Airlie Beach

February 20 we came to Airlie Beach, or Whitsunday Islands. To leave the ship and go ashore with the tender boats took approximately 45 minutes, and this time we actually regret that we didn`t sign up for one of the organized tours. Every port we go to, it`s an option to go on a tour, or to explore by yourself. We were not aware of the short time we would have here but we anyhow had a quiet, hot and relaxing day.

Airlie Beach seems to be a typical backpacker place. Cheap accommodations and possibilities to go to Great Barrier Reef among other places. Unfortunately we did not have enough time, so we went to the beach.

The ocean is full of jelly fish, so it`s better to have a philosophical moment by the ocean. The rest of the kids had a competition about who could through a coconut the longest…

And collecting sea shells

I have to admit that even though I really definitely like Australia, it is also a bit scary to me with all this creatures that I`m not used to. Jelly fish and sharks in the ocean, spiders, snakes and who knows what everywhere, so when I felt a sudden burn on my back….you can imagine all the thoughts running through my head. It was probably just one of these beautiful parrots shitting on me and really not a big deal.

Since the satellite on the ship hadn`t been working for days (which means that instead of slow an expensive internet, we had no internet) we were very happy to find a café with internet

After drinks and updates it was time to go back to the ship, and six days at sea before we will reach Manila.