24 03 2010 Great Barrier Reef day Well the day arrived and it was raining and windy, not a good start for our plane trip. Undeterred we ate a hearty breakfast and read the papers and had a cup of tea. So far so good. At 1100 the minibus came to the reception and collected us. Wendy and I were the only passengers on it. We were taken to the side of the airport where Hamilton aviation are based. Nobody else there and we watched an instructional video on helicopter safety. Great we booked to go in a plane and even better we were going in a helicopter. Marvellous and we were the only passengers. Bert introduced himself and was a proper Aussie, same age and height and weight as me. The helicopter was a Robinson
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