The Whitsundays
are a fabulous part of Australia. Some
of the most stunning beaches in the world can be found here like the famous
Whitehaven Beach. Best time to visit is
between April and October, otherwise it's the monsoon season.
Seven of
us that had attended the big Airlie Beach VT meet decided to hang out on
Hamilton Island for a few days. The
best way to do the Whitsundays is to fly into Proserpine and out of Hamilton Island
or Visa Versa.
SHORELINES 14 APARTMENT
This
apartment had magnificent views over the Whitsundays from a lovely verandah and
a gorgeous infinity pool.
Hubby and I shared the apartment with Ann & Charlie from Florida, Hansi from Canada, Denny from Sydney and Zig
from Darwin.
When you
share accommodation like this it works out much better in price. We only paid $65 per day each. That is an excellent deal!
Included
was our own golf buggy. Hamilton Island
doesn't have cars. There is also a free
bus that runs around the island regularly.
GOLF BUGGY VIDEO
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SUNSET POINT
Weddings are
popular here and cocktails.
Still had my
point and shoot camera but hubby had entered the world of DSLR.
Ann & Hansi ghosts
AND THEN SUNSET
😄
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COCKTAILS IN THE POOL
The pool had a swim up bar that was popular
riorich55 loved the pool
OH_DK enjoys happy hour
More cocktails from a super cute bar man
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CATSEYE BEACH
Most
popular beach on Hamilton island and nice to relax with a good book. We just enjoyed a casual stroll on the shady
path around the pool overlooking catseye.
POOL & BEACH VIDEO
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MANTRA
RAY MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT
This is
our favourite restaurant on Hamilton Island.
It's located on the harbour side where the boats come in. Casual
dining, nice view and not too expensive.
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A SURPRISE VISIT
We
answered the door one afternoon and who do you think had arrived?
Stephanie
and Gerry. Stephanie
is the mother of the original Virtual Tourist co-owner before that dreadful
site trip advisor bought vt and then axed it.
Stephanie
and Gerry were regular attendees of our big Downunder meets and we just loved
them. So when
they arrived at our apartment, we were sooo excited it was a very quick visit
as they had just come over to Hamilton for a day trip. This was to be the last time we would see
Stephanie and Gerry.
It wasn't
until 2014 that we had another visit from the VT headquarters. That is another story.
Just now
we were relishing in this wonderful surprise.
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A ROMANTIC SEAPLANE ADVENTURE
Yes this
was expensive but well worth every penny.
Hubby and
I left the others to their cocktails by the pool and took off on our first seaplane
adventure. Flying
over the islands of the Whitsundays in a small seaplane was magical.
Landing
on the famous Whitehaven beach with it's long stretch of pure white sand all to
ourselves was a memory we won't forget.
Couple that with a Champas, cheese and crackers and fruit brunch,
followed by a swim in the warm Whitsunday waters.
And I was in pure heaven!!
😍
VIDEO LANDING ON WHITEHAVEN BEACH
VIDEO WHITEHAVEN BEACH
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Next day,
goodbye was sad.
😞
Most were
heading back to Sydney. I was flying to
cairns. hubby and Zig were going back to
the mainland to drive up the coast and hike Hinchinbrook Island before picking me
up in Cairns and driving home to Zig's place in Darwin across the top end of Australia.
Until next time my good friends 😭😘
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