The Whitsundays used to be paradise - back in the '70s and '80s before the backpackers moved in.
It started life as a sleepy fishing spot with a caravan park, hotel and a general store, but with the backpackers came drugs and with drugs came the bikies.. it went downhill from there.
The biggest problem with tourism is that the tourists stuff whatever it is that they came to see - pristine coastlines and deserted bays. Heck, there used to be Aboriginies living on Hook Island! Not any more..
I know. I grew up there. (Great place to sail!
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