The Whitsundays

Before I go on to tell you about my amazing time in the Whitsundays I have to mention my Scooter roo experience in 1770.

 Basically Scooter roo is where they turn mopeds into pretend Harley Davidson's and you ride around in a gang with fake tattoos and leather jackets. It was awesome. There were about thirty of us I think and we all set off to ride in convoy around the place I was staying called 1770. We then ended the ride by going to watch the sunset which was so beautiful. It really was so much fun to do and I am glad I got the chance to experience it.

 Now onto the main subject of this post. The Whitsundays, which are made up of seventy four Islands and are off the coast of Airlie Beach. When I booked my boat I didn't really know much about it however as I was traveling up the East Coast everyone just kept telling me how it was the crazy party boat and no one slept and basically people were just drunk the whole time. Anyone who knows me knows that I love my sleep therefore I was a little worried about what I was getting myself into. I had no need to.

 The boat is the biggest that goes out on The Whitsundays and due to that there was a great mix of people aboard. Some who loved to dance and drink at night and others who like to relax on the deck and play cards. I did a little of both. The one thing we all had in common though was we were all there to see the Whitsundays and therefore that meant very early mornings and long days of activities which everyone got involved with.

 First of our activities was to go to Whitehaven beach which is beautiful with white sand and an amazing view. You can actually use the sand to clean your teeth and jewellery which some people tried (I decided my teeth were fine just as they were so opted out of shoving it in my mouth).

 Other activities included snorkeling, diving off the boat and slide and my favourite - the diving. When I went to Thailand I did my Padi open water and couldn't wait to get back into the water and see what Australia had to offer. It did not disappoint. The first dive was just going around seeing the fish and other weird little sea creatures but the second one involved diving through caves which I had never done before. All I can say is it has opened up a little passion inside of me and I cannot wait to get out there again.

 One exciting thing we did see one night was a hammerhead shark swimming around our boat. The crew promised us it wasn't dangerous but I am not going to lie, I was pretty pleased when we moved location in the morning for the diving. All in all it has been one of my most enjoyable experiences so far on my trip and I am so pleased I did it. I just hope everything else lives up to it now!

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(Sorry guys once again no pictures but after an hour of trying to upload one I gave up the will to live and quit. Promise to get them on FB as soon as possible)