We awoke the following morning, some more heavy headed than others. Joel missed breakfast & just about made the little motorboat that took us to the shore of Tongue Bay for a morning walk. We walked up to a lookout over the various beaches, but the weather didn't exactly make the view amazing. Whitehaven Beach was pretty much all underwater due to the rainfall, which was a shame. The sand there is 98% pure silica sand & is the finest, purest white san...

We awoke the following morning, some more heavy headed than others. Joel missed breakfast & just about made the little motorboat that took us to the shore of Tongue Bay for a morning walk. We walked up to a lookout over the various beaches, but the weather didn't exactly make the view amazing. Whitehaven Beach was pretty much all underwater due to the rainfall, which was a shame. The sand there is 98% pure silica sand & is the finest, purest white san...

We awoke the following morning, some more heavy headed than others. Joel missed breakfast & just about made the little motorboat that took us to the shore of Tongue Bay for a morning walk. We walked up to a lookout over the various beaches, but the weather didn't exactly make the view amazing. Whitehaven Beach was pretty much all underwater due to the rainfall, which was a shame. The sand there is 98% pure silica sand & is the finest, purest white san...

It was the day of the sailing trip & we awoke that morning with no rain!! The roads for the buses were still flooded, so rather than cancelling our trip, they joined two boat trips together. We set sail on the 'New Horizon' with a total of 20 passengers & 4 crew. We had a variety of nationalities on board. England, Ireland, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Canada & the Netherlands were all represented. Pretty much as soon as we had left the marina, it starte...

Today held the joys of an 11 hour bus ride to Airlie Beach with our driver, Papa Keith. We drove through lots of areas that had been damaged by Cyclone Yazi earlier that year. Trees were almost horizontal, bulidings were missing a roof or missing altogether & the banana crops were having to start growing all over again after being completely wiped out. After being spoilt with a week of glorious sunshine in Cairns, we were most disappointed to drive into rain ...