Archive for category Tourism
Bowen and Tully
Posted by in Car Rental, Fun, General, Tourism, Travel on August 17th, 2010
Ariel arrived at the Bowen Marina on Monday the 9th August. We originally thought we would take a berth for a couple of days, but have since decided to take it for 1 month. Andrew, one of the owners here is a very obliging fellow and has the 65foot Offshore next to us. Bowen Marina [...]
Fairwell to the Whitsundays
Posted by in Car Rental, Fun, General, Tourism, Travel on August 8th, 2010
We spent a couple of days in Cid Harbour which is a safe anchorage and fairly protected.
The sun is finally out but the wind still persists. Saturday the wind was about 25 – 30 knots. Thursday I went for a hike to the peak of Whitsunday Island. The sign says 2 hours each way and [...]
Playing tourguides in the Whitsunday Island
Posted by in Car Rental, Fun, General, Tourism, Travel on August 4th, 2010
After some pretty ordinary days, weather wise, we made our way back to Airlie Beach to make the boat ready for our first visitors for this trip. Of course I was very excited because our visitors were daughter and partner (April and Michael). Shopping for supplies – you have to have goodies onboard for kids [...]
Whitsunday Islands continue
We ventured off from Airlie Beach and motored across to Butterfly Bay which is on Whitsunday Island and a lovely spot protected from the bad weather. However it is still subjected to bullets of gusty wind that channel between the islands. We were all tucked up and had picked up a mooring which we thought [...]
Arrival at the Whitsunday’s
Posted by in Car Rental, Fun, General, Tourism, Travel on July 20th, 2010
A short trip to Rosslyn Bay Marina on 1/7 of about 1 and ½ hours left us in the lap of luxury for about twelve days, i.e. power, water, showers and all the facilities of Yeppoon and Rockhampton. Met some interesting people as usual and made friends with Bill and Sue from the yacht Dreamtime, [...]