23.02.2014Unwinding at Airlie Beach
After several days in tropical Cairns we flew south to Hamilton Island and past over parts of the Great Barrier Reef:
Hamilton Island is one of the 74 Whitsunday Islands which are a collection of islands of various sizes right off the central coast of Queensland.
In order to get to Airlie Beach we took the ferry and headed for the mainland:
In Airlie Beach we stayed at the centrally located YHA hostel and finally we got to enjoy our first Australian beach without warning signs:
Not far from the beach was a little restaurant serving tasty seafood pizza:
And chilled beer and apple cider:
We definitely got to like this place. The following days we “prepared” for our upcoming sailing tour by hanging around at the beach, working on our tan, frequenting the local ice-cream parlour and snoozing under shady palm trees:
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Blue water, blue sky, beer and sunshine.
What’s not to like?
We’re having the same weather in Northern California!
Happy Easter!
Love,
The Wolkens