This morning we woke up at 6:30, had breakfast and continued our trip. Destination today was Whitehaven Beach ( most beautiful beach in the world). I decided to wear a  Santa-Claus-hat for the day, because it was the birthday of my best friend, and to create some kind of Christmas atmosphere in Australia ( hard enough without my family, my friends and without snow :P)

 

 

 

 

The beach was amazing. The sand was so soft, the water so turquoise and the temperature really gentle and warm (no sun 🙁 ) 30°C. 🙂 At Whitehaven Beach I took very good photos of thebeach, the entire group and of myself.

They were all very pleasant and friendly fellows, and we had a really good time together and a lot of fun. After returning from Whitehaven Beach, we had dinner (bread rolls with vegetables and salad, delicious 🙂 )

and sailed to another spot, called Luncheon Bay, where we started our second snorkel trip. This time the captain joined us and showed us around. There were shoals of colourful fish in the water. I saw Nemo (Clownfish) and Dory from the film „Finding Nemo“. There were beautiful corals and, no doubt,  this was part of the Great Barrier Reef. It was so amazing and I managed to take some close-ups of some very special fish. Enjoy the underwater life of the Great Barrier Reef.

 

Back on board we had a little snack (Dorito chips with different kinds of vegetables and cream). This night, when we had come to anchor, I got to know some very nice English girls and we had a lot of fun. When having a party on deck, we saw dolphins  and I almost ate a jellyfish.

In the middle of the night it started to rain cats and dogs, and  I decided to sleep inside. I woke up at 5:30 and was very exhausted for lack of sleep for the last days. After having had breakfast we stopped at our third snorkel spot. This time the captain build a swing (rope with a sling) to jump or swing over board. I started with a frontflip and by the end I did a few backflips. Check  the photos 🙂

After this funny activity it was time to return to Airlie Beach (two hours sailing). We said good-bye to our friends

and went to our car. Luckily, it was still there. 🙂 At 2 o’clock we continued our roadtrip to Cairns.

It was the perfect sailing trip, I hadn’t become seasick and I highly recommend the trip to everybody who wants to go to the Whitsundays.

This day we stowed all our stuff into our rucksacks, parked our car in Coles and went to the Abel Point Marina where we were going to enter our boat, the „Condor“. Coming there we found a lot of people already waiting to go on board. After some instructions by the captain and the deckhands, we put all our stuff on the boat and here we went. Our beds were in the kitchen

Our sailing-trip started ( and I hoped not to become seasick)

It was a sunny day, and we spent half of the day on deck to get a nice teint.

I got to know a lot of  people from different countries and had easygoing conversations with them. A few times we had to help the deckhands to lift the sail, hard work, but a good experience and very funny with the whole group ( everybody about the age of 20-27 and half boys and girls. When we came to our first snorkel spot we got diver’s-suits, snorkel equipment and started to snorkel. We saw many corals but not so many fish. I took a lot of photos. Check it out 😛

Later on we had chicken for dinner and spent the whole night chatting and playing games with the whole group.

It was a wonderful night sleeping on deck and watching the stars.