Hawaii, Fiji, the west coast. These are all place in the world with beautiful islands. Now time to add one more to the list, The Whitsundays. Something amazing was cooked up in God's kitchen then placed right on the coast of Queensland, Australia.
After leaving my parents in Melbourne, I headed off for a 3 day adventure on Long Island. It didn't start off as well as I hoped. I had just spend 5 amazing days with my parents and brother in Melbourne and I had to say goodbye to them all over again thinking that was the last time I'd see them in 6 whole months. I started getting pretty emotional and it finally hit me that I was completely alone. All I wanted to do was curl up in my room and do nothing.
Don't get me wrong the place was gorgeous and the weather was superb, but I couldn't seem to shake the loneliness out of my mind. It didn't help that the hostel was awful, the staff was very unfriendly and the place was way overpriced. The hostel was part of a resort on Long Island- one of the Whitsunday Islands- so every thing was mad expensive. Let's just say I didn't eat very well for the three days I was there. Not to mention internet was 6 dollars for HALF AN HOUR! Talk about not fitting the budget. To give you an example of how shawty this hostel was, one night my roommates and I locked ourselves out at 9pm and when we went to go find someone to help us get back in, NO ONE was around. So me being my ninja self, took a spoon, yes a spoon, from the kitchen and jammed it into the key latch and pushed the latch over and opened the door. WITH A SPOON! Yeah. I know what you're thinking, I'm a genius.
Don't get me wrong the place was gorgeous and the weather was superb, but I couldn't seem to shake the loneliness out of my mind. It didn't help that the hostel was awful, the staff was very unfriendly and the place was way overpriced. The hostel was part of a resort on Long Island- one of the Whitsunday Islands- so every thing was mad expensive. Let's just say I didn't eat very well for the three days I was there. Not to mention internet was 6 dollars for HALF AN HOUR! Talk about not fitting the budget. To give you an example of how shawty this hostel was, one night my roommates and I locked ourselves out at 9pm and when we went to go find someone to help us get back in, NO ONE was around. So me being my ninja self, took a spoon, yes a spoon, from the kitchen and jammed it into the key latch and pushed the latch over and opened the door. WITH A SPOON! Yeah. I know what you're thinking, I'm a genius.Despite my sorrows and lonesome, I forced myself to go sit on the beach and hang out by the pool, hoping I'd meet someone. Eventually I was able to meet my roommates, Gabi and Adri and my loneliness started to dwindle away. Gabi and I set out on an adventure hike on a trail that was very obviously not used in a long time. Each step taken was interupted by a spider web. I can't tell you how many spiders went down my shirt. It wasn't very pleasant. But we made it through and had a very nice chat along the way. Nearing the end of our two hour trek, we managed to catch a glimpse of a miniature shark, a kangaroo and the ever grotesque, bush turkey. We managed to make it back just in time to escape the rain.
The next day was just amazing. It had been the day I was waiting for. It was the day I finally got to go check out the Great Barrier Reef. I signed up for a cruise with the Cruise Whitsundays company. They own their own pontoon in the middle of Knuckle Reef which is part of the Great Barrier Reef. On the way out, I was lucky enough to meet a wonderful companion, Spencer. We became good friends quite quickly and it was very nice to have someone there to experience the amazement with. I put on my adventure pants and got to go scuba diving for the very first time.
Not only did I get to experience breathing underwater, but I also got to experience first hand the amazing Great Barrier Reef. There is a reason it is one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. I can't begin to describe how spectacular it was to be that close. To experience all the amazing colours and life in the sea. It was for sure one of the coolest things I have ever done. There was a giant blue fish that swam right next to my head and I got to reach out and touch it. Oh man was it ever fantastic. No feeling like it. I just wish I could have gotten better pictures because the ones I have don't even come close to doing it justice.
Not only did I get to experience breathing underwater, but I also got to experience first hand the amazing Great Barrier Reef. There is a reason it is one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. I can't begin to describe how spectacular it was to be that close. To experience all the amazing colours and life in the sea. It was for sure one of the coolest things I have ever done. There was a giant blue fish that swam right next to my head and I got to reach out and touch it. Oh man was it ever fantastic. No feeling like it. I just wish I could have gotten better pictures because the ones I have don't even come close to doing it justice. For the rest of the pontoon adventure, Spencer and I just chilled out, ate some lunch (which we ended up stealing to feed ourselves for the night), went snorkling and slid down the slide. It was unbelievably fun and I just had the most amazing time of my life!
The next day was another beautiful day. I was a bit sad because Gabi, Adri and Spencer all left that day to go to Airlie Beach and I was left alone. I booked a catamaran cruise that day to Whitehaven beach so I wouldn't be so board. I was feeling really uneasy about it cause I had no one to go with and I was worried I wouldn't meet anyone. But to my luck right before we boarded I met a wonderful girl named Teni, who I was fortunate enough to become good friends with as well. Teni and I spend the day relaxing on the catamaran sail boat and enjoying the beautiful, beautiful weather and sights. We stopped over on Whitehaven beach for about an hour and a half. It is this increadible beach with amazing white silica sand. One of the top ten beaches in the world! So gorgeous. We walked along the beach, took some pictures and laughed at the asian mother and daughter. They spent the whole hour and a half taking racy pictures of the daughter on the beach and in the water.
It seriously looked like she was posing for sports illustrated, but the real disturbing part was her mom was the photographer. It cracked the two of us up so much. After the beach we enjoyed a lovely bbq which I again stole food from to feed myself that night. Then it was another snorkling adventure which just turned into floating on noodles for Teni and I. It was just such and amazingly relaxing day.
It seriously looked like she was posing for sports illustrated, but the real disturbing part was her mom was the photographer. It cracked the two of us up so much. After the beach we enjoyed a lovely bbq which I again stole food from to feed myself that night. Then it was another snorkling adventure which just turned into floating on noodles for Teni and I. It was just such and amazingly relaxing day.
Sailing on the seas of the Whitsunday Islands. Basking in the everlasting beauty of the Great Barrier Reef. Soaking up the sun and enjoying the beautiful weather of Australia. All these things make me sit back, take it in and say: Amazing as...
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