Day 62: Whitsunday Islands, Australia

It’s Thursday and we are at Whit “Sunday” Islands only to make us more confused because on next Sunday we will at “Thursday Island” — I have no idea what day it is.

The included excursion was a really long and some what boring ferry ride.There does seem to be a point where you can only look at so many beautiful coastal Island views that they all merge into one mishmash of vista stew. I did get a few photos along the way - the lighthouse, some coastal homes, and mountain landscapes.

After the excursion, our walk into town turned the day into a more memorable experience. The town was a small tourist village. At the typical tourist shop I got my Whitsunday Island stickers for my carry-on. We had a wonderful club sandwich at a little cafe. Paul stumbled into a photo gallery - the photographer was in the shop. He has been doing this for about 17 years - his work is gorgeous especially his underwater stuff. I purchased one of his photo books. Now I need to find a little Island that needs a photographer to sell his pictures.

We needed to get back to the tender by 1:00 PM or we would be living on Whitsunday Island. You could see other passengers making their way back towards their floating home. During the walk, there was a bit of showers - this gave way to some nice quick flower snapshots along our path back to the ship.

So what started off slow and unsure - we turned it into just a nice walk and lunch - a peaceful day.Read more