Day 14 - We checked in at the sailing office and left our bags in storage and went in search of breakfast. Fresh coffee and pastries for Helen and a small pile of pancakes bacon and maple syrup Canadian style for Tina.
We wandered around Airlie Beach shopping for souvenirs and finding a wifi spot to update the blog before we boarded the Pacific Sunrise. What a sailing boat! 17 passengers and 5 crew. Learning everyone's name was going to be fun. It was a lovely mix of people and ages but no one under 21.
The Linderman Suite complete with air con and on suite bathroom was going to be home for the next 3 days. We set 'sail' from Able Point Marine at 4pm past Pioneer Rock into Molle Channel then onto Whitsunday Passage through Hook Island passage heading south to Tongue Bay. Champagne and canapes as the sun went down followed by a delicious 3 course meal. An early night was in order. The gentle rocking of the boat sent us into a deep sleep.Day 15 - After a hearty breakfast we took the tender onto the island. A little walk to Betty's beach where we had a dip in the ocean wearing our high fashion stinger suits.
These protected us from the harmful jelly fish. Baby sting rays swimming around us. A couple of hours quickly passed by and a short climb to the lookout point to view Hill Inlet and Whitehaven Beach.
A light lunch of prawns and chorizo with basil pasta. Rosco the chef is a culinary delight. Off we sailed to Border Island where it rained hard. But being British the rain wasn't going to stop us. Tina and 3 other people went snorkelling whilst Helen tried Scuba Diving for the first time.
Tina saw lots of beautiful fish and some coral whilst Helen saw some cray fish and swam through a coral passage – she managed to get down to 8 meters and was very proud of that.
Today was also Marcie's 50th birthday and Rosco made a cake that was so delicious and we all sang happy birthday and the evening was spent partying and Tina was asked to sing Ricki Martin which then made others get up and sing and a war of the i-pods ensued to see who had the best music, it was quite fun. Bed was before 10.30pm.
Day 16 - The following morning we awoke to us being sailed north round Pinnacle Point, we ate breakfast on the way to anchoring at Maureens Cove at Hook Island. It had also become apparent that Tina had been eaten by either mosquitos or sandflys, either way my legs, feet and a finger! were very itchy and swollen. Helen had gradually been stocking up on ibuprofen and painkillers for the previous few days and today she was having a bad day with her sciatica. She had to borrow a backbrace from Rosco which has helped and she is walking around gingerly but is still smiling!!
We both decided to stay on the boat this morning as others went off to dive and snorkel. Lunch was a delicious Thai Curry. We ate our lunch with Jo and Michael originally from Liverpool who now live in Dubai and Sarah and David who are Australian and Scottish who live in Paris and dance at the Moulin Rouge. Sarah and David are fab and we are hopefully going to stay in touch.
After lunch Tina went off snorkelling and saw all kinds of fish and it was so much better than the previous day. Helen stayed on board and watched a movie.
On the boat we have a mix of people from England, Australia, Belgium, Canada, America which means there is only one person whose first language is not English.
We moved to Luncheon Bay to have dinner - Helen is really suffering and we had to resort to wine tonight to ease the pain.
Tonight we were told that we have to pack all our things and be up and ready for breakfast at 7.30am tomorrow so we are now off to our room to pack. We arrive at 10.30am back to Able Point Marina were will pay our bar bill!! then head off to to the airport for our next adventure in Melbourne.
PS – we have been married for 3 weeks now....
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