Sorry for the absence of blog entries….but we were out of town. We’ve just returned from a fantastic vacation to the barrier reef- Whitsunday Islands. We spent 10 nights on Day Dream Island (nice name huh) and Hamilton Island. It was extremely restful- thanks in part to our ratio of three adults to two kids (thanks Jen for joining) yet full of fun and activities. Day Dream (just a 2 hour of flight from Sydney) is extremely small with just one hotel on the island and you can walk from one end to the other in 10 minutes. They had a cool reef lagoon with tropical fish and small sharks. Nate was able to participate in the morning fish feeding- he fed a baramundi and touched a ray. Our daily routine consisted of buffet breakfast, morning nap, pool time, lunch, nap, dinner & hot tubbing (plus lots of drinking)....much like the koalas all we really did was eat and sleep. It is still hard to get used to the wild life of Australia -even on this small island the lorikeets, cockatoos, and kangaroos roamed free and weren't scared of the tourists at all. Check out the video below of Reese and Nate following the kangaroos.
After Day Dream we took the ferry back to Hamilton island....a much larger island- it takes you 15 minutes from end to end via golf buggy. Nate truly enjoyed his role as designated driver and by the end of week was seated in the driver seat by himself steering all alone (you can imagine the look of the on coming tourist drivers- pure horror). Feeling a bit more motivated and energetic we did more on Hamilton- hugging a koala (only allowable in Queensland), renting a tiny catamaran boat off the beach, snorkeling & diving at Reefworld (a floating station at the edge of the reef- with diving, snorkeling and a small mini submarine) and renting a bare boat and sailing to the famous whitehaven beach. There was still a lot of lounging at the pool - they had a cool swim up bar with a good happy hour. Side note, new favorite drink- Summer Love- 1/3 strawberry liquor, 1/3 vodka, splash of OJ and splash of champagne (I recommend going heavier on the champagne)- yummy!!!!! Sorry- back to stories...where was I? Oh yes, pool time. Reese is a water girl- she loved the pool. And Nate the seal (self selected nickname) learned to float and swim with no vest. With a mask and snorkel he was invincible. We'd throw one of his cars in the deep end and he would swim to search for it.
All and all a wonderful time was had by all. Too many pictures to post to the entry- but here is a link to our album http://picasaweb.google.com/northshorerentals/WhitsundayIslandsVacation
Nate at Reef World
Hugging- no pooping on my head this time
sailing fun- (this picture is the only time I wasn't clinging to mom)
evening sunsets at the top of the island-tons of bats flying
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Yeah for vacations! Sounds pretty dreamy.
PS - Got your holiday card yesterday. Thanks so much.
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