Whitsunday Passage Whitsunday Islands

Entry containing 28 photos titled: And off we go... 2 days, 2 nights sailing, Whitehaven Beach , Australian Sea Eagle (feeding), Teamwork for Goon, my favorite <3 haha, Chicks :) tons of fun :), Dress-up, Vegemite :D, Team WIN!!! :), haha... what is there so say?, Arm wrestling :), TEAM WIN!!!

... Reef Marine Park. They split into 5 groups - the Whitsunday, Molle, Lindeman, Repulse and Gloucester Islands and are scattered along both sides of thw Whitsunday Passage. The gentle swaying of the boat set the rythm for the day. Find a spot on the ...

... down to the galley to make lunch (prawns, of course). However, this was also the point that we started crossing the Whitsunday Passage, the first open-sea area we had hit, complete with enormous scary crashing waves. Cue much flailing around the galley ...

... before we set sail into the roughest waves I had seen yet on our trip. It was a 2 hour journey through the ocean (the Whitsunday passage) - and after about 20 minutes, 11 of us were seasick over one side of the boat as the waves came crashing over. ...

... and it was the backpacking honeymoon we never had. It was amazing. We spent the morning sailing through the Whitsunday Passage and around the islands on our unmistakably purple sail boat. And did I mention they were serving cookies? Excellent. We ate ...

... beaches in the world. The coral is, of course, part of the Great Barrier Reef, and simply spectacular. We'd sailed up the Whitsunday Passage to a spot on Hayman Island called Blue Pearl Bay, the location for our first snorkel. Andy told us not to hold ...

... island in 1770.  He was mapping and researching for Britain's government.  On a northerly course, he sailed into the Whitsunday Passage on Whit Sunday (40 days after Easter, June 3rd of that year), discovering the Great Barrier Reef by running ...

... We retraced our steps halfway back to the road, then took a detour up to Mount Rooper for elevated views of the nearby Whitsunday passage and Islands.  On the way up, we passed people investigating the walk and they were pleased to see us walking in ...

... Also ein ziemlich bunt zusammengemischtes Trüppchen, würde ich meinen.      Das erste Ziel war durch die Whitsunday Passage um nach Border Island zu kommen, wo wir in der Wunderschönen Cateran Bay geankert haben. Zuerst gab es Lunch ...