July is gone already! What happened to all the time I thought I had here? So much to do in so little time, but at least I'm not bored yet! I've already talked about my time on Magnetic Island but Australia's east coast seems to be riddled with them so I've had a few more island adventures since my last post.
The absolutely stunning Whitsunday Islands! I was iniatally only going to do these as a day trip, but an elderly woman in Cairns told me that it was way better to do a sailing trip. I am so extremely happy I took her advice as it was a fantastic couple days on the boat. My ships name was New Horizon and I was very pleased with the tour. The crew was fantastic and my fellow landlubbers onboard made for fun filled days. We had a quick hike to look over the blue waters of White Haven beach and then spent a couple hours soaking up the sun in the sand. The rest of the trip was spent moving between the islands to find the best snorkeling/diving spots. I hadn't planned on diving during this trip but I am so happy I did. During my first dive I didn't see anything spectacular underwater, but as we were swimming along we could hear whales singing! A beautiful sound if not a little eeire. Then, at surface, the skipper pointed a turtle not 100 ft away from us that had surfaced to grab some air. To top it all off, once we were back at the New Horizon the whales decided to come through the bay right next to the boat! Words cannot describe how awesome that hour was.
After a rowdy night and a very early morning, I had my second dive of the trip. Probably the earliest dive I've had so far as we were in the water by 7:30 at the latest. Found a couple nudibranches and saw tons of fish as usual but here the coral stole my heart. Towards the end of the dive, we went through an area that had 4 or 5 huge rocks and every single inch of these rocks was covered in branching coral. It looked like I was flying over mountains covered in trees. Absolutely gorgegous!
The New Horizon
White Haven Beach
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