We got back to Airlie yesterday after a really lovely couple of days on the SV WhiteHaven sailing boat cruising round the Whitsunday islands. We got on the boat Sunday lunch time and met the crew, Captain Pete, Jai the deckhand and James (from Winchester) who was the cook and general deckhand. These guys were really lovely and made us feel at home right away. We got sailing to our first spot which was a little reef which we snorkelled on, the visibility wasnt gre...

After driving all morning we arrived in Airlie Beach early afternoon. We went straight away to check in for our Whitsunday Island Sailing trip which we're doing tommorrw, we're both very excited. We went for a walk to explore all the shops and things here and its much bigger than we both thought. The place we're staying in is really nice, its huge yet its still in the middle of towm, and for $20 a night for a nice big quiet powered site we cant complain. The i...