Blog Day 154 Fri 7th October 2011 This morning we are woken up by probably the best alarm clock we've ever heard! Steve, one of the deckhands on the boat, is a tubby English guy that happens to have a pretty good voice. He puts that to use by singing a Fiji song to wake us all up. And not one person complains about it! At breakfast there are a few groggy faces (one being our roomie). We eat and sail towards the world famous Whitehaven Beach, our destination for...

Blog Day 153 Thurs 6th October 2011 So today we are going to go out sailing the Whitsundays. In the morning we head to the True Blue office to fill in some safety forms & find out what the deal is. One of the evening meals on the boat is bbq fish, Dan isn't a fish person and asks what the alternative is. The guy immediately says it will probably something like cauliflower to which of course Dan says he will stick with the fish. Turns out the guy was pulling ...

Blog Day 151 - 152 Tues 4th - Wed 5th October 2011 For the next couple of days we relax around the beautiful area that is Airlie Beach. The lagoon in the area is fantastic, by far the best we have been to so far. BBQ areas and sun-kissed bodies are everywhere so it's not surprising that we hang around here for a while catching some rays. Airlie is quite a small town which we cover easily in about half an hour. As well as relaxing in the sun and working our way t...

Blog Day 150 Mon 3rd October 2011 Today we are making our way down to Airlie Beach. We get up, pack up the van (seriously don't remember unpacking this much stuff out of it), say our goodbyes to Jackie (she is the only one in this morning), and hit the open road once more! All the way round to the corner shop. We can't resist the bargains in there, even though we don't need the stuff now we know we will do soon enough. After a quick whip round the shop we are b...

Blog Day 147 - 149 Fri 30th September - Sun 2nd October 2011 The next three days in Townsville provide us with some much needed time to catch up on this blog. Which is exactly what we do! On the Friday we pretty much spent the whole day at the house writing the blog and watching movies (Wolf Creek was one of them, not sure that was a good idea!). At 5pm we ventured into the city to a bar called The Cactus Saloon. Here we parked ourselves in the top floor at...