Our last day on the boat started with a 6:30am snorkel. Aksel, Sabine and I were the first of 120 people in the water. The other passengers on our boat and the surrounding ones were still asleep so we made a 'swim' for it and got in early to try and catch 'Elvis' a HUGE 3ft long Mauri Wrass who hangs out at Blue Haven Bay. It took us about 10 minutes to find him but once we had him we didn't let him out of our site. We played with him, stroked him, chased him a...

A very early morning due the fact that we were sleeping outside and being woken but the sun. Not that I am complaining as I just couldn't wait to get into that water. We had another wonderful feast for breakfast courtesy of Braden and then he took us out to Whitehaven Beach for a morning hike and swim. Whitehaven is possibly the most beautiful beach I have ever seen. It changed constantly with the tide and Braden told us that a lot of the sand had been blown a...

Although it was supposed to be the beginning of an epic sea faring adventure, the day started of pretty relaxed. A bit of e-mailing, shopping, book swapping and 'goon' purchasing and by 2pm I was ready to board 'Tongarra', a catamaran which was to become my home for the next two days and two nights. They call it the fastest red boat on the Whitsunday's, but I have a sneaky suspicion it is because it the only RED boat out there. There are hundreds of boats to c...