Today we are off on our sailing trip of the Whitsunday Islands. Two days on board a catamaran sailing the islands, with two nights in an island resort. Normally, I'd be ecstatic by now, but unfortunately, the weather has taken a bit of a turn for the worse. Yesterday's lovely sunshine interspersed with frequent showers has become constant, drizzly rain. Its still warm, but 8/8ths cloudy and very, very damp! Before we were worried whether there'd be enough ro...

So, here we are in Airlie Beach, gateway to the Whitsunday Islands. We arrived here this afternoon from Rockhampton, our mid-way stop between Hervey Bay and Airlie. We didn't really do much with the rest of our time in Hervey Bay, just relaxed in the hostel, watched a bit of telly, caught up on Australian Big Brother! (sad I know). We even saw the comedian that we saw in Melbourne on a comedy programme, so we were very impressed! Rockhampton was a nice littl...