G'day !
Well we're back from The Whitsunday Islands and what a time we had. Nothing boring about islands popping up out of a clear blue sea. Daydream Island is a resort in it's entirety and you can walk along the boardwalk from the North to the South and then back through the rainforest in about an hour.
I could have sent you pictures of sunrises, sunsets, reefs, fish, islands but you should come and see for yourselves - a trip to Australia wouldn't be complete without a visit to the vicinity of The Great Barrier Reef. I settled on this picture although Jen wasn't mad about having her picture taken with a topless mermaid. In fact, she first covered her breast ( the mermaid's ) with her hand but then decided that was even more " gross ". You can imagine !! The background picture is taken from the North and our room faced East. We snorkelled, swam in the pool, played pool, played minigolf and tennis and of course had a daytrip to snorkel on Hardy Reef which is one of the 2900 reefs which make up The Great Barrier Reef. It was a 45 minute boat trip out to the reef and the sea was really rough. About half of the 300 people on board lost their breakfast but we were all OK. It was amazing how prepared the staff were. I'm sure they had bets going..... This was all something we hadn't even considered. Snorkelling on the reef was a really special experience although from a diving point of view there are almost certainly better places to go.
Oh yes, I had a bit of conference too and my presentation went well. Can you imagine that at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle ( biggest Neonatal ICU in NSW ) they have 2 births to HIV positive women a year ????
It has been raining since we arrived home and I have just had to nip out to disconnect the effluent from the septic tank ( Envirocycle ) because of a sudden deluge - no waterborne sewerage here !!! Bron and I haven't been able to get on the ride-on mower and we're having withdrawal. We'll have to think of something else to do.......
Goodbye then from a soggy Manning Valley - part of only 5 % of Australia that has never been called a drought zone !!
Lots of love
Dyl, Bron, Matt and Jen
Well we're back from The Whitsunday Islands and what a time we had. Nothing boring about islands popping up out of a clear blue sea. Daydream Island is a resort in it's entirety and you can walk along the boardwalk from the North to the South and then back through the rainforest in about an hour.
I could have sent you pictures of sunrises, sunsets, reefs, fish, islands but you should come and see for yourselves - a trip to Australia wouldn't be complete without a visit to the vicinity of The Great Barrier Reef. I settled on this picture although Jen wasn't mad about having her picture taken with a topless mermaid. In fact, she first covered her breast ( the mermaid's ) with her hand but then decided that was even more " gross ". You can imagine !! The background picture is taken from the North and our room faced East. We snorkelled, swam in the pool, played pool, played minigolf and tennis and of course had a daytrip to snorkel on Hardy Reef which is one of the 2900 reefs which make up The Great Barrier Reef. It was a 45 minute boat trip out to the reef and the sea was really rough. About half of the 300 people on board lost their breakfast but we were all OK. It was amazing how prepared the staff were. I'm sure they had bets going..... This was all something we hadn't even considered. Snorkelling on the reef was a really special experience although from a diving point of view there are almost certainly better places to go.
Oh yes, I had a bit of conference too and my presentation went well. Can you imagine that at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle ( biggest Neonatal ICU in NSW ) they have 2 births to HIV positive women a year ????
It has been raining since we arrived home and I have just had to nip out to disconnect the effluent from the septic tank ( Envirocycle ) because of a sudden deluge - no waterborne sewerage here !!! Bron and I haven't been able to get on the ride-on mower and we're having withdrawal. We'll have to think of something else to do.......
Goodbye then from a soggy Manning Valley - part of only 5 % of Australia that has never been called a drought zone !!
Lots of love
Dyl, Bron, Matt and Jen
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