We arrived in Airlie Beach in the afternoon in time to check in and have a kip before we got ready and all went out for FREE beer and nibbles which to backpackers is...well...not to be missed! Fab night out with all our friends from fraser and oz bus :-)
The next day we checked in for our boat and sailed at lunchtime. The first day we just got to know the people of the boat, had dinner, drinks and sailed into tongue bay where we anchored up for the night. The food was amazing considering they hardly had any means to cook it all. There were about 25 of us including crew which was a really good number because it meant we could all get to know each other and sit around in a big group. It got really chilly at night, being my usually cold blooded self i was moaning so the captain gave me his jumper aaaaaaaah! We sat up most of the night drinking goon and chatting to our new friends on the boat. Really nice evening. The sleeping accommodation wasn't the best but hey, its a sailing boat, so considering it was small the beds were ok. Me and nat shared a double which were in lines down the side of the boat and then there was like a big hammock above one side of the double for someone else to sleep in. me and Nat DID NOT hit the jackpot with the Canadian guy sleeping above us......snoring is an understatement at one point in the night i thought a steam train was coming through the gully! haaaaa! never mind! We were up early doors on the boat, breakfast at 7 sharp. We then all set of on the smaller boat onto Whitehaven beach. First we walked up the look out point which was pretty amazing, the views and colours were great, then back down to the beach......pictures speak for themselves....yet to be uploaded! In the afternoon me and Natalie went diving unaided for the first time ever.....of yeh! had lots of fun, lots of different marine life. We did this whilst the others went snorkelling.
After we got back to the boat we had a yummy lunch and then sailed to the next bay for the night. Unfortunatley because of lack of wind we didnt sail at all on our first day :-( motoring all the way. Once again we had a fab night of drinking games and dinner was lush also!
Up again early on the last day so we could make the most of the wind! We sailed back into Airlie for lucnhtime and because the wind got up we sailed all the way back! So much fun and we helped sail the boat with the other crew members. Such a great couple of days. It was a wicked experience and the whitsundays are a must, so beautiful.
Saturday, 23 May 2009
1770 and Kroombit
We only spent one day and night in 1770 as this was a compulsory stop but on reflection if we had more time I think this is somewhere i wouldnt have minded spending longer at. We were all so tired and our bodies ruined from Fraser that this was a nice place to chill out. So we did. Also it rained whioch we were not impressed about but hey ho, we have had about 7 days of rain in our whole trip so cant be bad! We left 1770 the next morning to head to Kroombit which none of us were that sure about but once we got there changed out minds. It was all a bit crazy. We got there had a lovely steak and salad lunch then in the afternoon there were lots of different activities. I wanteds to have a go at Clay Pigeon shooting so i took the plunge and did it, was fun! I managed to get one out of five, i was quite impressed with myself seeing as I hadnt done anything like this before. Then we got into groups and wrestled goats onto a ring and branded them - very odd! I of course did the branding as was too scared to do any wrestling ha!
After the activites we had dinner and then were shown to a strange little shed where we were told to dress up in fancy dress from the box. It was all like vistorian dresses and weird jackets! I think my jacket made me look like a ring master at the circus ha! So we then had to tackle the mechanical bull. Most people got on and thrown off within seconds on both goes but i got on and after a complete wipeout the first time was able to stay on the second and bought home the crown for the girls but one of the boys beat me by miles goddammit! He is a dutch farmer so I think he def had an unfair advantage for sure! It was a fun night, lots of booze followed the bull riding and a few hangover the next morning before we headed for Airlie Beach whooooop!
After the activites we had dinner and then were shown to a strange little shed where we were told to dress up in fancy dress from the box. It was all like vistorian dresses and weird jackets! I think my jacket made me look like a ring master at the circus ha! So we then had to tackle the mechanical bull. Most people got on and thrown off within seconds on both goes but i got on and after a complete wipeout the first time was able to stay on the second and bought home the crown for the girls but one of the boys beat me by miles goddammit! He is a dutch farmer so I think he def had an unfair advantage for sure! It was a fun night, lots of booze followed the bull riding and a few hangover the next morning before we headed for Airlie Beach whooooop!
Sunday, 17 May 2009
The Island that is FRASER!
Well what can I say I have just returned from Fraser Island and I can say without a doubt I had the time of my life.
Me and Nat were put in our groups the night before we set off and to begin with we didnt think the group would work but we were wrong. We had such a good group of people, everyone pitched in, we were all in it for a great time and well thats exactly what we had!
We left at 8am on the first morning and made our way to the ferry, it was party time from the word go and although our cr*ppy van didnt have a radio we didnt let that stop us, we sang all the way! Hence why i now have NO voice! We busted out some real classics all the way to Lake Mckenzie. We got to lake mckenzie and I dont know what everyone else expected but damn it was beautiful. This huge fresh water lake inbetween such thick green woodland but also sand dunes......crazy. The water tasted like evian. We spent a lot of the day here which was fortunate as we had to get a mechanic out to fix our humungous 4x4. The roof rack loaded with all of our stuff had broken.....yeh not good. This drunken guy turns up to fix it but hey it seemed to work! We then made our way to cromwells break with a convoy of about 6 vans who we had made friends with during the day. Once all parked up and tents erected we got stuck into making dinner. Burgers it was! So good. Then the goon drinking began as darkness fell on camp and the rest of the night is a blur - great fun had by all though ;-)
The second day we were a feeling a little bit worse for wwear to say the least but as always we pulled it together and packed up to drive to Lake Wabby. WOWZER! This was like a desert.......the half an hour walk from the car to the lake was well worth it. The photos tell it all. The contrast of the different surroundings was so odd. Again we spent most of the day here chilling out before heading up north to see Indian Head which again was a sight and then onto camp....though we didnt time things well and didnt make it to a campsite so the beach it was. Once we were set up though we had a wicked night. Both nights were so different, the first being busy with people and lots of crazy games, the second was all about group bonding. I honestly can say I had such an amazing time, the people were great, scenery out of this world! Also we managed to see the shipwreck on our last day before heading back which was teamed with seeing our friends who we didnt think we would see until Cairns so it was big cuddles and whooooping for about an hour! FAB FAB FAB time. Bring on the Whitsundays :-)
Me and Nat were put in our groups the night before we set off and to begin with we didnt think the group would work but we were wrong. We had such a good group of people, everyone pitched in, we were all in it for a great time and well thats exactly what we had!
We left at 8am on the first morning and made our way to the ferry, it was party time from the word go and although our cr*ppy van didnt have a radio we didnt let that stop us, we sang all the way! Hence why i now have NO voice! We busted out some real classics all the way to Lake Mckenzie. We got to lake mckenzie and I dont know what everyone else expected but damn it was beautiful. This huge fresh water lake inbetween such thick green woodland but also sand dunes......crazy. The water tasted like evian. We spent a lot of the day here which was fortunate as we had to get a mechanic out to fix our humungous 4x4. The roof rack loaded with all of our stuff had broken.....yeh not good. This drunken guy turns up to fix it but hey it seemed to work! We then made our way to cromwells break with a convoy of about 6 vans who we had made friends with during the day. Once all parked up and tents erected we got stuck into making dinner. Burgers it was! So good. Then the goon drinking began as darkness fell on camp and the rest of the night is a blur - great fun had by all though ;-)
The second day we were a feeling a little bit worse for wwear to say the least but as always we pulled it together and packed up to drive to Lake Wabby. WOWZER! This was like a desert.......the half an hour walk from the car to the lake was well worth it. The photos tell it all. The contrast of the different surroundings was so odd. Again we spent most of the day here chilling out before heading up north to see Indian Head which again was a sight and then onto camp....though we didnt time things well and didnt make it to a campsite so the beach it was. Once we were set up though we had a wicked night. Both nights were so different, the first being busy with people and lots of crazy games, the second was all about group bonding. I honestly can say I had such an amazing time, the people were great, scenery out of this world! Also we managed to see the shipwreck on our last day before heading back which was teamed with seeing our friends who we didnt think we would see until Cairns so it was big cuddles and whooooping for about an hour! FAB FAB FAB time. Bring on the Whitsundays :-)
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