whitsundays to whiteout
hellllooooooo,
WELL what an eventful week. first i told my boss where to stick it. well... of course not that gallantly - but it was ajolly good feeling shutting the door behind me. of course that elation lasted an hour, because i missed my train into the city by one minute. not to worry - i bought a highlighter and it made my day. then went and chatted to micahel in IGA and it made my tomorrow. Also saw luke and it made me realise i am a dickhead. (I was wondering around with a flower out my bag, three cherry ripes in my pocket, a business shirt (way too big for me) and my fly undone (it broke.) DO I CARE?? NO!!! Then went to dinner with everyone in glebe. Independantly travelled to glebe to meet the others for dinner, and sw brendan for the first time since topfest!! (Bahaha i am so gonna die overseas and will probably refuse to leave the airport.)
On Friday 2nd my family got up at 3:30am to go to the airport, so we landed in hamilton island by 9am. After valet transfer by a state of the art limo buggy, we got to our apartment - very swish view of catseye bay. That day we didn't do much, except buggy around, attempt to snorkel at high tide (no white sands on this island - only cleared mucky mangrove beach covered in thick pebbles.) Saw the sunset. Nice. What a stupid word to sum that up in.
Next day we went out to the very very commercial doozey called 'reeefworld' - where we went out to the edge of the actual great barrier reef and snorkelled. I touched a guppy (i think thats hat they're called) - absolutely huge and scary - the size of eden. Swam in ten metre deep water clear as a whistle. Lots of fish (I FOUND NEMO) but coral was nothing special because most of it was dead (found out later it actually isn't bleched, but just appears that way because it secretes a special sunscreen when it gets too close to the surface. Even coral is more clever than most sunbaking people!!
Next day we sailed out on the ex sydney to hobart yaght (still can't spell that) "Banjo Patterson." We all hung our legs over the sides and got very wet. Went snorkling on chalkies beach where the coral was fantastic and the fish weren't too bad either. James got freaked out by the 'fire coral' the tour guide warned us about, so sat on the beach instead. He's more of a hypochondriac than mum!! Then, after a rescue operation involving a large dingy and a blow off cap, we sailed over to Whitehaven beaches, voted the prettiest beach in the world. THe and is BRIGHT white- 98% pure silica - it is this special sand that doesn't burn your feet because it doesn't absorb heat!! Played cricket and went for a walk there.
Today we walked 6 km's up a ridge to the highest point on the island where we had 360 degree panorama views of the whitsunday islands. The water is a beatiful turquoise from above, but isn't that top from on the ground. Then went snorkelling (at low tide ) in one last desperate attempt to see a turtle. No turtles, but saw some fish which looked like they'd been attacked by a kid with crayons when they were being created. The flight home was fine - beautiful city lights coming into sydney - looked like a computer chipboard. Weather is a let -down here though - from paradose a few hours ago to miserable cold and wet.
Over and out!!
Mii
WELL what an eventful week. first i told my boss where to stick it. well... of course not that gallantly - but it was ajolly good feeling shutting the door behind me. of course that elation lasted an hour, because i missed my train into the city by one minute. not to worry - i bought a highlighter and it made my day. then went and chatted to micahel in IGA and it made my tomorrow. Also saw luke and it made me realise i am a dickhead. (I was wondering around with a flower out my bag, three cherry ripes in my pocket, a business shirt (way too big for me) and my fly undone (it broke.) DO I CARE?? NO!!! Then went to dinner with everyone in glebe. Independantly travelled to glebe to meet the others for dinner, and sw brendan for the first time since topfest!! (Bahaha i am so gonna die overseas and will probably refuse to leave the airport.)
On Friday 2nd my family got up at 3:30am to go to the airport, so we landed in hamilton island by 9am. After valet transfer by a state of the art limo buggy, we got to our apartment - very swish view of catseye bay. That day we didn't do much, except buggy around, attempt to snorkel at high tide (no white sands on this island - only cleared mucky mangrove beach covered in thick pebbles.) Saw the sunset. Nice. What a stupid word to sum that up in.
Next day we went out to the very very commercial doozey called 'reeefworld' - where we went out to the edge of the actual great barrier reef and snorkelled. I touched a guppy (i think thats hat they're called) - absolutely huge and scary - the size of eden. Swam in ten metre deep water clear as a whistle. Lots of fish (I FOUND NEMO) but coral was nothing special because most of it was dead (found out later it actually isn't bleched, but just appears that way because it secretes a special sunscreen when it gets too close to the surface. Even coral is more clever than most sunbaking people!!
Next day we sailed out on the ex sydney to hobart yaght (still can't spell that) "Banjo Patterson." We all hung our legs over the sides and got very wet. Went snorkling on chalkies beach where the coral was fantastic and the fish weren't too bad either. James got freaked out by the 'fire coral' the tour guide warned us about, so sat on the beach instead. He's more of a hypochondriac than mum!! Then, after a rescue operation involving a large dingy and a blow off cap, we sailed over to Whitehaven beaches, voted the prettiest beach in the world. THe and is BRIGHT white- 98% pure silica - it is this special sand that doesn't burn your feet because it doesn't absorb heat!! Played cricket and went for a walk there.
Today we walked 6 km's up a ridge to the highest point on the island where we had 360 degree panorama views of the whitsunday islands. The water is a beatiful turquoise from above, but isn't that top from on the ground. Then went snorkelling (at low tide ) in one last desperate attempt to see a turtle. No turtles, but saw some fish which looked like they'd been attacked by a kid with crayons when they were being created. The flight home was fine - beautiful city lights coming into sydney - looked like a computer chipboard. Weather is a let -down here though - from paradose a few hours ago to miserable cold and wet.
Over and out!!
Mii
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