Although South Molle is smaller than both Hook and Whitsunday, the island offers more than 10km of walking tracks.

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On Whitsunday (a feast in the Christian calendar), they process from house to house, performing for the families they encounter.

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Leaving popular Whitehaven Beach, paddle towards Peter Bay, 19km north on Whitsunday Island, where you may see a sea eagle gracefully plucking dinner from the ocean and perhaps a humpback whale breaching the surface.

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The Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sports and Racing has information on camping sites and walking tracks in the Whitsunday Islands National Park, as well as maps of the Ngaro Sea Trail.

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The festival peaks on Whitsunday (19 May) with a street parade, which features colourful dance groups from Korea and Japan, trucks blaring music from Brazil and Angola, plus Irish folk, Jamaican dancehall, Caribbean soca and more.

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Blending seaways with a range of hikes on three of the Whitsunday, islands (Hook, Whitsunday and South Molle), the trail has no single defined route, and is accessible at any point by private, charter or commercial boat.

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