Whitsunday Sailboat Cruise - Ragamuffin II - Day 3 ...
We took the dingy onto the beach at Whitsunday Island. Walking along the beach John and I saw several clear jellyfish washed up. we're not sure what type they were. Thought that they might be box jellyfish but were later told by the mate on our ship that they were out in this region, although a still deadly small form of them was. That was why we wore the stinger suits. We also saw a sting ray in and a shark in the shallow water next to the beach. Further down the beach we found a goanna slithering through the vegetation near the beach.
The sand was very white and squeky, like on Fraser Island. It was also quite fine. One of the beaches on Whitsunday Island is supposed to be on the top 10 best beaches in the world list. Un fortunately for us, the weather wasn't all that great it was quite overcast.
In the afternoon we went through several rain showers, mostly pretty light rain. I had the opportunity to steer the boat and managed not to hit anything or tip it over. It was pretty fun. Don't think I'll leave my day job when I get back to the USA, though.
We got back to Airlie beach about 4 pm and I think everyone headed for a real shower after they got back to their hostels. Matt had booked a table for us at the Beaches Backpackers bar for 7:30 pm and we all showed up. John and I had dinner their and the food was very good. I had Burramundi (a fish) and chips, John has the Chicken Parmasiana. People had already bought a few picthers of beer, but Matt bought two rounds of three pitchers each for all of us! What a generous guy! Needless to say, we all got a little drunk (OK, maybe a lot), but we could all walk home.
We took the dingy onto the beach at Whitsunday Island. Walking along the beach John and I saw several clear jellyfish washed up. we're not sure what type they were. Thought that they might be box jellyfish but were later told by the mate on our ship that they were out in this region, although a still deadly small form of them was. That was why we wore the stinger suits. We also saw a sting ray in and a shark in the shallow water next to the beach. Further down the beach we found a goanna slithering through the vegetation near the beach.
The sand was very white and squeky, like on Fraser Island. It was also quite fine. One of the beaches on Whitsunday Island is supposed to be on the top 10 best beaches in the world list. Un fortunately for us, the weather wasn't all that great it was quite overcast.
In the afternoon we went through several rain showers, mostly pretty light rain. I had the opportunity to steer the boat and managed not to hit anything or tip it over. It was pretty fun. Don't think I'll leave my day job when I get back to the USA, though.
We got back to Airlie beach about 4 pm and I think everyone headed for a real shower after they got back to their hostels. Matt had booked a table for us at the Beaches Backpackers bar for 7:30 pm and we all showed up. John and I had dinner their and the food was very good. I had Burramundi (a fish) and chips, John has the Chicken Parmasiana. People had already bought a few picthers of beer, but Matt bought two rounds of three pitchers each for all of us! What a generous guy! Needless to say, we all got a little drunk (OK, maybe a lot), but we could all walk home.
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