Airlie Beach Hotel

... Straße erklären lassen – nicht dass wir noch abgeschleppt werden!! Nachdem wir dort auch einen Flyer mit Mackay’s „Sehenswürdigkeiten“ mitgenommen hatten, haben wir uns die natürlich gleich noch angeschaut (wie gesagt: es war eine Kleinstadt und alle Sehenswürdigkeiten lagen innerhalb von zwei Blocks)! Danach ging’s noch für eine Pause zum Blacks Beach nördlich von Mackay – hier waren auch wieder Kite ...

... had sobered up enough and wasn't to bad. I was a little nervous I'll be honest but soon got used to the bubbles going up around your face making a racket as I breathed out compared with snorkeling which is silent. So we all moved off the beach and everyone was doing well so the instructor dropped us down beneath the surface of the water using our buoyancy aids. Which is a jacket that inflates or deflates with air so you can control the level you sit under the water to ...

... track from the ferry was soft sand and so pretty much straight away a jeep got stuck and we were stuck in a queue! Not long after we got stuck..... fun and games!
Lake Wabby involved a gruelling 45 min walk to get there... gruelling as you're walking uphill through sand! Awesome though... you get to the top and it's like being in a desert..... run down the sand dunes and you're in a fresh lake full of catfish.... cooool!!

Then it was off to find a place to camp for ...

... a few goons but couldn't before. Maybe it was the togas we were dressed in...they did make beautiful sails for the pool. Good times...
So the next day we set sail again and went to the barrier reef to snorkel, saw some good fish again. Then sailed to whitehaven beach if you google you will see what i mean by paradise. The whitest softest sand in the world and apparently one of the top 10 beaches in the world. simply beautiful. The sea is lovely and warm too like a bath ...

... were big but the ceiling was very very close! We then parked up at Blue Pearl Bay and off we went to snorkel ...it was amazing! Lots of fish, a Mary Wrasse who let some divers stroke her and lots of beautiful coral. We also got to grips with using Aidan's camera underwater. The first evening was tough as we drove on to moor up overnight at Whitehaven bay. However to achieve this we had to drive through the washing machine...even Aidan experienced some sea sickness ...

... an, wo eine Frau uns den Tipp gab, am Ende d** Burk** Street (od** so ähnlich) zu schlafen, da es dort Duschen und Toiletten gibt und nicht patrolli**t wird. Dort haben wir dann also uns**en „großartigen Hint**n“ (D** Van heißt so!! „Great Ass“) geparkt und sind schon um 21Uhr eingeschlafen. Mit Sonnenaufgang wachten die Vögel auf und dann auch wir. Wenige Minuten kamen die **sten Angl** und wir sind **st mal an den Strand und haben einige Zeit einfach mal ...

... liivaga hoolikalt oma käevõrusid. Silica sand ehk ränikiviliiv (?) pidavat olema parim vahend ehete läikima löömiseks; teisest küljest leidub ka tegelasi, kellele see liiv ei meeldi: kilpkonnad. Võib-olla neile niisama seal ringi käia meeldib, aga munade haudumiseks pole see just kõige sobivam keskkond, sest tänu erilisele koostisele ei lähe liiv kunagi kuumaks - inimesele sobiv, kilpkonnale mitte :) Ja mis võiks järgneda peale suurt kõhutäitmist? No ikka ...

We took the ferry from Magnetic Island to Townsville on Saturday morning and drove to Airlie Beach. Airlie beach was a lot more touristy than I expected. Everything there seems to revolve around tourists and sending them on trips to the Whitsundays. We found a caravan park on the outskirts of the town and collected Dan and Ema from the greyhound bus as they were going to stay there too. We spent a quiet night on the campsite playing cards, very ...