Airlie Apartments Airlie Beach

... the coast to bondi beach where we tried a deepfried mars bar (mmm...) and the weather luckily ended up really nice so it was a lovely day. we also spent a day walking around seeing the opera house and the harbour bridge and we went to the botanical gardens to sunbathe there, and there were tonnes of bats! they were all flying around and hanging upside down in the park! was a crazy sight! we went to china town and had a chinese too. we also went to see the michael jackson movie ...

... that the markets were on because there was a cruise ship in the harbour. Most of the stalls were the same ones that had been at Bowen a few days prior but there were a couple of new ones and we bought another present. Lucy in particular was very excited to see the camel rides on offer and even asked to go on one. I agreed but she chickened out when she got up close and saw the size of the camels and how high up the people were. So ...

... talking and laughing. <br><br>Juliet and I went on a three day two night sailing trip around the Whitsunday Islands after gettign as far south as Airlie Beach, on an 80 year old Scottish yacht called Ron of Argyll. It's a beautiful boat, but the brochures were very flattering about the size of it. When we got the marina and saw the boat, I couldn't believe how small it was! There were 3 crew and 11 passengers, but only about 6 people could sit comfortable on deck at ...

G'day after our first few hours on the boat (its not really because i'm writing this 3 days later sat in a motel but we can all pretend). We were off on a 2 day 2 night boat trip around the Whitsunday Islands, that are a series of islands that are within the Great Barrier Reef Heritage Area. Well we got all checked on to the boat and meet the crew and a few of the other ship mates and all was going well, until it came to the allocation of rooms and its not a major thing but we were ...

... around.... for no reason..... giving the whole group a heart attack! Funny as.... still makes me laugh out loud when I think about it....<br><br>Day 3 - up early again for more amazing bacon butties and coffee... then off to the highlight of Fraser Island.... Lake Mackensie..... this is just a gorgeous freshwater lake with the most beautiful coloured water and the sand is white.... another little bit of paradise.... perfect! We spent the morning chilling, sunbathing ...

... together and then went up on deck for some sunset pictures, over the side of the boat I saw a huge turtle about a metre in length flip over in the water! The sun went down pretty quickly and we got to see the stars and the Milky Way shining really brightly in the sky. We had a bit too much to drink that night and went to bed quite late. <br><br>We were allowed a little lie in this morning, 6.15am but felt a bit ropey after drinking so much goon so it was a ...

... 8217;s camera has a ripper zoom on it!! We plan to sail past Hamilton Island to take in the view whilst heading to Chalkies Beach or Whitehaven Beach whichever one is going to be the most sheltered overnight. <br><br>As we come around the North point of Dent Island we are surrounded by a mass of yachts. They are all coming directly at us and putting spinnakers up, the multi-coloured sails and number of them (about 240) is awesome. We try and find a place to get out of their ...

... dive, however this one was much less successful, the water wasn't crystal clear but mirky and we spotted very little sea life, but it was still great to get in the water and cool down. As this was our last night on the boat together everyone got into party mode and it wasn't long before the goon was flowing (and Goon overboard!! although AJ retrieved it, what a legend), I got to drive the boat with Kove and got ...

... Cascade, Toohey&#8217;s, XXXX, Victoria Bitter, etc. None are &#8220;wow,&#8221; but all are good.<br><br> In the lounge area, lots of us drink and chat about our lives. I had a good chat with the 3 Canadians from Sydney &#8211; I want to seem interested in their culture. I got drunk but not wasted. Soon, I found this talking wasn&#8217;t going to lead to anything special ...

... shorts that night and hang them out of the sail, he didn't take them off though. After drinking some more goon we headed off to bed. It was quite hot and cramped downstairs but managed to sleep ok. Think the goon helped. Most people slept up on deck because it was too hot downstairs. The next morning we had breakfast at around 7am and then went for a snorkel around Pearl Bay which is also known as the fish bowl. When we were having breakfast we ...