We arrived here at Airlie Beach on Sunday by 10am, after getting away nice and early from Home Hill. The caravan park that we picked is truly lovely with lush tropical gardens, concrete slab and green grass, the pool area is beautiful it is a lagoon pool and has water slides and spa areas, just a little cool when you first get in but once your body temp drops down it is very refreshing.
Today we had to be at Marina by 7.30am as we were going sailing on an 85ft Catamaran out to Whitehaven Beach and around the Whitsunday Islands. Bazza as usual does not like to rush so he set the alarm for 5.30am just to make sure we had plenty of time to get ready and drive 5 mins down the road to the marina, Denise didn't get out of bed until 6.30am and was still ready on time ! The weather was just great a little early fog but cleared to a beautiful blue sky and very little wind to start with, so we had to motor for a while until the breeze picked up. We arrived at Whitehave Beach a little before 12 and were taken ashore in the tender, where there was a good supply of balls and Frisbee's for the young energetic ones. I had an exhilarating swim in the beautiful clear aqua water while Bazza exercised his eyes feasting on the lush little bodies in their bikinis. The sand on Whitehaven is brilliant white and so very fine, just like course powder, the beach and surroundings are magnificent. While we were relaxing on the beach the crew were preparing a delicious BBQ on board for when we returned, and then we were on our way again heading towards Hook Island where we dropped anchor and again loaded into the tender and taken to the reef where we were able to snorkel and see the coral and beautiful tropical fish. Once again Bazza did not get salty elected to stay on board, with a few other pikers. The wind had picked up nicely for the return trip home so we sailed back at around 11knot's, it was truly an exceptional day out on the water.
Today we had to be at Marina by 7.30am as we were going sailing on an 85ft Catamaran out to Whitehaven Beach and around the Whitsunday Islands. Bazza as usual does not like to rush so he set the alarm for 5.30am just to make sure we had plenty of time to get ready and drive 5 mins down the road to the marina, Denise didn't get out of bed until 6.30am and was still ready on time ! The weather was just great a little early fog but cleared to a beautiful blue sky and very little wind to start with, so we had to motor for a while until the breeze picked up. We arrived at Whitehave Beach a little before 12 and were taken ashore in the tender, where there was a good supply of balls and Frisbee's for the young energetic ones. I had an exhilarating swim in the beautiful clear aqua water while Bazza exercised his eyes feasting on the lush little bodies in their bikinis. The sand on Whitehaven is brilliant white and so very fine, just like course powder, the beach and surroundings are magnificent. While we were relaxing on the beach the crew were preparing a delicious BBQ on board for when we returned, and then we were on our way again heading towards Hook Island where we dropped anchor and again loaded into the tender and taken to the reef where we were able to snorkel and see the coral and beautiful tropical fish. Once again Bazza did not get salty elected to stay on board, with a few other pikers. The wind had picked up nicely for the return trip home so we sailed back at around 11knot's, it was truly an exceptional day out on the water.
