Airlie Beach - crap beach at low tide - about 5m of sand and then rocks! Good night life though, a bit like Byron bay in it's setup - 1 strip with everything.
High tide - awesome views; blue clear waters, green hills either side. Magical!
Beaches Backpackers: Cool! TV in room, 1 channel... found cow and chicken in B+W. Aircon, thank god and ensuite! Wi free brekkie and washing machines that u can use the old cotton bud trick with.
Came there when over cast - next day bright blue skies.
In same room as E, B and O with 2 canadian girls (got annoying though - didn't get any jokes) and 2 dutch guys -bumped into them in Cairns loads.
Worst sleep walk ever!! Woke up at 4am in a corridor never been in before, totally confused JUST WEARING PANTS AND HOLDING MY SLEEPING SHEET. Tried all doors. Seemed to all be locked. One lead to the bar... it was empty, but I dont think i came that way...
Had to go thru bar - check the way - 2 people walking in street outside, bar empty, thank god. Quick time walk through the bar, into the open and up some stairs. met no one, cuz it was 4am, but would have been embarassing.
No key!! Course not, I'm just wearing pants, with no pockets! Hesitant knock at the door, hear footsteps inside. Britney the Canadian come out. Asks me why I 'ran out of the room'...
Woke up tired...
domestic day - washing, shopping with the boiz ( big plans to make good food cuz theres 4 of us!!)
Ollie and everyone dancing to Wake Me Up Before You Go, Wham in the room's balcony. Funny vid. New holiday song!
Cooked rice 4 first time ever - horrible and starchy.
Chilling out for day by the lagoon a decent sized pool with sand and space to make up for Airlie Beach's namesake beach.
Next day - Whitsunday sailing! Big coincidence: Paul from the Blue Mountains was checking in at the same time to same boat. AND his french canadian mateshad just come up with a fake name of Adam Smith to play with a mate...
Met roomies for the trip- Frank the french, niall and andy the irish and paul.
37 onboard the "Kora" - decent sized catamaran with some speakers all over board 4 music.
Getting out of airlie, passing some islands, very jurassic park, tropical blue waters.
Arrived at our resort island, south mole island. V 70's, slightly run down. Happy hour from 5pm! Only me, Niall and Paul there. After dinner, drinking games in the bar, beer fight, mad noise and bed at 10pm.
Up at 6.15am... POO! Big pile of diahorea on the room's floor... Andy comes in and tells Niall he did it. Nah, he says, but frank backs Andy up and Niall goes "Oh god...." Horrible!!!!! Frank says he saw him doing it - just half on his bed with pants by knees, pooing and peeing... No smell, til he tried wiping it up.
Didn't come sailing that day. Embarasement?Met him on dry land- was puking blood apparently, so thought he should go to a doctor, plus embarrased.
Leave for boat 8am. Loads of Lorakeets at jetty! really noisy and they drink beer and goon (wine) - Hence the name Goon Birds! Landing on people and making more noise in ears. Saw huge stingray and fish below jetty.
Sailed to Whitehaven Beach. Little dingy to get there. Walk to lookout - amazing swirling sands that extend from Hill Inlet; near pure white sand and blue fades in water. Amazing; real national geographic! Voted 3rd best beach. Sand 98% Silica - used for the Hubble Telescope's lenses.
Strange feeling sand! Like flour - perfection? Good for exfoliation. Strange bubbles coming out of sand underwater! V bright on beach. Walk with cam across 300m water stretch, only waist deep. Saw stingray pods, small sharks and baby mangroves! Cool weathered old tree/log + rocks.
Snorkelling on some fringing reef! Coral, fish and clams galore. Bit cold and not as bright as the pictures. Huge turtle under catamaran - just popped up, looked at us with dopey eyes and submerged! Magestic.
Back to south mole- new room in charity. Tennis, swimming pool and Jacuzzi!
Bar had broken speakers so moved to other bar in the "family" part - Karaoke, 2x price!! No thanks. E, B and O arrived from their boat - just sat on a jetty with them. Curlew looking at us spookily. jam session with some guitar guy at the rooms.
Up at 6.30, no smell! Visited another fringing reef - warmer and more fish - fed with bread - swarmed around us. Heading back to land - roasting in the V hot sun. checked into Koala's, gave me the furthest possible room. Incredibly small kitchen - for 145 rooms (around 500 people) -4 hobs, 2 fridges and about 1/2 a pot to cook in. Plus had to rent cutlery.
Drinks with boat people, playing mind games - Land of Ogg, Big red bus etc. Gets people annoyed!
Walked to Beaches BPers in the morning for free brekkie... He hehe, sneaky! Also pretended we were from the hostel and got a lift to the transport terminal 1 mile away. Beats walking.
Bye Airlie Beach!! Good party place.
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