![Hathifushi Island panorama](/files/pictures/banners/2012-maldives.jpg)
Douglas Stebila
Whitsunday Islands, Australia • 2010
blog post: 2010-04-10: Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands![Crab on White Rock Island](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7BnZwLr9ZvU/TAMJua4wizI/AAAAAAAAcfQ/zGEtKKdIVUI/s288/EXP_1.jpg)
Crab on White Rock Island
![Our lunch break on South Molle Island](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uhnjAWB6w0o/TAMJ4wtaSLI/AAAAAAAAcgE/YeVltaOqyJA/s288/EXP_2.jpg)
Our lunch break on South Molle Island
![View of the beach of South Molle Island](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mOWabYz79PQ/TAMJ8AZ0NzI/AAAAAAAAcgQ/BAP_H92MU50/s288/EXP_3.jpg)
View of the beach of South Molle Island
![Butterfly at a flower](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UQL7YCjSitg/TAMJ-vxLOEI/AAAAAAAAcgg/zhiy5WZJ57M/s288/EXP_4.jpg)
Butterfly at a flower
![Looking across to Whitsunday Island](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5atmU6efxTU/TAMKAiAEEgI/AAAAAAAAcgw/G4GnXUmUiaQ/s288/EXP_5.jpg)
Looking across to Whitsunday Island
![Butterflies in the grass](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3Y_Vw6n0sIs/TAMKDqjLUdI/AAAAAAAAchE/HhZr7SSZ73c/s288/EXP_6.jpg)
Butterflies in the grass
![Butterfly holding on to a flower](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xyyXF8xQNNs/TAMKIhKu5pI/AAAAAAAAchc/3G-T_I633bg/s288/EXP_7.jpg)
Butterfly holding on to a flower
![Butterfly on a flower](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EU5GJ2xAtm8/TAMKLt2Ka7I/AAAAAAAAchs/gup675Q9uHk/s288/EXP_8.jpg)
Butterfly on a flower
![Butterfly pollinating a flower](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4w8mC8NJ0Dw/TAMKO_CsNEI/AAAAAAAAch8/cMs1qNS8U1w/s288/EXP_9.jpg)
Butterfly pollinating a flower
![Me scuba diving at Luncheon Bay, Hook Island, Queensland](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SObmYwQnq3M/TAMJxCgWPiI/AAAAAAAAcfc/Zz8dzuN469s/s288/EXP_10.jpg)
Me scuba diving at Luncheon Bay, Hook Island, Queensland
![Blue water above the reefs at Luncheon Bay](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wvm0gO7P-VY/TAMJzYQnmrI/AAAAAAAAcfk/F8_nITj5lXw/s288/EXP_11.jpg)
Blue water above the reefs at Luncheon Bay
![Sand dunes on Whitehaven Beach](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4awXGQQIylI/TAMJ2T95P4I/AAAAAAAAcfw/5d8zcSf7G7g/s288/EXP_12.jpg)
Sand dunes on Whitehaven Beach