Spent one night in Airlie beach which was lovely! Went to the lagoon in the day with a few girls I'd met at Rainbow Beach and then we cooked a very healthy veggie Risotto for dinner. The next day I went on my one day Whitsunday trip on an ocean raft. The boat was quite small and zipped over water incredibly quickly...it was quite terrifying at times! The 1st stop was to do some snorkelling by a some coral reef on the edge of an island. Saw some beautiful fish but this was unfortunately where my camera decided to give up being waterproof and a little bit of water got in! Such a shame but considering I'd had it for 3 1/2 years it hasn't done too badly!! Then went over to the gorgeous Whitehaven beach which was absolutely stunning. Saw hundreds of tiny crabs scuttling back into the water as we walked towards them and headed up to the look out to see the famous view over the beaches which looked like this (though not so sunny!)
We then moved on down the beach to have lunch and spend some time relaxing before heading back to the mainland on another high speed journey (ending in a few doughnuts and lots of holding on for dear life!) Next stop was a few nights in Cairns where I took a day trip out onto the Great Barrier Reef. Such a great experience and even though I was only snorkelling (a few people went diving) I still managed to see 2 turtles, clown fish, parrot fish, sting rays and so many other brightly coloured fish and coral it was fantastic! Took some pics on a disposable camera so hoping to get that developed along the way and see if I managed to get any good ones! The next day it was time to say goodbye to Australia and fly over to the much chillier New Zealand!
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