Just wanted to add some more stuff about Whitsundays, to Simons and mums comments for my memorys.Whilst i can honestly say it was an experience, it was a long 2 days but extremely memorable and would not have missed it for the world, i loved it. I will particularly take away with me the memories of the yacht and how damn small it was. Heres the layout. Mums bed was tiny, she really did sleep on a shelf. I felt really bad on the first night when we were sat there before going to bed feeling very windswept and very salty from the sea after having no shower after snorkling. But even the 2 nights sleep was an adventure and we are still managed to sleep. Simon seemed to have had the best kip out of everyone on the boat.
On the first snorkling trip, Simon didnt mention we saw a massive fish that was so tame that when jimmy threw bread in he knew that it would come and see us and sure enough it did. I dont think Mum got to see it as she was to busy trying to snorkel without putting the breathing thing in her mouth, couldnt quite get to grips with the concept at all.
The other thing i want to mention is my shark. Aparently i wasnt being stupid when i was saying to Rowen that i couldnt decide if there was anything on the end of the line as it felt so light. Brendan at work says that apparently they can feel weightless when you catch them and it certainly did. When i shouted to everyone that i thought i had caught something i was thinking oh what have i caught the dingy or the anchor or a washing machine, or a shoe, this could be really embarassing. I didnt think it would be a shark even though a little earlier me and Simon had spotted a shark in the water about a meter long. We dont think that was the shark i caught as mine was smaller then that.
Thats twice now ive tried fishing with just a line (no rod) and a piece of bait on the end and twice ive caught something. Thats 2-0 to me. Simons is gutted, he wins though for when we went Crab catching in Wales last year, though i was pitifully bad at that apart from catching dead ones.
Mum made me laugh, she was shouting at the boys saying.. oooh look at that my daughter the girl has caught a fish and none of your guys have even using a rod. It was the most verbal i had heard her for the 2 days apart from screaming every time we got thrashed with a big wave. Which reminds me i must put that picture of mum in the lovely yellow rain mac she was wearing on the way to Whithaven Beach.
Which i will say it again, is the most beautiful beach i have ever been to, and will always cherish having been there with Simon and my Mum. Im very lucky.
On the last day of the Yacht, before docking back at Airle Beach and after the unsuccessfully snorkling trip we went on to an Island called South Mollie which we were given the opportunity to either go on another bush walk up to a viewing point or go and sit round the swimming pool with cocktails and a toilet (that was the best bit). Hrmmm i had a hard think about this and decided to go for the bush walk. Naw did i eck i went to the swimming pool and found great amusement with the parakeet that likes to drink from your glass. Simon went on the bush walk with the other 4 but came back a little later with brook and said they had only gone half way and decided that cocktails and swimming pools were to appealing and they had been to one view point anyway. On their way back they came across a snake that was reared up at them ready to strike. I dont know what i would have done if i had been there, fainted or regretted not going to the toilet instead :-). They got rid of it by stamping on the ground, and it scuttled of.
So in the past 3 days we managed to see.
A massive big fish (think it was called Elvis)
Turtles
Sharks
Lots of different variety of fish
Simon had a shrimp stuck to his lovely stringer suit
Killer (possibly) Jelly fish
A massive dragon lizard (Whitehaven Beach)
A snake (green and brown)
A really cute parakeet
An ants bum
Mosquitos (damn - again)
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