Airlie Beach and the Whitsunday Islands

We arrived at Airlie Beach and had a wander round to check out the trips to the Whitsundays and of course the pubs! We were just wandering around when Donald Sutherland came out of a restaurant with his minders and walked passed us and jumped into his merc. We both looked at each other to make sure that we weren’t seeing things. We decided on a two day/two night sailing trip round the islands.

We boarded the boat just after lunch loaded up important supplies of beer and a change of clothes. We were given a cabin with bunk beds and guess who had to have the top bunk. It wouldn’t have been so bad if there was a ladder and it didn’t feel like you were sleeping in a coffin. Still we could have been sharing with god knows how many others. We set off and sailed to Whitehaven beach where we anchored for the night. We were up early the next morning and the view of the beach was awesome. It is considered to be one of the best beaches in the world. 7km of pure white powdery pure silica sand. After the rest of our fellow sailors where woken by a loud blast of ‘Good Morning Vietnam’ we were taken over to the beach. We walked along seeing rays and fish. We then went to Luncheon Bay for the most amazing snorkelling better than the reef at Cairns. We had to wear stinger suits which looked very fetching! Our last stop was at Hook Island where we watched the sunset and spent the night. The next morning we sailed back to Airlie Beach but the weather took a turn for the worse and it rained on and off all the way back. Which wouldn’t have been a problem but there was hardly any covered areas to shelter in and still see the views. After we got back we met up with every one in the evening for a beer or three. We had a great time.