Well this is the last leg of the journey, it has been a great and tiresome trip so finally we are going to sit back and do nothing (no tours with duncan - see kuranda post) but sit on the beach and enjoy the last few days before we have to go back to reality.
WE arrived in brisbane and headed towards the jetty to take the 1:15 ferry ride to the island. We arrived and saw pelicans being feed and the sun was beating down on us, on the second largest sand island in the world. There was nothing but ocean, sand and trees on the island. We were guided around the resort and then went to check in at 12:00, well we were told that our room would be ready in 30 minutes, which actually meant 3 hours. And me being the ever patient one, took it all in stride and went with the flow... okay i might have raised my voice a little and the guy behind the counter as he never made eye contact with me EVER again. Oh well we sat and enjoyed a pint of australias finest - Tooheys new - lager so take away some of the frustration.
When we finally got into our room we changed and went right to the beach and went swimming. After this we went and looked at where we wanted to eat, and then thought we had better just get a pizza unless we wanted to take out a second mortgage for dinner everynight. So Pizza and beer it was (at least is was happy hour, which only lasted 30 minutes... crazy aussies) but the two jugs we had went down smooth as we watch a beautiful sunset over the bay.
The next day we went snorkling where there were old whaling boats scuttled, we didnt last long as the current was likely to carry us all the way back to canada a few days early. I tried swimming (no flippers) as hard as i could to see how far i would get, only to look up and realize i was in the exact same spot. So it took most of our energy just to get to the wrecks and back with the flippers. The rest of the day we spent on the beach and swimming in the pool.
Over the next few days we played teniis everyday ( but only lasted an hour or so before heat exhaustion took over) and then headed to the pool and beach. One day katie spotted a whole mit full of giant starfish and the next day i snorkled over the sting ray infested waters, which we later would walk in at low tide. The sting rays are almost impossible to see excpet for there black eyes in the sand, a few times i was almost impaled by the stinger, but not in the heart so no worries.
The last night we were there, we took the opportunity to go and fed the wild dolphins. This was wuite neat as we are instructed as to what to do, and then everynight the sunset brings anywhere from 5-10 bottle nose dolphins into the shores. The marine biologists bring us waist deep into the water where we had the chance to hand feed "Echo" three fish each. It was neat to see the playful side and wild side of these creatures. They do this everynight, but only feed them abot 10% of their diet and dont allow them to be touched to keep the wild.
After this headed to sydney for our long flight home, but not before a 7 hour lay over in the brisbane airport. We had dinner with sandra and steve once again and then at 8:20 down under on march 24 we ended the trip and started the 18 hour flight home. It was sad to leave and was the trip of a lifetime, when we got home we had been awake for 36 hours before we went to bed and had celebrated Chris' birthday March 24 for 48 hours. So at least we got the day back that we lost on the way there.
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