Lizard Island [1] is an island in the northern reaches of the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It's an expensive tropical resort: a place to stay if you like your tropical holidays private and luxurious. It's also a stop on some liveaboard scuba diving trips to the northern reef: divers may fly into or out of Lizard Island to shorten trip time.

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Lizard Island has a small airport (code LZR). Travellers can fly from Cairns via Macair's scheduled flights or charter a flight from Skytrans. Flight time is 60 minutes. Macair may limit traveller's baggage to 16kg: much lighter than standard Australian domestic allowances.

Most dive boats visiting Lizard Island do so from Cairns. Typically these trips will be part of a round-trip package, rather than a dedicated service transporting passengers to Lizard Island. These trips may include a charter flight to return to Cairns, or a flight from Cairns or both. Post-trip flights are usually very low altitude so that they can be taken soon after diving.

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Lizard Island's accommodation is managed by Voyages Australian Resorts, GPO Box 3589, Sydney NSW 2001. tel 1300 134 044 (free call in Australia) or 02 8296 8010. fax 02 9299 2103. email travel@voyages.com.au. Accommodation starts at the really quite luxurious (the Anchor Bay rooms for $765 per night twin share) and continue up to private pavilions ($1650 per night twin share).

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