A wet Sunday in the Whitsundays

Airlie Beach Marina

Whitehaven beach

Happy Mothers Day!!!

Back on the boat and off to Hook Island for our underwater adventure.

Glass bottom boat ride from Hook Island.

Underwater observatory on Hook Island.

Bennett and Glenn rinsing off the snorkel gear.

After the Billabong Sanctuary, we drove down to Airlie Beach. Arriving in early evening, we just had time to plan our trip for the next day.  We took a boat ride through the Whitsunday Islands.  The weather wasn't great when we left.  With winds of 15-20 knots, the ride out was a little rough.  Bennett had to lay down and he actually fell asleep, trying to avoid the seasickness.  About an hour after departure, we arrived on Whitehaven beach - a 5km stretch of pure silica sand.  This was the most amazing sand we'd ever seen.  It was soft and pure white. The weather was cooperative thank goodness. We spent an hour on the beach, building sand castles, kicking balls, playing cricket and taking some fun pictures.  Back on the boat, we had lunch and made our way to Hook Island for a glass bottom tour and a little snorkling (Rob did this) on the reef.  We saw some pretty colourful fish, and the corals on the reef were quite diverse. The water was merky though because of the rough seas.  Our last stop was Daydream Island which has a small resort on it.  The rain come down there so we didn't do too much. Bennett enjoyed watching and playing some cricket on a tennis court with some men.  We finally made it back to shore around 5:30pm.  It was a wonderful way to spend a Sunday.