After spending the morning in Airlie Beach, we took the bus to Shute Harbour where we embarked on Spank Me, a 23,5 meter long sailboat. There were 26 passengers and 4 crew members. We left the harbour and sailed to the Whitsunday Islands. The first night we stayed in Whitehaven Beach (the 2nd most beautiful beach in the world), but unfortunately the weather was horrible. It was raining a lot and it was pretty cold. The next morning it was very sunny and we saw a bunch of turtles swimming around the boat, so that was nice! We went to the beach and sunbathed for a bit and then walked around. It was really beautiful! We got back on the boat and sailed to another beach from where we climbed to a lookout point. It was raining again by this point, but even so, the view was amazing! From there we went to a bay north of Hook Island and went snorkeling. Pierre actually went scuba diving for the very first time! He loved it and wants to pass his PADI now! Nat just snorkelled around in the mean time. We slept in that same bay. The next morning we had to get up at 6h to sail to the Outer Reef (Bait Reef to be more precise). After about 3 hours we got there, it looked like the middle of nowhere... there is no land sticking out at that place! Nat went for a dive with the other certified divers and had to swim through some tunnels and coral cliffs. She even saw a shark!! It was great!! After lunch Nat went out for another dive and went through even smaller tunnels and saw another shark and a barracuda! It was one of the best dives ever! The coral is beautiful and so are the fish. In the meantime Pierre was snorkelling and saw a bunch of Nemos and other nice fish. We sailed back to Hook Island and spent the night in a little bay overthere. The next morning we went snorkelling in that bay and saw a beautiful blue-spotted stingray and a whole group of baby barracudas!! After getting back on the boat, we sailed back to Airlie Beach and got back on land. On the boat we met some very nice people, from Holland and Denmark mainly.
Weather: 2 days of showers and 2 sunny days
Good news: 1 euro = 2 australian dollars!!!
(pictures will come soon!!)
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nat xfa lee tu email, es importante!!
Ik ben blij dat jullie weer boven water zijn. Wat een avonturen! Ik zou me rotschrikken als ik een haai tegenkwam. Dat je daarna nog een keer ging duiken, heel moedig van je, Nathalie!
Ben heel benieuwd naar de foto's!
veel liefs,mama
on est à paris avec edouard et marie laure et dimanche on va à Crans et Verbier voir des chalets et apparts pour la semaine apres noel,
ça avait l'air sympa votre ballade sur le promene-c,,,,,
gros bisou
hoiiiii
ik gebruik dit altijd om even ook een update over mij te geven, het klinkt allemaal weer erg spannend, had ook wel graag willen duiken daar!!
Heb voor het eerst een test gehad, gewoon heel dom op internet en het ging over iets wat ik niet eens geleerd had en heb 83% haha!
Maar goed het telt niet mee helaas...
Nou veel plezier nog, can't wait to seee u again!!
trouwens ik speel dus hockey en heb mn eerste wedstrijd gespeeld, wel verloren.
POeeii xxxx
Toujours pas de photos ....
en tout cas vous avez l'air de passer de bons moments !!!
Au fait tu n'aurais pas croisé Némo ???
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