So after the Fraser Island trip we travelled north to Airlie beach, although on the way we ran into a little car trouble ourself. Luckily Todd figured out pretty quickly that we had no oil in the car and we were able to stop and fill it up.
Airlie Beach is where our 3rd and final trip left from, our 3 day 2 night sailing trip around the whitsundays. We set off on Friday on a huge 30 person Maxi racing sailing boat, that apparently was one of the fastest boats in the world in its haydays of the 80's. These days she just cruises the whitsundays with backpackers on it.
Todd and I had an absolutely amazing time!! The first day was our free scuba dive. I was pretty nervous about it and actually didnt like it that much. I couldnt get my ears to equalize and it all seemed a bit unnatural, but Todd absolutely loved it. But im glad i did it, always try things once right. The rest of that time when others were scuba diving we were snorkling. It was amazing to be snorkling over the Great Barrier Reef and to see the coral and all of the beautiful fish. Unfortanutely we didnt have an underwater camera so we have no pictures to show of that.
The next couple of days were spent cruising around the islands and stopping at different islands and beaches. One of which is the world famous Whithaven beach, which was incredible. The sand was the softest sand i have ever felt, its something like 95% silica, which i have to admit i dont know what that means but i guess its good.
Then the last day we stopped at an area for snorkling which is known for turtles. And boy did we see loads of beautiful huge turtles swimming all over the place. Both todd and i managed to swim to them and touch them which they dont seem to mind at all. And that was our trip, just an amazing time on a beautiful boat, water, beaches and fish.
So today we are going to be leaving Airlie Beach and heading north to Townsville and then on to Cairns and slightly further north than that to Cape Tribulation.
Airlie Beach is where our 3rd and final trip left from, our 3 day 2 night sailing trip around the whitsundays. We set off on Friday on a huge 30 person Maxi racing sailing boat, that apparently was one of the fastest boats in the world in its haydays of the 80's. These days she just cruises the whitsundays with backpackers on it.
Todd and I had an absolutely amazing time!! The first day was our free scuba dive. I was pretty nervous about it and actually didnt like it that much. I couldnt get my ears to equalize and it all seemed a bit unnatural, but Todd absolutely loved it. But im glad i did it, always try things once right. The rest of that time when others were scuba diving we were snorkling. It was amazing to be snorkling over the Great Barrier Reef and to see the coral and all of the beautiful fish. Unfortanutely we didnt have an underwater camera so we have no pictures to show of that.
The next couple of days were spent cruising around the islands and stopping at different islands and beaches. One of which is the world famous Whithaven beach, which was incredible. The sand was the softest sand i have ever felt, its something like 95% silica, which i have to admit i dont know what that means but i guess its good.
Then the last day we stopped at an area for snorkling which is known for turtles. And boy did we see loads of beautiful huge turtles swimming all over the place. Both todd and i managed to swim to them and touch them which they dont seem to mind at all. And that was our trip, just an amazing time on a beautiful boat, water, beaches and fish.
So today we are going to be leaving Airlie Beach and heading north to Townsville and then on to Cairns and slightly further north than that to Cape Tribulation.
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