Rainy Whitsunday Islands

Well its the wet season in the Whitsundays and to make life even better there is a cyclone headed towards Australia to help the winds. I say this all as a statement of fact, in reality we still had a fair share of sunshine and beautiful times.

While I was at the Whitsundays I took a three day sailboat trip out to the islands. Due to the winds we weren't able to make it to the outer reef, but we did have a beautiful sunny day at Whitehaven beach :) Our three days included snorkeling, diving and sunning when it was out. I was on the Pacific Star a 65 foot catamaran with about 20 passengers and a crew of four. We had a great time getting to know each other, playing cards, braving the waves, drinking and enjoying the Whitsundays! I taught a couple of British girls Speed the card game and we had a blast playing that with four players at one point. They in turn taught us Strips (no not strip poker) but another card game. And then Greg, our host, taught us Golf to round out our card game knowledge :) On Betty's Beach (north part of Whitehaven) myself, Amanda and Leon had a digging contest in the white silica sand...we tried to dig ourselves down into the sand up to our knees, but never quite got there. At night we had some excellent viewings of the southern stars out away from all the lights :) The downside was some rough waves in the mornings as we moved to our daily destinations. But there were even some amusing sides to that as Judy braved the very bow of the boat and ended up completely soaked!

Here's the surviving crew as we returned back to Airlie Beach :)

Now I'm making one last quick stop in Melbourne before heading to New Zealand!! I can't wait to see what awaits me there!