The day before a trip is always tedious, but this one even more so - Tom was at an SES training day, Sophie, Charlotte and Joe were involved in the roller derby grand final down on the plains, Jess had a 30th birthday party to go to (Pete was at cricket) and Shannon and Aaron were doing their usual family things and then Jessie and Shannon, with Oliver, Eliza and Thomas, were going to go and watch the roller derby. I had done my packing. Family history didn't int...

We really took it easy today. Our biggest chores were menu choices. We had a leisurely Sunday breakfast up at the long pavilion and then made our way into town to buy a Sunday paper, then we returned to relax and read in our pavilion. We went out at about 1pm, having decided to have lunch at One Tree Hill - lunch being an assortment of dips with crudités and Turkish bread, washed down with a glass of bubbly. It was lovely there, overlooking Whitsunday Island...

Wow! What an iconic day this has been. Up early for breakfast, as we had to be back in reception at 8.15am. Breakfast was again this wonderful grilled asparagus dish with salmon caviar, ruby grapefruit and hollandaise sauce that I discovered yesterday, but this time with a side of smoked salmon - perfect!! So, we found at 8.15 that we were the only qualia guests going on this Reefworld trip today, so they took us down to the marina and told us that they would mov...

This morning we drove up to the Long Pavilion in our buggy for breakfast. I had the most wonderful grilled asparagus with red caviar, pink grapefruit and hollandaise sauce. Tom had Eggs Benedict which he said was really nice. After brekky we drove around the resort, exploring. We went down to Pebble Beach and a really interesting man came over and chatted to us. He is a pool technician and has over 30 pools in qualia to maintain. He's a butcher by trade and used ...

Up early this morning, before the alarm sounded! Quick shower and preparation, leaving home at 6am. We made splendid time until we got to the last of the Ms on our way to the airport. This time we've booked an undercover space! We arrived at the carpark at 8am! The shuttle took us to the domestic terminal where we went straight to the gate, via the security screening and, of course, my usual individual screening. Honestly, what is it about me? We arrived at the g...