Fantasea Reefworld Airlie Beach

Finally the time had come, my personal highlight of the trip, swimming in the Great Barrier Reef! We boarded the catamaran, "Seaflight" filled with excitement and anticipation, looking forward to the next couple of days cruising about the Whitsunday islands. There are actually 74, which is impossible to visit in one batch, but we managed 4 in our 3 …

As I write, we are on the catamaran coming back from Reefworld (an artificial pontoon moored on the outer barrier reef ) and the waves are large and we're being tossed from side to side. That said , its not as rough as I remember it sailing as a kid with my mum to Hook of Holland from Harwich as in a force 5 gale -but this will do thank you very …

... decided to make the most of it. We decided to treat ourselves to an early 35th anniversary present with a day trip to Fantasea Reefworld which is situated at Hardy Reef, approximately 40 nautical miles from the mainland and is a floating pontoon. We ...