A Pirate's life for me.

(Mel) Back in Airlie Beach after a 3 day cruise around the Whitsundays on the largest wooden ship built in the Pacific. Beautiful ship, stunning views, great crew and nice bunch of people - Canadian, German, Belgian, Irish, Dutch and a few Aussies too. We went snorkelling a few more times which was great - swam among some big shoals of colourful fish and made friends with a pretty big Wrasse. I got stung by a jellyfish which was quite painful and a bit scary as some of them are deadly but you don't know until the poison sets in a bit later. I'm still alive though so all is well. Spent some time on Whitehaven beach which is just as beautiful as it looks in the pictures - white sand, clear blue water and little sharks that come within a metre of your toes when you paddle.

(Rich) The cruise was fantastic - the highlight being 5 dolphins who swam right up to the boat and chased it for 10 minutes! We also saw a humpback whale, squids and loads of fish. The best bit snorkelling in a strange kind of way was when I took in some seawater by mistake and was sick. All of a sudden hundreds of fish were teeming inches in front of me trying to get a taste of the congealed quiche and salad that had appeared there

Next stop Fraser Island, Dingos, spiders, turtles and 4 wheel drive vehicles driven by us! Tara for now.