Festive Times & Island Madness

Since Cape Tribulation and the trip to the reef there has been much more sun, plenty of swimming and snorkelling and a stay on a true Paradise island in the Whitsundays!!! There was also the fabulous Fraser Island too and 130 km of sand island in a 4x4!!!

The Whitsunday experience aboard 'reality' was 3 days of ocean cruising surrounded by paradise islands, turtles, coral reef and blue waters!!! However the best bits could also have been the millions of stars visible each night as we drank and drifted out at sea. Or the long island beach resort where the bar was in the pool. Or the wildlife everywhere, huge bats flying between trees, parrots feeding next to your hammock and kangeroos on the beach as the sun set!!!



It will be a fantastic memory and at least on the boat i could not lose much! We also went to Whitehaven Beach (above), it is the most perfect white beach you have ever seen. So perfect when we arrived offshore i jumped ship with a ball and made for its crystal clear shallows. As i ran along the Paradise coast kicking the ball, i decked it face first in view of the whiole boat!!! I literally ate the sand i fell in, all that way and i go and do that, anyway it was funny! You see your feet just sink- its not normal sand!

On the boat i also met Karen who worked in Schuh Birmingham and knows Libbie Jellie a good friend of mine), i must have started working there just after her, we had plenty to talk about as she also studied on the Aston Campus but with UCE. Small world.

The trip was also made better by Ricardo and his bro, both from Milan!!! Imagine being slightly drunk at 4am in Paradise wondering home with these two and bumping into about a dozen kangeroos who were no more than 5 yards away! We sat with them a while and chatted in italian and english! Poor Roos. Two great guys though and we may meet in Thailand.

Speaking of meeting people again...



These are some of the guys from my trip to Fraser Island. Katcha, Alberto, Stefan, Shona and Andres. The chilean guys are heading to Asia as well and after non-stop laughing for 3 days hopefully we will be meeting again. We went to Indian Head, Eli Creek, Lake McKenzie and i will never forget Lake Wabby (because i had no shoes and it was nearly 2km of red hot sand dune!!! With these guys and the accompanying 4x4 of germans (22 people in all)it was an excellent trip to Fraser Island!

Alberto, saw sharks from indian head and they were.... {<<--this----big--->>} and the mantrays.... well they were...

This was a small bit of the view (above) and afterward like the previous night we set up camp and did our best to keep the dingos, snakes and spiders out! Probably the best part of the trip so far though was the wonder onto the beach in the evening! With no light pollution the stars are so visible you see things you never realised existed; planets, stars consillations, satellites and the clearest milky way stretching your entire vision! Sublime!

The days on Fraser were mostly spent driving over the miles and miles of sand beach with stop offs at crystal clear lakes and creeks. On this trip i made some really good friends and had times i just wont forget! thanks.

Christmas Eve we returned to Rainbow Beach and as the Germans celebrated we slowly merged into Christmas Day where the remainder of the group carried the festivities on. It wa snice and we achieved Andres' mission, all the cocktail was gone by 5pm as we relaxed in the pool for a few hours!

And i so nearly forgot, but never will. I woke up on christmas day to find a kitchen towel under a little tree i had. On top lay a note, 'merry xmas from claus' ...i believe again!!! Such a cool thing to happen, the german guy in our trip to fraser who was in my dorm with his girlfriend had left me a beer and some candy. The little things are the best! Also got a wicked card of Bruce my brother via email... awesome bro thanks!!!

So thats it for now. I am currently chilling out in Noosa at a very cool hostel for chilling! Plans are to go kayaking for 3 days with moer camping and then to spend New Year here before Sydney. There was so much to write and so much to tell but i hope this snap shot is enough, my email is always open too!!!

written by  50watts on December 28, 2005 from Noosa Heads, Australia
from the travel blog: Ending 2005 and Starting 2006
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