Bird's Fish Bar

Top choice in The Whitsundays


This melange of nautical cliches (rum barrels, dangling buoys, octopuses adorning walls) and fish plucked fresh from Poseidon's realm is a wonderful spot to tuck into fish and chips, wrapped in butcher's paper and enjoyed against a backdrop of sea views. Devour some red emperor, crumbed scallops or some local bug tails (the meatiest part of this toothsome Australian crustacean).


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