Hamilton Island Island Bowling — Attraction in Whitsundays

It's not really bowling. It's roughly half the length of a normal alley, and the bowling balls are mini sized, often with no finger holes or only 2 (???). The staff was passive aggressive when we "bowled too fast" for the machine to return balls, and when we removed the bizarre string that we had to bowl under and were pretty rude when explaining that we had to bowl under it, and didn't explain why. You only got one go/bowl per round instead of two, and I honestly believe it's not possible to get a strike. We played two games with 8 adults and our highest single score was a 7. Bowls would randomly bounce or veer off course. Seems rigged. Good for small children I guess? I...

This place is GREAT FUN! heaps of different game types so people if all skill types can play together. We did snakes and ladders so a high score isn't always ys a good idea. The kids had a blast. Food (popcorn) and drinks are available on site and staff were not upset when we made a mess (6 year olds and popcorn 🍿) Definitely recommended for any group. Prices were $49 for an hour up to 6 people or get the 3 attraction pass...

Lots of fun and very friendly staff. The game isn’t like usual bowling - for some reason we couldn’t get a strike and the ball would veer off to the side. Definitely book the full hour so you can make use of the extra games. Alley probs needs an...