A Great Barrier Birthday
02 June 2016
We fast-tracked our trip North to celebrate Toms Birthday in The Whitsunday Islands and catch up with friends that we met in Mexico and French Polynesia years ago. Its amazing how small the world has become - wherever we go we seem to be reconnecting with friends we've met somewhere along the way during our travels. Makes us feel very lucky.
Now that we've reached the Whitsundays we feel like we've finally arrived, as this is the Australian experience we were looking forward to. Situated at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, the Whitsundays are touted to be Australia's best cruising grounds. Our glimpse so far: we're attached to a nice secure mooring ball in a picturesque bay, surrounded by warm turquoise water fringed by green hillsides. A perfect snorkeling reef is a short swimming distance away, and there are great hiking trails close by.
It doesn't get much better than this!