This morning we were woken to the rather unusual sound of an anchor being lifted into the boat about 2 feet away from where we were sleeping at about 5 45 am. This was followed by 2 of the 'bonkers' staff leaping into our sleeping compatment at about 6 am. We had to rise early though to take advantage of watching an amazing sunrise off Whitehaven Beach. It was definitely one of the most amazing sights we have seen this trip! Once the sun had risen and we'd ha...

This morning we left Frank in a car park chilling out with some friends, whilst we went to the harbour to meet for the boat trip to the Whitsundays. Everybody seemed our age and nice people so that was a relief, part of us were worried that it might be full of the idiots that seem to spend so much time on the East Coast of Australia. Once aboard it didn't take long to listen to the usual safety briefings from the staff, we got shown to our rooms (well, beds behi...