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Rose Bay - You can view the Whitsunday's waterways and like the others in Bowen, great for diving and snorkelling, also has resort accomodation
It also has some shops, they aren't the best selection of shops but there are two supermarkets, there are also some really good takeaway burger ... Read review
Advantages: near the coast, nice weather Disadvantages: not alot in the town
...and like the others in Bowen, great for diving and snorkelling, also has resort accomodation
It also has some shops, they aren't the best selection of shops but there are two supermarkets, there are also some really good takeaway burger places that do the nicest burgers. Apart from that, you would have to go to a bigger town to find more selection of shops, for example, Airlie Beach and Townsville or Mackay would be good for shops. ... ...to do in actual Bowen, however, it is a town that is developing it's tourism at the moment so i reckon in the coming years it would have alot more to offer so i would go back there in a few years, also well reccomended for fans of the coast. ... more
Bowen is a town located on the eastern coast of Queensland in Australia. I visited the town while I was travelling down the easter side of Australia and used it as a base for visiting the Whitsunday's and it was near other places like Townsville, Mackay, Airlie Beach and Shute harbour. There is also The Giant Mango situated on the edge of Bowen because there is a type of mango called Bowen Mango. Although, i personally among everyone else i know who has been to Bowen has come to the same conclusion as i did, apart from the nice beaches and a few shops, there's nothing to do in actual Bowen. However, it's in a good location to be used as a base though as it is near so many of the places you would want to visit. On the other hand, the beaches are a big attraction, there are eight beaches in total, which are Kings Beach, Queens Beach, Horseshoe Bay, Murrays Bay, Grey Bay, Rose Bay and the Front Beach, Coral Bay and the Front Beach. My favourite beaches were Horsehoe Bay and Rose Bay, but they all had their individual features.
Front beach - This is the beach I visited the least, but it has parklands, BBQ's and playground, it's close to the town and marine, there's accomodation nearby and some spectacular views.
Horseshoe Bay - This is one of my favourites because this is where I did some snorkelling and where i saw a flat fish close up in the water and a few fish. It's a very good beach for snorkelling. The other facilities include a cafe and restaurant, punlic toilets, a lookout which you have to walk up a fairly difficult path that winds upwards which is difficult to walk up. Once you get up there however, the views it provides are very scenic and good photo opportunities, well worth walking up that awkward path.
Grays Bay - This is another fantastic beach for snorkelling, and you can do fishing, watersports, and there's a resort and Caravan accomodation available.
Kings Beach - This has some other features including kite boarding, windsurfing, kite flying, bird watching and horse riding. The beach also provides views for Gloucestor Island.
Murrays Bay - This is a good beach for diving in particular as it has great diving areas. To get to the beach from the small parking area you have to walk down a path then there are lots of rocks, to the left is a nice scene of the main part of the beach, to the right is the edge part of the beach where there is a nice view available. Moving around the beach can be quite difficult as the routes to the different parts of beach are not very easy, large uneven, slippery rocks. However, it is possible if you take your time.
Queens Beach - This beach has great accomodation options, public toilets, kids playground, skateboarding and a stinger net. Out of all the Bowen beaches i think this is probably the most unattractive, there's not much to look at but the stinger net is the only one available in the area.
Rose Bay - You can view the Whitsunday's waterways and like the others in Bowen, great for diving and snorkelling, also has resort accomodation
It also has some shops, they aren't the best selection of shops but there are two supermarkets, there are also some really good takeaway burger places that do the nicest burgers. Apart from that, you would have to go to a bigger town to find more selection of shops, for example, Airlie Beach and Townsville or Mackay would be good for shops. The transport is not that great in Bowen either, and you would definately need a car because the attractions are in towns or places that are not walking distance but for Australia they are nearby. For example if you want to see Port Douglas, Townsville and Mackay, Bowen is in a central place to see those but it will still require some travelling because towns in that part of Australia tend to be spread out I noticed.
Bowen is located in the dry tropics and rarely gets rain, it has a very hot climate all year. It never really drops below 20 degrees there apart from at night in July when the temperatures can drop to the mid teens.
Although, i enjoyed my stay whilst in Bowen only give the town itself threes stars out of five because there wasn't alot to do in actual Bowen, however, it is a town that is developing it's tourism at the moment so i reckon in the coming years it would have alot more to offer so i would go back there in a few years, also well reccomended for fans of the coast.
Advantages: good deals to melbourne, some cheap flights Disadvantages: no shops, not alot of flight choice, doesn't go many places
When i was travelling around Australia this year, i was in North Queensland in a small place called Bowen which is about an hour and a half to two hours from Mackay airport, which happened to be the closest airport. I wanted a flight to Melbourne from there, and there's a new airline called Tiger Airways in Australia which was doing special offers for flights from Mackay to Melbourne in April when i was there, they may still be doing the special offer because they are trying to promote their airline because it's very new.
The airport is located in the industrial area of the city off the main road. I knew it was going to be a small airport because it only does regional flights, but it looks bigger from the outside than what it is on the inside, when your inside the airport it's really not big at all. There are only a few check ...
Advantages: variety of attractions, nice area, weathers good Disadvantages: you got to fly to Australia which takes a whole day at least.
I visited Queensland when I went to Australia earlier this year. I went to many of the well known parts of Queensland and some other less common places including, Mission Beach, Cairns, Port Douglas, Townsville, Mackay and the Bowen area. However, because there are so many places to visit in that part of Australia, I didn't manage to fit everything in.
The Queensland state is generally a very nice place, I certainly really enjoyed myself. The weather is fantastic, slightly varied depending on which part you're in. There's the very Northern part that is in the rainforest so you get a heavy shower nearly every day, however, because it's so hot you don't mind that it rains because you need to cool down and it doesn't usually last long. Then further south you got the dry tropics which are completely different, hardly rains there ...
