I not sure if all these early mornings are good for me! After a tropical storm yesterday that lasted 18 hours. We wake today to a beautiful Queesland morning. Yes its 7am as we wait for a minibus to collect us to catch a boat to take us to visit some of the spectacular snorkelling sites of the inner Great Barrier Reef. Its a diving boat mainly, 36 of us, a total mixture of nationalities, divers and snorkellers of all ages. We spend our day at the table of a co...

Hello world! We are in the Whitsundays. We arrived on wednesday by plane from Sydney and landed at Hamilton Island where the airstrip runs along the water! The ferry, another fab Catamaran, was waiting for us. We then had a transfer of 1 hour through the beautiful islands to Airlie beach and Summit apartments, our home for the next 4 nights. The view from our huge place is rain forest all around us and the islands to the front. We have Cockatoos visit the balcon...