MAGICAL WHITSUNDAYS

Up for breakfast ,Chris made us some hot pancakes and and we all helped ourselves to fruit,cereal and yogurt.Everyone was ready for the day`s activities.We sailed to Tongue bay which is just off Whitsunday Island.Paula dropped anchor at little crappy beach(local name for beach)then all 10 of us piled into the dinghy and Paula ferried us across.We were going off on a bush walk overlooking Whitehaven Beach.After that we walked down to the beach which is amongst the top 10 in the world.Paula and Chris then went back to the boat and said they would pick us up at 12.30.We donned our stinger suits(so funny)and then went into the sea,two or three stingers did pass us by so we didn`t hang around to long.Had a walk along the shore and had a lie in the sun by which time it was time to meet up with Paula.Back on board and there was a tasty salad waiting for us.Well done Chris.Time then to set off for Hook Island sailing around the outside of the Whitsunday,very exciting .Those on the front deck were getting soaked.We then arrived at Mantaray Bay which Paula said was a beautiful part of the reef.We fed the fish at the back of the boat and there was no shortage of them.We had a brief about the snorkeling and i was getting nervous.Back into the dinghy with all the gear.Paula was great though she instilled confidence in me and didn`t` doubt that i would end up in the ocean(probably because she gave me a little shove)it was amazing a big fish that we named George along with many others were swimming around us(hopefully Brian has some photos off the underwater camera that we bought).The coral was truly worth seeing with it`s beautiful colours.She said that we could get back into the dinghy at any time and yes i was first back.Eventually when everyone was ready it was back to the boat for tea and cakes.Then another fantastic sail to Baird Point just off Hook Island where Paula would anchor up for the evening.Beers came out of the chiller and the girls had a glass of wine .Didn`t take long to get ready with no hairdryer and make up(oh what a site)never mind after a couple of glasses of wine who cares.Cheesy nachos to start followed by steak with mushroom sauce and veg 10/10 bloody lovely.Soon we were all doing our party pieces mine of course was It`s a kinda magic while Pete's of course was green green grass of home(seems to get worse each time)followed by Jill and Camerons magic,i don`t` know what happened there i think his mind was on other things(ME).He definitely fancied me but said we would have to throw Jill and Brian overboard OH and not forgetting Danni`s Delilah,he really gave it some welly.Think there could be some bad heads in the morning,goodnight xxx.