Blogs from Whitsundays, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 44

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

Sat 10th June- 14th June 2006= THE WHITSUNDAY ISLANDS......................... Sat 10th June Arrived early this morning into Airlie Beach. Stayed at this gorgeous house on the coast over looking the sea courtesy of a friend of Vix uncle who rented the floor space out to us for $15 each a night! Was a laugh- the house was great- very creative- Aunty Grazyna you would have loved it and Claire, kat, Hugh and Hannah........... There was a tee pee in garden too. We slept on the shag pile carpet!!!!! Went to the market a little dazzed and tired and then booked our 3days/ 2 nights whitsunday island yacht tour!!!! $400 (200 pound ish)............. Sun 11th June The weather was miserable. The boat "Raggamuffin II'' slept 14 people- perfect- advised sometimes boats have 30-40 cramped on but our ... read more

Day 14 (June 4) I spent the night of the 3rd at an airport hostel for US$18. I got what I paid for. It was gross. I had a burger for dinner, which was almost inedible. For some reason, despite the large numbers of cows all over NZ, they don't know how to make a burger. Plus their version of ketchup ("tomato sauce") is nasty. Anyway, my room had 4 other people in it. I woke up to what I thought was this guy's last breath. I seriously thought he was dying. He would stop breathing for 15 secs or so, and then make a sound like he had been underwater for 3mins and just come up for air. He'd do that about 3 times and then stop for another 15secs. Everyone woke up but him. ... read more

For all of those who think ive done another rendition of Rod Stewart in the bathtub i'm gonna have to disappoint we did actually go sailing around the Whitsunday islands. We arrived in Airlie beach with a couple of days to spare before our sail so spent time in the lagoon here. The sea itself is a harbour so they created a lagoon which is actually really nice for swimming and sunbathing around. We also checked out the nightlife but due to financial restraints decided to visit the bottle shop first then head out on the town - from what we remember it was a good night with Jemma on true asbo form! We booked a three day, two night sailing and snorkelling trip and have just arrived back a little browner okay pinker than before! ... read more

After a week of lounging in Airlie our time had now come to get ourselves onto our sail boat out to the Whitsunday Islands, on a boat named 'Summertime'. DAY 1. An early start saw us up and about at 8am where we had to leave our large backpacks at the Australia tours office for a small price of $5 for three days. Then a short walk took us to the harbour where after a little bit of confusion looking for our boat we met up with a tall, long haired, red indian, looking Australian guy called Eza who introduced himself as the diving instructor for Summertime. Sleepy but excited we listend to his introductory speech to the group about the boat and what we were about to embark on, on our trip. He lead us ... read more