Abel Point Marina is currently expanding, now almost double in size, it provides facilities for the many sailing and scuba diving adventure tours that use Airlie Beach as their base. If you're planning to stay here in your private yacht, be prepared for the pricing .... it's steep ! Recent price rises and a pending sale to new owners have driven the only Marina on the Whitsundays mainland into a charging frenzy.

Having said all that about needing to be the Agha Khan's brother to afford to stay in the marina, the facilities as good, close and plentifull. The staff who operate the marina are excellent and you will enjoy a trouble free stay ..... But the pricing !! (Are you reading this Abel Point Marina owners ?)

Abell Point (sometimes seen as ‘Abel’ Point) which lies on the western side of Airlie Beach is named after the Abell family, pioneer settlers in the area. Thomas R. Abell senior came to Australia from England in 1869 and in 1904 moved with his family from Bowen to Jubilee Pocket which, in those days, was all that area now occupied by Airlie Beach and Jubilee Pocket. The misspelt version of the name which emerged along the way was perpetuated in road signs for ‘Abel Point’ erected some years ago, an error formally recognised by the Whitsunday Shire Council in 1994 but not before the misspelling had gained general currency.