Sunlit Waters Studio Apartments Airlie Beach

... is 99% silicia. These facts only try to explain the serenity and beauty of such a place but end up falling through the cracks like sand squeezed in your hand. I guess you just had to be there, as you can't take a picture of a feeling.
I was happy to take a little snooze on the beach and later put on the silly looking stinger suite that was necessary to swim in the jelly infested ocean.
Unfortunately the wind was nonexistent so we had to use the motor instead of the sails to get ...

... de base (dans mon cas se fut une excellente mise à niveau) et de faire la plongée avec lui (aucun problème avec ça, car il sait où aller pour faire une belle plongée). Bref, la première plongée de vingt minutes fut super car cela m’a permis de voir du corail et des poissons le long d’une île.

Le soir venu, tout le monde s’est retrouvé sur le pont pour prendre un petit apéro. Bref, Team Norway (c’est comme ça qu ...

... now starving! we sailed all day and it was lovely and not choppy! we stopped at an island and did a bush walk up to the top of a hill with great views all around and then stayed on the boat in a calmer patch of sea for the night. everyone was much happier as we watched the sunset from the boat and the boat just swayed gently! we had spagetti bolognaise for dinner, talked, read, and had a much better night sleep! i however got burnt on whitehaven beach in the morning even though it ...

... and had to give up after about 30 mins as I struggled to get the strength to swim back to the boat, was fighting a tide the whole time. Saw some cool and wonderful creatures though and came literally nose to nose with a reef shark which was a little scary despite them being harmless.

Gonna grab a couple ciders and head back to the hostel hopefully can find someone to drink with as all my roomies from past few days have went sailing today.

... driving but the main French driver was a bit of a control freak and kept telling me to slow down so we left all the driving to him....
Anyway we got to Indian Head which is a viewpoint you walk up to.... it was amazing.... on either side were these long stretches of beach (roads!) and the colour of the sea was amazing.... and in the sea we could see dolphins, turtles, stingray... and in the distance, whales.... amazing stuff......

Night 2 - Back to camp.... we ...

... to Whitehaven Beach, famous for its azure waters and bright white sand. It was incredibly beautiful and the 2 hours we spent there wasn’t enough. We spent the rest of the day, sailing around the islands which was fantastic, especially when the wind picked up and we were able to turn off the motor and use the huge sail to get up to quite a speed. We arrived as the sun set over the mainland and walked back along the beach to our hostel. What a great 2 days!

... of fun! Today got up early and went horseback riding, and now... wait for it.. wait for it... getting ready to go bungee jumping!!!! Bus is leaving to take me there in an hour or so, can't wait but totally freaked out at the same time!!

I could go on for pages but I want to go enjoy this place so I will fill you guys in on the details later and post some pics instead! :) Hope all is well back home!!!! Wish you were here!!
xoxo

... winds. Eventually the winds calmed down enough for us to go out late one afternoon. It was exhiliarating but terrifying!!!. Once we were as high as it goes I couldn't look down but had to look out at the horizon to stop myself freaking out!!!







A nice thing we did one night was to watch outdoor movies. We walked to the other side of the island ...

... there certainly seemed to be a lot more parents and children visible around the place, but maybe that’s just because they’d been scared off by the Brits the night before. There were a few activities put on, all the kids seemed to love doing the limbo and the tug-of-war. I was completely exhausted, and with the dreaded ‘Contiki Cough’ starting to take hold, I decided a very early night was in order.