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Hey all,
Just a quick entry from Airlie beach before I go off on a sailing boat until thursday to sail the whitsundsy islands,eeeh!
We had an interesting coach journey sunday night from cairns to airlie, took 11 hours and wasn't too fun. Managed to get some sleep but not really enough so felt pretty yuk the next day.
Got to airlie beach and found a hostel as quick as possible which was made easy by the staff from lots of hostels welcoming us from the coach in the morning to try to get business! We settled into our 8 bed all girl dorm, which had an onsuite shower so wasn't too bad and had a showere which was much needed after a day snorkelling and no shower then a coach journey! yuk!
Then went off exploring and to book a sailing trip after a yummy cup of tea. Theres too much choice here as there are so many boats so we were a bit stuck, but luckily a few were leaving tues so we managed to get on the next day one at a cheaper price. Spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing by the lagoon by the beach and looking around the touristy shops like ya do! Then went out for dinner in the evening and then to the bar in our hostel with some of the girls from out room which was nice.
We leave in an hour on the boat and looking forward to it but a little nervous! The weather is lovely here but its windy, about 25-30 knots! So its going to be pretty interesting out at sea, but a real sailing experience we've been told! Should be a good test of the stomach! Its a maxi racing boat so we've been told it should be good in these conditions.
However heard a story last night from someone out on a boat yesterday about a group out snorkelling off the boat who had to be collected in as there was a large shark! This hasn't helped our nerves!
Have to go as we've got to get ready for the trip, will write again after the trip,
love to all,
lor xx
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