Start of the Whitsundays 27th July 2007

Jason took us to the harbour and showed us where to wait for our crew for our 3 day and 2 nights at sea. We were met by Diver Dave and taken to the boat. Then met our captain, Brent and our chef, Andy. Then we met the owners of the boat, who told us a few things about their boat. Things to do and not to do. After the safety briefing and shown to our dunks, we set sail.
The weather wasn't the best for sailing, but it was warm and the sun kept peeking through the clouds. We went through a few things for our free dive, which we were doing the next morning. I spoke with Dave about diving and again found due to my asthma i couldn't dive, but i new this already. So the girls would do it for me and let me know how it was. I planned on doing a lot of snorkeling over the next couple of days anyway.
We sat and relaxed and had a great lunch on the boat, before stopping at Whitsunday island. We got in the dingy and we taken to WhiteHaven Beach. The was beautiful, the water was crystal clear and the sand was the softest we ever felt, anywhere. It was like paradise, in every way, shape and form. The sun came out as we relaxed on the beach. Dave started getting us all up for photos and taking some funny ones, for a CD of our trip. We walked up to the look out called Hill Inlet, which had great views looking over the bay. We walked back down to a different beach (this one had pebbles and rocks) and waited for the dingy to collect us and take us back to the boat. When we got back there was a big plate of nibbles waiting for us and a barrel which was steaming a special surprise for dinner.
We sailed around to a place called Caterang Bay this is where we moored the boat and will be snorkeling tomorrow. We sorted out our wetsuits, stinger suits and snorkeling gear.
We had a great dinner with lots of veg that had been steamed with a huge amount of Lamb. The boat should have had 14 people but there was only 12 of us but with enough food for a full house. After dinner we watched a slide show of all the photo's that had been taken that day. We had a few beers, but when it got to 9pm everyone was getting ready for bed. We didn't feel ready to go to bed but felt we had to. We shared the back of the boat with a French couple and Emma.