Whitsunday Group Stories


Whitsunday Island Cruise

Before heading up to Cairns i stopped for 5 days in Airlie Beach to go on a cruise around the Whitsunday Islands. The weather had been quite bad for the past week but for us it was great - really hot and the sea was calm and clear. I sailed in the catamaran 'The Tongarra'. There were 21 of us and 3 crew and we sailed around for 2 days, visiting bays ...


Whitsundays Beauty even in the Rain.

Struggle to leave Port Douglas, such a nice place but onwards we must go. Our trip takes in such gems as Paluma, Big Crystal Creek after a night in Mission Beach. Lots of driving but it is actually a pleasure (most of the time – there are long stretches which bore your ass off but not for too long). Therefore, after 300 miles or so, we arrive in Airl...


G'day mate!

So... I've been in Oz for 10 days now (yes, I know - ANOTHER continent) and managed to travel a fair chunk of the East Coast already! Infact I'm sat writing this in Airlie Beach, about to set off on a sail around the Whitsunday Islands in a few hours time. But that won't mean a great deal just yet, so I'll get on to telling you about my journey here. ...


G'day!

G'Day from Australia! Been here nearly two weeks now so a bit to catch up on. The journey over to Oz from Thailand was a complete ball ache and took ages probably about three days of travel in total. At Singapore airport we met Jill and took our final flight into Cairns. Cairns was nice not a lot to do there except go to the lagoon and drink! So our fir...