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From previous experiences with boats on our trip we should have thought about choosing a sailing boat a bit more carefully!
We were "lucky" enough to get a double bed on the boat, it was 10x better than the bunk beds however it was far from anything we had imagined. We had packed shampoo and conditioner but I dont know what we were hoping for beacuse there wasnt even a shower! We both said we weren't going to go into the sea in Australia but somehow we found ourselves snorkelling in the middle of the ocean! At first it was okay, but then we got further out and we coudnt see anything below us except black! So we decided to get out early as I didnt want to risk getting eaten by a shark!!!!
The best part of the trip was when a huge humpback whale breached right in front of our boat, it was the most incredible thing to see whales all around our boat.
We pulled up for the night in a bay, and all around us massive turtles popped their heads up taking their last breath before they swam to shore before the sharks came to eat them...which meant they were all around our boat.. which is a great thing to have in mind before you go to sleep!
The next day we went to Whitehaven beach which is a beautiful beach with white sand and clear blue sea. After that we had a rocky sail back to land, which made us hate boats even more than we already did.
We had a great trip but were glad to see the back of the boat!
We are now in magnetic island for a few days. We hired a car and had a drive round the island yesterday and saw some of the beaches and today there is a big party on the beach. Tomrrow we are off to Cairns for our last few days down under.
Love from Carys and Ryan xxxx
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