Sailing the Whitsundays

"Koala Beach Resort", was maybe not as "paradise" as sounded at first, nevertheless it was our home in Whitsunday during the rest of my Ozzie-week. Arriving on Monday the 23rd we spent the night at Koala's, woke up and walked down to Shute Harbour to face our next great adventure - a sailing cruise onboard "The Card" (sailed Whitbread round the world race) for the next 3 days. Here's a short summary of what happened during those days:

Day 1:
Get to know everyone on board, such as Tössken, Huden, Benji, Skipper, Allie, Alice, Nat and so on.. during the day we snorkled at a beautiful spot in the great barrier reef (can't remember the name of it though). Day ended with a few drinks onboard while anchored off in between two small islands. During that night it starts raining, little did we know that that rain wouldn't stop until 5 days later. Slept up on deck together with Totte, Oscar, Tössken, Alice, Nat and some more because of incredible heat and humidity below deck. Woke up 4 am by rediculous amounts of rain. got below deck to get some more sleep.

Day 2:
Sailed to Whitehaven beach, a beauuuutiful spot. The sand is minute powder-size grains of quartz and has been assayed at 99.89% pure, well above the minimum requirement for glass-making and suitable for the finest glass for optical lenses for binoculars etc. Pretty damn cool. Did some swimming and returned to the boat. Later that night we ended up at South Molle Island. Another fantastic place in this paradise where we were to end up for the night. A few more of the sailing boats in the area came and we pulled an all nighter. Drinking games with Brits is not something I would reccomend though, they tend to yell things that sounds like different versions of "cheers", get naked, fall off tables and having their wiener flap around for everyone to admire. At least the ones that were on this island.

Day 3:
We ended this cruise with a trip to Blue Pearl - magic if you like diving and snorkling. This was the best thing about the entire trip. It was like snorkeling in an aquarium. We even saw a big shark facing us, which made both me and Totte walk, or should I say run, on water. After changing underwear we continued the trip back to Shute Harbour, left the crew and got back on dry land. The night ended with a few beers at Morroco's - Koala's own bar/club right next door.

If you have a few days to kill in Australia, I definitely recommend this.