So today we headed out on a full day's charter, to take a look around the whitsundays. Unfortunately for us, the weather was very overcast, and also very blowy, which made the boat trips very exciting. But surprisingly, only 1 person got boat sick, and that was on the trip home.
The girls (Danni & Bee), really wanted to go to Whitehaven beach, but the first place we stopped at was Hill Inlet. This involved a 10 minute walk up a hill, where we ended up with a beautiful view of the of the whitsundays, including the wonderful whitehaven beach. What was also wonderful, was the hundreds of stingrays we could see from up there, swimming in the shallows.
After getting a glimpse at Whitehaven, the next place we headed was the beach. Now this beach is almost completely white, and has the finest, softest sand I've ever seen. Which ended up being a good and bad thing. Bad, cause it stuck to everything. We had a lovely bbq there, and a few lovely swims, and we also got to get up close and personal with a couple of the stingrays. To get back to the boat, Belinda and I decided to avoid the rubber dingy, and swam back, and as a reward, we dove off the top of the boat, back into the ocean. Lovely!!
The final task of the day was to go to the top of Hook Island, to a place called Mantaray Bay for a snorkel. Now we didn't see any Mantas, but we saw hundreds of different fish. And for a difference, one of the workers threw lots of fish food out around us, and all the fish went absolutely crazy. A fantastic sight to see.
The trip back from the islands was a little crazy. All the workers got totally wet, and we were forced to remain seated the whole time as the boat went over huge waves.
Once back on land, we headed out for dinner, as a last meal before people started leaving. I lovely day out.
Whitehaven beach
Hill Inlet
Whitehaven Beach
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