Whitsunday's Wings Sailing boat is our hostel of choice for 3 days and 2 nights! Being warned about the 60km winds we braced ourselves for the mighty sail to Hooks Cove where we were to complete our first snorkel. What did we see? .......Goats! As the sea was churning the vision was pretty poor managing to only see some fish and coral. On ascent out of the water we noticed some mountain goats were observing our technique. The skipper "G" (Italian stallion), w...

So the bus journey...... Bus absolutely packed to the rafters and we are both sat at opposite ends of the coach. This means two things: We cannot sprawl all over each other in the all night strive for comfort and only one person gets the iPod (Matt of course). First of the rules of traveling on a coach that should be common sense but this evidently doesn't seem the case. Rules - People are going to recline but is all the way back necessary. - There is a bo...

Up early today with a view to redeem yesterday's failed missions. We venture around the rocks along the coast line instead of "bush whacking" and we were not disappointed the view before us. Clear water made it easy to identify all the marine life and a huge school of fish in there thousands creating a shape shifting cloud right beneath the surface. The hours passed by as we lazed on our own private bay - Monkey Bay. However upon departure we rechristened it Bu...

We woke up to the sounds of birds singing in the trees outside our 5* tent. After a good nights sleep in a double bed, not a bunk bed we were ready for an active day. Activities - - Snorkeling - but the sea was a bit churned up but we still managed to see a sting ray, which made us get out. If Steve Irwin can't handle a sting ray we have no chance! So a bit of a failed mission. - A walk to Monkey Beach - Since the cyclone not long ago, all the trails have bee...

After finding the bus stop yesterday, this morning we stood an waited anxiously for the only bus of the day tagged could catch to make the ferry. The 20a to Rosslyn Bay. 6 minutes late was enough to make us start to think of alternatives to make the ferry on time. It was a 40 minute bus journey and a 30 minute ferry until we reached the island of Great Keppel. White sandy beaches, blue sea, lazy days, snorkeling, sunsets and possums trying to steal our food. We...