Blogs from Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 1212

hej alle sammen jeg beklager det er laenge tiden jeg har skrevet, og jeg vil ikke proeve at indhente det forsoemt. jeg har oplevet ret meget siden sidst jeg skrev, det maa i vente med at hoere om til jeg kommer hjem. hvilket der jo ikke er saa laenge til nu, helt praecis er der 10 dage i dag til jeg ankommer i kbh. og jeg er da begyndt at glaede mig. jeg glaeder mig rigtigt meget til at se jer alle sammen igen og hoere om hvordan i har haft og fortaelle jer om alle mine oplevelser. vi er lige ankommet til townville, de sidste 3 dage har vi bare siddet i en bil fra morgen til aften. ja jeg rejser stadig sammen med peter og anita, saa i kan stadig foelge med deres hjemmeside, ... read more

So for all of those who have emailed me - yes the picture is now on the net! Waiting for the 21st when we fly out of Cooktown via Skytrans - first of the 6 flights for the ENTIRE holiday. Yes the bags are packed, we are double checking all the bookings - next week we will confirm the flights (all those lovely things to think about) Hee Hee the girls are excited beyond the normal range (each morning the first thing to come out of their mouths is XX days to go - now it has even descended into XX days and XX night time sleeps - think they are excited enough?? Keep you all up to date as we go ******bye****** ... read more

As our boat ‘set sail’ at 2pm we had the whole morning to watch the weather and pray for it to improve. After a quick lunch at Airlie Beach we walked along the coastal path to the marina, where all the many Whitsunday sailing trips depart, to join our chosen boat, Dreamcatcher. Whilst we were waiting we saw lots of other people - presumably all waiting for their boats, and you can’t help wondering who will be your shipmates for the next two days. One thing everyone was doing was buying alcohol as they don’t sell it on board - it is all BYO. The catch is that you can’t bring any glass on board due to safety issues. With this in mind Lins and I went to the bottle shop and bought a six pack ... read more

Well, I'm back. And I had the best time EVER on this sailing trip! There were 18 of us on this small little sail boat, but it was the best group to be with, because we needed to stay sane with the problem of bed bugs and cokroaches crawling around in our beds, and I'm no where near kidding. We were itchy more often than not. There was a group of four Canadian guys on the boat who were just hilarious. The Friday night was one of their birthdays, so we had a huge toga party; using our bed sheets as togas and playing cards. Some other random sailors robed in togas jumped aboard as well, so our boat was just one big party! The first night (Thursday), we got a snack of potato wedges and ... read more

Hi all! Just got back from the Whitsundays, an amazing group of islands off Australia's east coast. We boarded the Apollo, which is a Maxi boat, and it's the only place in the world you can actually sail on racing yachts. This time the group was loads better and we had a great time, even though the weather wasn't great. Yes it does get cloudy here, and we've heard the U.K. is having glorious weather! The boat was great, we got to snorkel a few times, and though the coral wasn't quite as colourful as Fiji, there was loads of variety, and our underwater camera actually worked this time! We also visited Whitehaven Beach, which was stunning even though it was cloudy. It is apparently the 2nd best (or 2nd whitest?) beach in the world. Like ... read more