On Thursday afternoon we got on the 83-feet-long British Defender which was built for a around-the-world race in 1989 to spend 2 days and nights sailing the Whitsunday Islands. The Whitsunday Island are a group of 74 islands east of Airlie Beach, and are one of the biggest tourist attractions in whole Australia.
Immediately after we took of I felt extremely relaxed. Even though I haven’t spent much time on boats let alone on sailing boats, I have always enjoyed the feeling of being on sea. Especially when we raised sails a couple of hours I was exhilarated. Unfortunately we couldn’t do as much sailing as we and the crew would have wanted to because the wind wasn’t strong enough.
The two and a half days we spent on the boat included good food, snorkelling, walking to Whitehaven or Betty’s Beach (rated one of the world’s most beautiful beaches) and lots of long needed chillaxing. I enjoyed especially snorkelling. I had never done it before and honestly wasn’t expecting the Reef to be that beautiful just 30 km off shore, but swimming there was just like swimming in a really good aquarium with loads of fish swimming around you in a beautifully colourful underwater world! And on one snorkelling session we even got to swim together with a turtle :)
Other that that I’ll let the photos do the talking.
When we came back from the sailing trip on Saturday we took a night bus for 16 hours to a small coastal town called Rainbow Beach. On the way we had to say goodbye to Stuart, feels weird not to see him around anymore, because he was one of the people I’ve been hanging around with most while Down Under. On Monday me and Ryan will go kayaking, should see some dolphins on the way. The rest of our group will continue to Frasier Island, but probably I will meet them one more time in Brisbane in the weekend.
Immediately after we took of I felt extremely relaxed. Even though I haven’t spent much time on boats let alone on sailing boats, I have always enjoyed the feeling of being on sea. Especially when we raised sails a couple of hours I was exhilarated. Unfortunately we couldn’t do as much sailing as we and the crew would have wanted to because the wind wasn’t strong enough.
The two and a half days we spent on the boat included good food, snorkelling, walking to Whitehaven or Betty’s Beach (rated one of the world’s most beautiful beaches) and lots of long needed chillaxing. I enjoyed especially snorkelling. I had never done it before and honestly wasn’t expecting the Reef to be that beautiful just 30 km off shore, but swimming there was just like swimming in a really good aquarium with loads of fish swimming around you in a beautifully colourful underwater world! And on one snorkelling session we even got to swim together with a turtle :)
Other that that I’ll let the photos do the talking.
When we came back from the sailing trip on Saturday we took a night bus for 16 hours to a small coastal town called Rainbow Beach. On the way we had to say goodbye to Stuart, feels weird not to see him around anymore, because he was one of the people I’ve been hanging around with most while Down Under. On Monday me and Ryan will go kayaking, should see some dolphins on the way. The rest of our group will continue to Frasier Island, but probably I will meet them one more time in Brisbane in the weekend.
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Onpas Ilpon olonen mies tokavikassa kuvassa :)
Ser helt underbart ut! Skulle nog gärna ha varit med på båtturen!
Kram av Mona
Onko kasariaurinkolasit iso juttu siellä päin maailmaa? Noel piti niitä jopa hiihtäessään. Mikä oli sinänsä erittäin hyvä, muuten olisi puhkaissut sauvalla silmänsä...
Sain tietokoneen toimimaan (piti asentaa Kubuntu uudelleen), nyt voi taas kommentoida ihmisten virtuaalielämää :-)
Hyvää loppumatkaa, nähdään pian!
Jere Rafael
Kasari kunniaan, aurinkolaseissa ja muussakin! Surffivaatteethan ovat edelleen neonkeltaisia ja -vihreita!
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