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![Sailing Whitsundays Hero Image For Whale season Whitsunday 2021](http://mr-travl.com/img/BookArticles/873/whale-hump.jpg)
Whales migrate to the Whitsundays every year visiting us for the winters typically staying from June - September. During this time, there are thousands of these majestic creatures that can spotted ...
![Sailing Whitsundays Hero Image For Early Whale Migration in the Whitsundays 2018](http://mr-travl.com/img/BookArticles/869/whitsundays-whale-breach.jpg)
It's said that the whales will come to the Whitsundays early this year. Usually migrating up the coast in June - August, locals are saying that the whales will make their annual appearance earlier ...
![Sailing Whitsundays Hero Image For Coral Spawning on the Great Barrier Reef](http://mr-travl.com/img/BookArticles/805/coral-whitsundays.jpg)
As the most mystical underwater event of the year, coral spawning is an incredible opportunity to witness the power of the Great Barrier Reef as one giant living organism.
![Sailing Whitsundays Hero Image For <p>Dugongs make comeback on the Great Barrier Reef</p>](http://mr-travl.com/img/BookArticles/802/dugongs.jpg)
New research has shown that dugong calves have made a comeback on the reef.
The population was virtually wiped out after Cyclone Yasi in 2011, which damaged seagrass growth, their main source of f...
![Sailing Whitsundays Hero Image For Reef Relationships and Fish Families](http://mr-travl.com/img/BookArticles/789/whitsunday-corals.jpg)
Fish larvae may travel further than we had previously thought, showing that reef conservation and management may go even further beyond the boundaries that we imagined.
![Sailing Whitsundays Hero Image For Coral Gardening in the Whitsundays](http://mr-travl.com/img/BookArticles/785/nemo-whitsundays.jpg)
Coral gardening is on the horizon in the Whitsundays. The initiative has been put forward as a solution to help inshore reefs recover that have been damaged by cyclones that have disrupted the Whit...
![Sailing Whitsundays Hero Image For How Herbivores Help the Reef](http://mr-travl.com/img/BookArticles/779/coral-fish.jpg)
A herbivore is a animal that feeds only on plants. They are not predatory nor do they hunt other animals, but instead survive of nutrients provided by plants only. And they are helping the reef big...
![Sailing Whitsundays Hero Image For What are artificial clouds and how can it help the reef?](http://mr-travl.com/img/BookArticles/771/clouds-beach.jpg)
Global warming is a world-wide issue. One that affects the world in many ways, including the warming of our oceans and the changing of our ecosystems. The Great Barrier Reef is one such ecosystem.
...![Sailing Whitsundays Hero Image For Vinegar Proves to be Solution for Crown Of Thorns Starfish](http://mr-travl.com/img/BookArticles/770/crown-of-thorns.jpg)
The Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish has long since been a problem for the Great Barrier Reef, and has posed a problem for marine biologists and conservationists for many years.
![Sailing Whitsundays Hero Image For Whale Season Whitsundays 2017](http://mr-travl.com/img/BookArticles/768/whales.jpg)
As the cold weather rolls into Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays, so too do the whales! Every year during the winter season, thousands of humpback whales migrate to the Whitsundays to nurse their ba...