I see this has already started to fall off... Time to do an update I suppose so anyone who checks this knows we arent dead!

As a side note on that thought though, our stupid Frommers book says that Airlie Beach hasnt seen a box jellyfish in the harbour for years, except last Saturday someone got stung righ in the water we fished 2 days later! Luckily it was on his hand/arm so he didnt die, but its pretty bananas how some publications/people downplay the risk so much, whereas others make it seem like without a full wetsuit you are risking certain death. Regardless now we have gone snorklling 3 times without issue, and we are South enough now it doesnt matter. Whew?!

A few things we did over the last few days:

On the 15th we rented a car and decided to do one of the "Drives of the Whitsundays" from this brochure we picked up. It sounded perfect! Start the day at Cedar Creek falls, which rage after a recent rain fall, then swim in its fresh water (which has no stingers) and walk and explore the forest.




Then we headed down to Conway beach, a local favorite for beachcombers and kite flyers.



And finally down to popular Wilsons Beach for a dip in the ocean in the well established stinger net.



So... once we had finished that 'day trip' by 11am we needed something to do. That something ended up being drive 120km to Mackay to basically do nothing, although we did see a Wallabie, and then drive home. Can't win 'em all I guess.





The next day we did a day trip to Long island and Daydream island, which was pretty cool, and the day after that went sailing on Camira around the islands and back to Whitehaven for a second time. That day was awesome, with lots of sun, a bit of cloud, and even a crazy tropical downpour while we were on the boat in the trampoline area. The catamaran itself was super sleek and impressive, the people on it were nice, and the wine was free and unlimited. No complaints there!