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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays » Daydream Island April 8th 2013

The weather was very hot and sunny today and I went to the south end of the Island where I played crazy golf and outdoor chess. After my long game of chess I went onto a banana ride. Because one of the passengers fell off our ride was shortened so I went back on again with Harry and this time I dragged my Uncle Tony and Grandad on. Harry and I had a plan to throw Tony off the ride. I then went back to the north end of the Island for yet more swimming in the pools and jacussis.... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays » Daydream Island April 7th 2013

Despite the fact that it rained all day today I still managed to do some snorkelling and this time I took along some fish food to make my fish hunt more interesting. I then went swimming in the pools, went into the jacussi to chilax and played some water polo.... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays » Daydream Island April 6th 2013

Harry and I watched the various types of fish, rays and sharks being fed in the living reef lagoon that runs within the resort. I then went to Lovers Cove for snorkelling. I had to wear a stinger suit because it was jellyfish season and they give you a nasty sting. I saw a fish called dory (sturgeon fish). parrot fish and clown fish. When I had finished snorkelling I went on a sting ray splash where I got to go in the sting ray living reef and fed the rays and fish and I got to hold a star fish, sea cucumber and touch some coral such as anenome, ghost coral, mushroom coral and brain coral.... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays March 30th 2013

Ihr Lieben, und weiter geht's im Sauseschritt - es gibt ja vieles nachzuholen.... Wie erwaehnt, sind wir in Airlie Beach angekommen. Wir haben uns dort den Airlie Cove Campervan Park ausgesucht, der wirklich von der coolsten "Managerin" geleitet wird, die ich bisher erlebt hab. Jody war so unfassbar lustig und gut drauf, die reinste Freude! Da konnte man selbst als Morgenmuffel nicht mehr schlecht gelaunt sein! Airlie Beach ist der Ort, an dem es auf die Whitsundays geht. Und stellt euch vor - toller Wetterbericht, Sonnenschein, Sonnenschein, Sonnenschein!!!! Wir hatten unterwegs echt schon befuerchtet, dass wir uns unseren Traum vom Whitsunday Trip nicht erfuellen koennen, weil das Wetter (ich weiss, Ihr koennt es nicht mehr hoeren, schliesslich hab Ihr Schnee und Minusgrade) nicht mitspielt. Aber es hatte Mitleid mit uns und fuer genau das perfekte Wetter ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays » Daydream Island March 27th 2013

MASSIVE APOLOGIES TO ALL WHO ACTUALLY EXPECTED ME TO KEEP UP WITH THIS BLOG. I hope some of you made a bet against me, and have since cleaned up. You're welcome. To those of you who are disappointed in me, technically it's not really my fault. It's due to the lack of free wi-fi, which is extremely frustrating in a supposedly forward and western country like Australia! Average costs are around $6 for 15 minutes, and my love of food trumps this blog every time. On the bright side, I have fortunately been strong willed enough to write down my activities and thoughts in a diary, so at some point I can go back and write them up :D In the mean time I figure it's a bit confusing if I am still blogging about Vietnam, ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays March 25th 2013

We have to apologise in this blog for getting overexcited with our photos and videos, again! We have a new toy in the shape of an underwater camera and we took so many photos that we managed to use up the whole battery in the space of a day. Count yourselves lucky we didn't upload the full 300 shots and eight videos!! We have spent the last few days staying in Airlie Beach, which is the mainland base for visiting the Whitsunday Islands. We were pretty disappointed when we arrived on Thursday morning to discover that it was forecast to rain for the next four days but, armed with a hard-drive full of films and episodes of Mad Men, we settled in to wait for our planned sailing trip, which we'd booked for Saturday and Sunday. ... read more
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Whitsundays - Whitehaven Beach lookout
Whitsundays - on board Iceberg

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays » Hayman Island February 9th 2013

Geo: -20.0535, 148.887Hayman Island can be reached by boat, helicopter or seaplane. We arrived by boat from Hamilton Island to which we had flown from Cairns. The steward on board, Joseph from Fiji plied us with wine during the hours trip and we met some very nice Canadians so it was a good trip. At the island we were taken by a little Disney type train to the resort and shown directly to our room. A lovely room with lounge, balcony, huge bathroom and bedroom to which the luggage arrived shortly after. The resort is a very pretty place with tropical gardens and several pools. We were put in the Lagoon end of the resort rather than the pool end although the lagoon has its own pool anyway. "For more mature guests" the young man who ... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays January 14th 2013

Mais uma vez acordamos bem cedo para aproveitar ao maximo a ultima manha na grande barreira de coral. Desta vez fomos para outra baia fazer snorkling mas foi complicado... para comecar o vento parou quase por completo e estava um calor infernal mas o pior de tudo eram umas moscas de burro que quando picavam doia que se fartava e nao nos largavam nem por um segundo! Eram aos milhares e mesmo a fazer snorkling elas picavam na cabeca!!! Pelo menos valeu a pena porque vimos mais uma tartaruga... Depois decidimos partir para meio do caminho e para longe das ilhas de modo a ter algum sossego das moscas e podermos dar uns mergulhos, obviamente sempre com os fatos de licra! Os skipers ( que viemos a saber que tambem eram os donos do barco) la ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays » Daydream Island January 13th 2013

The best way to experience the Whitsunday's is by sailing; not only did we pick a sailboat but we picked a 1946 tall ship as our sailboat! The 'Derwent Hunter' has an incredible history in Australia and we had a fantastic day aboard. We helped the crew with the sails and driving the boat. The day trip included two snorkelling sessions and we finally got the chance to swim with turtles. They were most likely hawksbill and while some were fairly small we saw a huge one too. The turtles were on Langford Reef which also has a beautiful beach just popping out of the water amid the other islands. The Whitsunday's are beautiful, the sea is warm and a perfect Turquoise colour... book your flights now! Bailey's bit: An amazing day sailing the high seas, ... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays January 13th 2013

Pois bem a noite foi ondulada e muito estrelada, dormimos com a escotilha aberta para conseguir ar fresco e podemos tb adormecer a ver as estrelas. Uma experiencia fantastica. A nossa cabine fica numa das proas do catamaran e tem uma casa de banho privativa, que luxo! Basicamente resume-se a um metro quadrado onde temos tudo: a torneira do lavatorio estica ate a porta e perdurada nesta transforma-se em chuveiro. Comecamos por ir para uma lingua de areira em frente a heyman island para fazer snorkeling e vimos imensos corais e uma tartaruga grande a nadar mesmo junto a nos! Despois seguimos para outra lagoa onde vimos uns peixes enormes que pareciam atuns e almocamos por la um frango assado com batatas assadas com molho de mostarda que estava optimo. A tarde fomos fazer praia para ... read more




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