Wednesday 3 August 2011

Sailing the Whitsundays



This really is a magical place - beautiful sparkling aqua water, secluded beaches and rugged islands covered in towering hoop pine forests. After breakfast I sat down with the kids to do some journal writing. We had decided first thing in the morning was the best time to do some schoolwork as trying to pin Cooper down at any other time was proving quite difficult. The wind was on the nose so we motored over to Cid Harbour which is a great spot for sighting turtles. We went exploring in the dinghy intent on finding turtles and maybe the elusive dugong. We caught a glimpse of a couple of loggerhead turtles but that was it. We went up on to Sawmill beach and the kids went exploring. The boys went out in the dinghy to do a spot of fishing and came back with a bucket load of garfish which Chris cooked up for lunch. In the afternoon we did the walk through the forest from Sawmill Beach across to Dugong beach. We had sundowner drinks with Rona and Allan (friends of Chris) and then cooked pasta for dinner.

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