2/28/02 Airlie Beach, OZ (Kelly)
This day definitely goes down in the record books. I had to wake up at 5:45...for crying out loud, I'm on vacation!! Our bus transport picked us up at 7:10 this morning but we had to walk to where they picked up...they must be too posche for caravan parks, they only picked up at hotels! The bus dropped us off at Shut Over Bay where we caught a ferry, well more of a cruise boat, that took us out to the reef. The booking agent that we went through failed to mention that we would be on the boat for 3 hours before we arrived at the reef, where we were Diving...damn sales people!! Anyways, we did get free lunch so this was a bonus. We did a 2 tank dive which just means we dove twice. The reef was really good...the only problem was that there was a full moon last night which caused the tides and currents to be extremely rough...we had a good workout more than anything!
We are obviously staying in Arlie Beach for a second night because this little excursion was an all day thing. We are headed to Townsville tomorrow and then on to our final destination, Cairns, the following day. We plan on relaxing at Magnetic Island tomorrow once we reach Townsville, only a 2 hour drive from Airlie Beach. It will definitely be a good R&R day!
Posted by Admin at February 28, 2002 02:02 AM