The Port of Airlie Cruise Whitsundays terminal and marina at Airlie Beach, Queensland, has been listed for sale through an expressions of interest campaign managed by JLL’s Jacob Swan, Liam Cox and Christian Tsalikis, alongside Burgess Rawson from CBRE’s Neville Smith and Craig Chapman. The campaign closes at 14:00 AEST on Thursday, 20 November 2025.
The property covers a 1,893sqm freehold site that features a 1,400sqm terminal building, about 310 metres of pontoon infrastructure and an 8,119sqm seabed lease. According to a report by Kirstan Ross of Commercial Real Estate, the marina offers 10 berths with floating pontoons and full-service connections for power, water and lighting.
JLL’s Liam Cox said: “This is a generational opportunity to secure a premium waterfront asset that underpins the Whitsundays’ tourism and transport network. Port of Airlie is the launchpad to the islands. It’s where the Whitsundays experience begins for most visitors. Assets of this quality, scale and strategic importance very rarely come to market.”
Owned by the Sentinel Infrastructure (Airlie Beach) Trust since 2015, the property is leased to Cruise Whitsundays on a 20-year term to 2035, with a further ten-year extension option and an estimated weighted average lease expiry of ten years.
Sentinel Property Group CEO Warren Ebert stated: “We have held this property for 10 years and, given the majority of the investors used their self-managed superannuation fund, it is time to return their investment.”
The asset produces a net operating income of around $1.877 AUD (over $1.2 million USD) per annum.
CBRE’s Neville Smith said: “Few regions in Australia can match the economic diversity and natural beauty of the Whitsundays. With around 70 percent of the region protected as national or marine park, development opportunities are tightly held, ensuring landmark assets such as Port of Airlie remain highly sought after as the area continues to grow as a premium lifestyle and tourism destination.”
