Coral Sea-Day 2: Osprey Reef
2 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Coral Sea-Day3; Great Barrier Reef-Day 1
3 Kasım 2024, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Our first day in the Great Barrier Reef!!
FYI: "Bommie" is an Australian term for coral reef or rock formation typically resembling a column.
Video 1 and 2
3 Kasım 2024, Coral Sea ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Our tour provider created a video for the group. Since find penguins only supports 2 minute video, I broke the video into 3 sections
Video 3 of 3
3 Kasım 2024, Coral Sea ⋅ 🌬 81 °F
Video 3 of 3
Great Barrier Reef Day 2 - Lizard Island
4 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Our 7-day dive trip was a combination of 2 excursions: a 4d trip with 3 days in the Coral Sea and 1 day in the GBR, and a 3d trip fully in the GBR. Lizard Island was the 'transition point' for thoseOkumaya devam et
Great Barrier Reef-Day 3
5 Kasım 2024, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Great Barrier Reef - Day 4
6 Kasım 2024, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Last day on the Great Barrier Reef 😥
Drive south to Townsville
7 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
7 days of diving was excellent. Now we're off to our next destination: Airlie Beach. Since it's ~7 hour drive, we broke it up with a stop at Mission Beach for a look, then followed the coast southwardOkumaya devam et
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7 Kasım 2024, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 81 °F
Mike Ball Dave shop, our provider created a video for us. Find penguins limits video to 2 minutes, so I had to separate the video to 4 videos under 2 minutes.
Videos 1 and 2
Video 3 4
7 Kasım 2024, Great Barrier Reef ⋅ 🌬 79 °F
Videos 3 and 4 of the Great Barrier Reef
Morning in Townsville, then on to Airlie
8 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Woke up this morning to watch the canoeing club return from the Magnetic Island. It's dangerous to swim in the water due to stingers, so the next best thing is to canoe. There are also a number ofOkumaya devam et
Airie Music Fest
9 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 84 °F
We arrived just in time to experience the annual Airlie Festival of Music (8-10 Nov). We visited 5 bars with bands, but regretfully took very view pictures
Last day of Airlie Music Fest
10 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Today we tried a few more bars to hear a few more performers....
Mount Rooper
11 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
A little relaxation on the balcony followed by a nice little hike in/around Mount Rooper.
Walk around Airlie
12 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Day trip to Hamilton Island: part 1 of 2
13 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
Our trip to Hamilton Island included a beautiful ferry ride (~50min) from Airlie, a kayaking outing at Catseye Beach where we saw the before-and-after effects of the tidal swings, and an island busOkumaya devam et
Hamilton Kayaking & Tidal Effect: pt 2
13 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Because of the tide schedule, the last start-time for kayak rentals at Catseye Beach is 10:30a.
Rest and planning
14 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Outrigger Canoeing w/ local club
15 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
During one of our walks we saw a sign promoting outings with the local canoeing club called The Whitsunday Outrigger Canoe Club. After contacting the club, we learned they offer Friday evenings forOkumaya devam et
Guided Kayak Outing to White Rock Reef
16 Kasım 2024 ⋅ ⛅ 81 °F
Signed up with SaltDog Kayaking for a Half day inner island turtle tour.
We were picked up and driven to Shute Harbor provided our instruction and off to Turtle Harbor in the hunt for Turtles. WeOkumaya devam et
Catamaran Sailing - Day 2
18 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☁️ 79 °F
Morning snorkel in a bay on the north side of Border Island. As you can see from the pictures the water quality was a little cloudy. We were told the water quality changes with the weather.
Catamaran Sailing: Day 2
18 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
We had a little fun with the fishes before taking off for the Whitsundays.
Today we visited the Whitsunday Island - Hill Inlet!
Catamaran Sailing - Day 3
19 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Morning snorkel on the north side of Hook Island. The reef was an improvement over the previous day, but the water quality was still cloudy.
Catamaran Sailing: Day 3
19 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Waking up on the northwest side of Hook Island. We took a short ride to a snorkeling area shown in the previous footprint. Then, we powered to the NW side of the island to check out fish and anOkumaya devam et
Catamaran Sailing - Day 3
19 Kasım 2024, Avustralya ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Couldn't resist adding a few extra inflatable stand up boards pictures. Everyone had a fun time. Having said that, I would definitely try one before making a purchase. These were inflatable stand upOkumaya devam et