before returning to Palm Bay late afternoon.

Thanks so much to Laurie, Didier, Nathalie and Thomas for your company today.

Safe travels tomorrow, on your way back to Sydney.

17/11/2024

Bit of a late post but as it was such a great day with a lovely French couple, in spite of the testing conditions of huge tides and a nasty Easterly, we got there in the end.

Thanks so much to Sailing-Whitsundays.com for making this booking, Marie and her partner Maxime are currently living in Sydney and came up here for a visit in a camper van- I am positive that they will be back again! 🤩

16/11/2024

Sometimes, cruise ship passengers charters can be a bit hard to cater for - wind and tide conditions can make an itinerary difficult, as well as the ships timetable for arriving and departure.

Fortunately today, everything worked out perfect for me - early transfer to shore, lovely guests, calm seas, sunshine and a high tide!

The Whitsundays has got a lot to offer but sometimes we have to be a bit patient for it to all come together for ourselves as well as our visitors

16/11/2024

Following on from my post this morning, I had a really enjoyable day with such a beautiful family - Vivian, Peter & their sons Casper and Morris are from Sydney and are doing a cruise on the "Ovation of the Seas" up to Cairns.

The weather was perfect and while the tide was extremely high today, making us wait ages for it to drop so we could go snorkelling, it all worked out rely great in the end.

15/11/2024

No charter today as I had a lot of catch up to do. However, thanks to Whitsunday Rent A Yacht who very kindly let me park Paradise Explorer alongside their dock for a couple of nights, I was able to do some transfers yesterday while my tow vehicle was in for a much needed service.

When I went to collect the boat this morning to put it back on the trailer, I couldn't help noticing how pretty the WRAY jetty looked on the high tide.

Some days Paradise looks more than perfect 🥰

14/11/2024

Busy day today with transfers - drop off at Torres Herald Bay on Whitsunday Island, then in to a pick-up of 2 campers at Shaw Island.

Return to Shute harbour and then back across the passage this afternoon for another pick up and return to Shute harbour.

About 60 nautical miles in total,mostly calm but a bit of chop coming back this afternoon.

Most enjoyable day at the office 🥰 😁

13/11/2024

This little video is of my guests yesterday who were off for a snorkel with their new facemasks

13/11/2024

Following on from the post of my tour yesterday, we had an excellent day with Kylie and Bradley celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary at a number of stunning Whitsundays locations ❤💕

11/11/2024

Heading out for the day on a "couples only" deluxe tour.

Kylie and Bradley are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary and are staying at on Long Island. They had their honeymoon at Long Island resort which is currently closed.

We are off to Whitehaven beach ⛱️ 😎

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10/11/2024

Heading out with a family from the UK today.
Sam, Justin, Sorell and Poppy are staying at on Long Island and we are off turtle spotting and snorkelling.
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10/11/2024

Had a nice relaxing day with guests from Canberra - Rowena and 2 of her daughters as well as her adorable 4 year old Granddaughter 💕

Plenty of snorkelling stops and turtle spotting plus some nice quite time at Chalkies beach for making sandcastles and a swim after lunch - we had the beach to ourselves as well 🤩

Was a bit too busy enjoying the day so didn't get to take many pictures.

09/11/2024

I had a really nice day out on the water today showing some family friends from New Zealand a few places that makes the Whitsundays so special for me.

Years ago I worked with Amanda's mother Yvonne in Wellington, sadly, she passed away last year.

Amanda and her partner Sandy Preater have just embarked on a tour starting from Cairns and they don't have any set-in-concrete plans so are open to some suggestions as they head south.

We had good conditions and travelled right around Whitsunday Island with a few stops and lots of Turtle sightings.

Thanks for such a great day you two ❤️

03/11/2024

I am having a bit of a catch up today, cleaning the boat and vehicles - it's a bit windy for a tour anyway.

Here are some pictures from my tour with PALM BAY Resort guests yesterday - we had an amazing day and really picked the weather.

Thanks everyone for some great memories.

03/11/2024

Enjoying a nice little warming fire pit this evening - getting rid of some old papers as well as cleaning up the dead branches and leaves off the driveway - makes for a nice clean start to the week ahead 😀

Looking forward to a few private tours in the coming days 😁

30/10/2024

I really love my job!

As I head towards my retirement, it is great to decide what I would like to do each time that I accept a private tour or charter, and this week, I have found my perfect balance.

I had the pleasure of the company of 4 very wonderful people from Florida on two occasions this week - Monday and today.

It was an absolute pleasure to show them a part of what makes the Whitsundays so special for me and the bonus is that I think I now have a new group of friends that I would love to go and visit in the future. 😊

Thank you Tracy, Laura, Scott and Lee for your very enjoyable company this week and thanks also to Mercedes and Johanna from PALM BAY Resort who have helped so much in making the tour with your guests possible 🥰

28/10/2024

Heading out for the day with my 4 guests from on Long Island.

Tracy, Scott, Laura and Lee are from Florida and have travelled down from Cairns before going on to Sydney.

😎 Australia

25/10/2024

My guests off the Celebrity Edge got ashore nice and early so we are off to Whitehaven beach

Address

305 Paluma Road
Airlie Beach, QLD
4802

Website

http://whitsundayparadiseexplorer.com.au/

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Sometimes, cruise ship passengers charters can be a bit hard to cater for - wind and tide conditions can make an itinerary difficult, as well as the ships timetable for arriving and departure. Fortunately today, everything worked out perfect for me - early transfer to shore, lovely guests, calm seas, sunshine and a high tide! The Whitsundays has got a lot to offer but sometimes we have to be a bit patient for it to all come together for ourselves as well as our visitors

This little video is of my guests yesterday who were off for a snorkel with their new facemasks

Wow, we had a pod of very active small dolphins come over to the boat on our way to Hook island this morning. I managed to get a short video of them but they stayed with us for nearly 10 minutes while we motored along slowly. Choppy conditions but beautiful blue water - amazing to see! 🤩

Wonderful whale encounter captured by one our awesome guest the other day Stories In Light Imagery 😀 check out Lucy's page for other spectacular pictures 🐳🐋🤩

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎 Marlene Reiffel, Neil Falconer, Su Williams Drop a comment to welcome them to our community, @topfans

What a magnificent finish to a fantastic day on the water! #lovewhitsundays #trueheartconnections

Taken by surprise today at Border Island by my Granddaughter Kacey, these juvenile Humpback Whales were only 5 or 10 metres away from the shore and we were all looking out to sea at the time! So great to see so many this early in rhe season #lovewhitsundays #lovethereef

Zooming along Whitehaven beach on a glorious day today - we are so lucky to live in the Whitsundays 🥰 Our guests today are all staying at Elysian Retreat on Long Island and I was so thrilled to have such a great group on board. #lovewhitsundays #thisisqueensland #seeaustralia #elysianretreat

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Specialising in private charter day trips to the Whitsunday Islands for snorkeling, exploring secluded beaches or just relaxing away from the crowds. We operate from Airlie beach or Shute harbour and even the beautiful Bowen region to the north and can design a memorable experience just for you.

Small groups are our specialty and we take you to places the others can’t get to.

Whether it be a Private tour, Wedding or Elopement, Media “famil” or a last minute get together with a group of friends, we are here to help show you the best that the Whitsundays can offer