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- 17 Jun 2024, 08.20
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Ketinggian: 10 mi
AustraliaState of QueenslandWhitsundayAirlie BeachAirlie Bay20°15’50” S 148°42’49” E
Hamilton Island
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We stayed at the Reef View Hotel in Hamilton Island for 3 nights. Was a bit dubious when we arrived as the island's resort is much bigger than I realised. Our hotel had. 19 floors - strange to see a huge hotel on such a beautiful isolated island.
We had a great few days though. Went on a cruise which took us to Whitehaven beach one morning. A stunning beach with bright white sand and crystal blue water. Matt and I walked up to the lookout and saw some massive spiders and a huge monitor lizard. A fellow walker thought we were funny with our sticks to keep spider webs out of our faces, and told us he's never had an issue with spiders or snakes in 40yrs of bush walks.
Rosie loved playing on the beach and made a 'lake' whilst we were gone. She also had a quick go on the paddle boards with Matt and then with me.
Got a golf buggy one afternoon. Matt and Yvonne went for a ride and both the girls fell asleep! They went to see One Tree Hill lookout - Matt took me and the girls at sunset and the views of the island from there were really cool.
The tide went out a long way at Catseye Beach (by our hotel), so you could walk out in shallow water for ages, watching fish and the odd stingray swim past. Matt, Simon and Yvonne went snorkeling one day and saw lots of fish and even a shovelhead shark.
We visited the wildlife centre on the island too and saw koalas up close (very cute!) as well as a massive crocodile, some snakes and a couple of dingos.
On our last morning Matt and Simon took Rosie on a little catamaran whilst Yvonne went paddle boarding. They said Rosie was really good on the boat, totally at ease. I went on the cat with her for a bit after and she was so happy and confident. Poppy played with grandma on the beach whilst we were out. She'd had a cold or something whilst we were at Hamilton Island, and the last day she was starting to get back to her normal happy self. She's been giving G&G some lovely cuddles recently.
On the last evening, we had fish and chips by the marina, and were joined by sulphur-crested cockatoos, terns and bush stone curlews who wanted to share our dinner. We had an ice cream for pudding before getting the free shuttle bus back to the hotel. I walked Poppy back as I hadn't finished my giant chocolate sorbet.
I think we all really enjoyed Hamilton Island in the end 😊Baca selengkapnya
Pelancong
Looks lovely!
Pelancong
That's a great photo!
Pelancong
Wow