The next day we sailed out to a really quiet bay where the snorkelling was really good and fishes came right up to you. But, as I'd been snorkelling in the great barrier reef and I was shamefully stuck very hard into a book I was reading I decided to stay on the boat and sunbathe while the sun was out. After snorkelling, we all ate dinner and then it was time to head back to Airlie beach. The sea was really rough again and again it consisted of me nearly slidin...

Today's the day I go sailing on the whitsundays... One of the 'must-dos' on the east coast where you sail out to different islands, a place called Whitehaven beach, do some snorkelling and then spend the night on a boat. I'd had to make the choice between this and a trip to Fraser island where you basically go driving and camp on an island. I decided to do the whitsundays and was told as long as the weathers good that's definitely the best option. So, of course...