Thursday, May 25, 2006
Whitsundays
hello,
We safely survived the rain and thunder and cold weather of the Whitsunday islands. Seriously though, we had cloud the first few days and strong winds which made it a bit chilly, and the scenery a bit dull. We got on board the Alexander Stewart for a three days two night cruise/sail. We did get to see the magnificent Whitehaven Beach, sea turtles, dolphins and more. The highlight though was the first day snorkeling off Hayman island. It really is as good as you see on the tv. Beautiful coral, colourful fish - truly amazing. And to cap it all off, the deckhand who was feeding the fish from the dinghy managed to find us a gigantic Maori Wrasse, a good metre across and almost just as tall. Pretty incredible swimming with that thing.
Yesterday we got off the ship at 3pm and had a not so nice three hour drive up to Townsville where we are staying a few nights, before pushing up the last little bit to Cairns. Townsville is really nice, quite a large city (100k+ people), but its all green and, well, tropical.
Not sure what we are doing yet.. Going to have some lunch and probably see some more of the sea. (I want to do more snorkeling!)
Anyway, must go.
Jan.
We safely survived the rain and thunder and cold weather of the Whitsunday islands. Seriously though, we had cloud the first few days and strong winds which made it a bit chilly, and the scenery a bit dull. We got on board the Alexander Stewart for a three days two night cruise/sail. We did get to see the magnificent Whitehaven Beach, sea turtles, dolphins and more. The highlight though was the first day snorkeling off Hayman island. It really is as good as you see on the tv. Beautiful coral, colourful fish - truly amazing. And to cap it all off, the deckhand who was feeding the fish from the dinghy managed to find us a gigantic Maori Wrasse, a good metre across and almost just as tall. Pretty incredible swimming with that thing.
Yesterday we got off the ship at 3pm and had a not so nice three hour drive up to Townsville where we are staying a few nights, before pushing up the last little bit to Cairns. Townsville is really nice, quite a large city (100k+ people), but its all green and, well, tropical.
Not sure what we are doing yet.. Going to have some lunch and probably see some more of the sea. (I want to do more snorkeling!)
Anyway, must go.
Jan.
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