Lagoon Lodge Whitsunday Islands

The Whitsundays &#8211; Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th October<br> I booked this trip in a package deal with the Noosa Canoe and Fraser Island, ensuring I was on one of the best boats in the backpacker range, which did prove to be the case. The Apollo has won the Sydney to Hobart race in previous years before being converted to a tourist boat. As a result of its design, it is built for speed, meaning it was ...

... nach dem Krieg wied** gehoben worden war) dann schließlich in den 90** Jahren zu einem Passagi**schiff umgebaut.<br><br>Nachdem wir im Dunkeln uns** Schiff bestiegen hatten, haben wir noch eine etwa 1-stündige Fahrt zu uns**em Ank**platz für diese Nacht hint** uns gebracht. Dann gab's noch was kleines zu Beißen und ein Bi** bevor es ab ins Bett ging - morgen wird ja aufregend!<br>In d** kleinen (genau genommen sehr kleinen) Doppelkabine war zwar so gut wie kein ...

It is an absolutely gorgeous day for setting off into the heart of the Great Barrier Reef, that is the Whitsunday Islands, so excited!! 'Broomstick' is our maxi yacht for the next 3 days, it really does look the part too! I arrive at the marina with my crate of pure blonde lager, classy! And appropriate sailing outfit of white and pink flowery dress! The eskie is loaded up with c. 100 litres of Goon, beer and whatever else is on special ...

... of different kinds of accomodation depending on your budget and what you may like to do. The snokling is magificent, it is the southern most coral reef. You can surf if you can get out to the surf, people do! Play tennis, feed fish, they'll come right up to you. Go cycling, there is a resort that hires out great entertainment, there is a dance at the local bar, three churches, a museum, a mountain and hills to climb and you could take a boat ...

... our flippers on, we were out in the coral again. Possibly because we were more relaxed, we seemed to see so much more today. Well, Mandi did, anyway, I mostly saw a blur, but there were clown fish frolicking in the anemones, and a pretty blue lipped clam that Mandi pointed out. It was actually rather frustrating because you know this world is out there, and yet it cannot be reached. I swam around for an hour ...

Thursday 5 July 2007 G: Woke at the start of a wild storm with thunder and lightning as well as torrential rain - that is what it sounded like on our tin roof. All I could think of was 'shot' noise from all of my recent reading. It abated and we went back to sleep. I lay there for some moments of bliss thinking 'I can lay here not needing to cough'. M: Took a fierce codral so slept OK. There was a big storm in the ...

... tonight at the very nearby Chinese (little walking for me) and tomorrow, our anniversary, at somewhere recommended - I've forgotten the name. And then he set off to book some tours etc at the Visitors' Centre and for a walk. Meanwhile I have sat here very peacefully and drank tea and watched little skoffelling quaily birds and had a visit from someone called Joy offering glass-bottomed boat rides. G: I put on my new slops and ...

Tuesday 3 July 2007 G: We had organised to have Stephen collect us, so there was no panic. Terminal 2 was quite empty so we got through in no time, and had an hour to kill, so we had a Subway and a Boost juice for breakfast. M: We were pretty much packed by the time we woke, and Stephen was booked for 9:45 so we pottered about until then. Easy run through to the airport and then the only worry was that our ...

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br>< br>The sky was incredibly overcast as the yacht we were to spend the day on slipped away from Long Island and out into the Whitsunday Passage. As it got darker the crew handed out bright yellow raincoats, and their timing couldn&#8217;t have been more perfect. Just as the last person put their raincoat on the rain started to teem down, the drops almost being big enough to ...

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br>< br>I got up at the leisurely hour of noon. Ain&#8217;t life grand? We spent the afternoon swimming and paddle-boarding around the beach in front of the resort as the tide went out, and out, and out. Had the low tide mark been any lower I think I could have almost walked from Long Island across to Airlie Beach. Then we put friendships aside as we fought out a ...