Blogs from Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 8

Hallo meine Lieben, der Abschied von der Gold Coast ist mir doch schwer gefallen. Nicht, weil ich Surfer's Paradise so toll fand, sondern weil die Zeit zusammen mit Silvia und Justin,meinen zuckersuessen Flatmates von damals in Perth, so schoen war. Die beiden haben ihr Zuhause jetzt in Mermaid Beach gefunden, und neben Coco, dem tollsten Hund,den ich persoenlich kenne (Petra, Jackie ist bestimmt genau so zauberhaft,aber ich kenn sie ja leider nur von Fotos), wird die kleine Sofia im August das Familienglueck perfekt machen. Das waren wirklich grossartige Neuigkeiten... Aber da wir nun mal noch so vieles vor uns haben, mussten wir notgedrungen Abschied nehmen, was wirklich schmerzlich war. Den ganzen Nachmittag auf dem Weg nach Brisbane war relativ gutes Wetter und kaum kommen wir dort an schuettet es schon wieder wie aus Eimern. Zu allem ... read more

So, the travels have finally begun! It only took 6 months of working but we're finally there and it feels sooooo good. The first place we went was Airlie Beach. This is a fairly small town on the northern coast of Australia. Theres nothing too special about the town itself but its one of the best places to see the Great Barrier Reef. We considered going all the way up to Cairns but that would have involved either flying there and back or driving for almost 20 hours each way! As the reason we were going up the coast was the reef we decided to stay at Airlie and go on a trip from there. Charlotte had booked the accomodation and it was a permenant tent. I want to make it clear Charlotte booked this based ... read more

Apos uma viagem de mais de 10 horas com quase uma dezena de paragens, uma delas para mudar o pneu, conseguimos atingir o objectivo - Airlie Beach. Em Airlie esta mais calor que Carins mas nao e tao humido. É uma pequena vila turistica de apoio de aos cruzeiros que partem para a barreira de coral, resume-se a duas ruas wcheias de agencias de viagens e restaurantes, uma marina cheia de barcos e uma praia vazia porque esta toda a gente numa piscina publica que construiram mesmo ao lado! Isto porque nesta epoca nao se pode tomar banho no mar sem fato de licra por causa das box jelly fish ( medusa cuja picada pode ate matar). A joao que na pensao chinesa nao dormiu nada por causa dos bichos, ontem nao dormiu bem por causa ... read more

We had 5 days before our Whitsundays adventure so needed to start heading south making our way towards Airlie Beach. We took the Greyhound, driven by a very stereotypical Aussie telling us jokes rather than the health and safety information, and only to wear our seat belts if a policeman got on board which you wouldn't find at home! We landed at Mission Beach a few hours later and had the rest of the day to check it out. We'd gotten a really laid back hostel that suited us down to the ground. It had a swimming pool on site and a big outdoor projector screen just being constructed. Although it was small everyone knows everyone after a few hours and it had a really good atmosphere. Jackaroo is worth a visit and will be a ... read more

Wednesday - 5 December - Another overnight bus later, I arrived in Airlie Beach. At 7am I checked in with the Whitsundays travel peeps for my sailing tour and then headed to the hostel to dump bags and get a shower. I wandered down to the marina to check out where i should be meeting the Tongarra and stayed to watch the boats for a while before heading back into town to meet Deborah and Shaun for a drink, we're following each other you see!! Thursday - 6 December - Today we begun a full day's sailing on Tongarra, most of the day was spent chatting to the other passengers and listening to the do's and don'ts of the boat. Eventually we had a lovely dinner up on deck and watched the sun set. We played ... read more