Sydney, Australia, Australia Today I almost did a lot of stuff, but I didn’t really get a lot done. I packed up all my stuff and checked out of the hostel by 9am. I left my bags at the hostel and headed down to the Opera House in hopes of going on the Essentials Tour. As soon as I got to the ticket office, I found out that about half of the Opera House was off limits until later this…
Sydney, Australia, Australia My first full day in Sydney was a great success! I woke up to barely better weather than I feel asleep to, so at least it wasn’t raining. I took a walk from the hostel down to Darling Harbor and walked around there and Cockles Bay until about 12pm. At that point I went up to Pyrmont Bridge where I met my friend Erin for lunch. We grabbed a couple of kebabs and ate by the wharf…
Sydney, Australia, Australia Today was a very eventful day! I woke up and checked out of my hostel by 8:30am and headed over to Oska’s on the esplanade for breakfast. Sheree from the Pacific Sunrise was cooking up a storm over there and I wasn’t going to miss one of her meals if possible! I had some awesome pancakes and bacon and then said good bye before catching my shuttle to Shute Harbour. I had booked my flight to Sydney…
Airlie Beach, Australia, Australia Today was a very lazy day for me. I woke up late, hung around Airlie Beach all day at the lagoon, and then had dinner and came back to the hostel. My big plans for tonight are just to repack all of my stuff for my trip to Sydney tomorrow. Exciting stuff, I know!
Airlie Beach, Australia, Australia I woke up today on the boat for the last time and had to start packing up my things. We were setting sail for Airlie Beach at 7:30am and our bags had to be packed and in the library ready to go. I had a quick breakfast in the dining room (the best banana and cinnamon muffins ever!) and then we were all called to the top deck. We were finally going to have a chance…
Whitsunday Islands, Australia, Australia You’ll all be happy to know that I woke up this morning after a very good night’s sleep, AND I didn’t fall off the top bunk. Jackpot! We had breakfast and lounged around for a couple of hours until we got to Tongue Bay on Whitsunday Island. From there we took a walk through the woods to the other side of the island until we reached Whitehaven Beach. This is the beach that holds the Guinness…
Whitsunday Islands, Australia, Australia As expected I was awake this morning at 7am without having slept a wink last night. The twin bunk was uncomfortably small so every time I moved I kicked a wall. It was so annoying that at one point I tried laying on the floor to sleep, but it turns out there was a small leak and the floor was wet. Not cool. I went up for breakfast and decided that I wouldn’t do any scuba…
Whitsunday Islands, Australia, Australia I woke up this morning to torrential rain like I’ve never heard before pouring down on Airlie Beach. It figures that it would do this today because I am boarding the Pacific Sunrise boat for the next three days and nights, so why wouldn’t a monsoon come through?? I checked out of the YHA at 10am and dropped my bag off at the Whitsunday Sailing Adventures office for them to hold while I was gone. I…
Airlie Beach, Australia, Australia Today didn’t consist of much more than just lazing by the lagoon in the center of Airlie Beach. There are no stinger nets up so if you want to swim it has to be in the lagoon. I got there early and found a picnic table in the shade and parked myself there for the majority of the day. Unfortunately, because the lagoon is quite shallow and confined, the water is VERY warm, like a bath….
Airlie Beach, Australia, Australia I left the hostel at 10am and went to the bus station to catch the Greyhound bus down to Airlie Beach. I had about an hour and a half to wait in the station, so I listened to some music and just people watched. This is the same terminal that you get the ferry over to Magnetic Island from, so there were a lot of people coming in and out. And there were a lot of…