Blogs from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Today we were leaving our little bit of paradise on Heron Island, so we packed up our suitcases and went to the restaurant to enjoy our last buffet breakfast. After breakfast we checked out and headed to the pool deck where Will used the time productively to sort out the hundreds of photos that we had taken in the last few days and Jo spent a few hours soaking up the sun and watching the crabs fighting on the rocks along the shoreline. Before we knew it it was lunch time but neither of us were really hungry after all the food in the last couple of days and so made a poor effort at the buffet. After lunch we made our way over to the jetty to catch the ferry back to the mainland. As ... read more

We were up on deck bouncing across the waves at a rate of knots – and the wind was 30 knots – on route to the paradise Heron Island; we had bagged a last minute deal at a fraction of the usual price and were pleased with ourselves. The spray was hitting us in the face, neck and chest and we were covered in lumps of Rock salt like Pretzels. Arnuad wasn’t enjoying that experience so we went inside. That was the wrong move to make. I took my eyes of the horizon, the waves were smashing against the windows and I turned green. I didn’t lose dignity alone- half the boat was chundering in to paper bags whilst competent crew dowsed our necks with frozen flannels and fed us ice cubes. All became well as ... read more