Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th April

We have spent a delightful few days at Airlie Beach in one of the most impeccably clean caravan parks we have ever seen. As a result, a couple of days were spent lazing by the pool reading a book or the newspaper, playing on their minigolf course (Cathy won!) and sitting around the BBQ area chatting to all our new friends. On Friday, we were up early to catch the bus to the marina where we boarded the "Camira". This is a 85ft purple catamaran that took us out around the Whitsunday islands to Whitehaven beach then snorkelling near Hook Island. The rest of the tme was spent sipping wine and beer along with a delicious luncheon on the decks - a magnificent day. David joined Cathy in the bite competition but cannot keep up with the bites and stings she has attracted. She now has sandfly bites, mosquito bites and a beesting but we are both covered in hundreds of bites from some nasty in the water where we were snorkelling. At least those ones don't itch but we look like we should be quarantined!