12.8.15 - Airlie Beach

Airlie Beach is a small town in front of a set of islands called Whitsundays. Are idyllic islands, Thailand, Indonesia, Jamaica or Polynesia style. We came here to have a basis to jump island to island.
The problem was that yesterdaythe company  canceled the trip we booked, so, today at 6:30 am we were at the port to see if we could find a boat to take us to Whiteheaven Beach. Couldn`t and therefore We got into a ferry and went the sea to Hamilton Island and, in the aftyernoon, to Daydream Island.
The best of the trip was ... the trip.Morning at 8, the sea was down and the boat didn`t have a lot of people. I talk with two gentlemen with a Penske shirt; They were diesel boat engines mechanical, Penske technology. We where talking about races and many other things when one of them points to the water and could see a giant turtle. How wonderful.
But the true giant was when, after we cross several islands with green shores and small points of white sand, he told me to look at the water line. There were a kind of geiger. Seconds passed, a whale comes up for air and back to sink. The same, or another, did the same movement.Therefore, it was worth the trip.
Hamilton Island is a resort island, with a small marina but with a quality and style of Portofino, where all go hand in golf cart. The girls wanted to ride a cart and went to see them to drive those devilish racing cars on the road of the island.
After the initial excitement caused by the toy, we went to a fine sandy beach. A stingray came to us, like usual in these parts.
After lunch we went to Daydream Island. An island that is a tacky resort but, inside, has a lake with rays and sharks. Also in this space we saw kangaroos in broad daylight. Other than that, nothing more.We return to Airlie Beach and we were dealing with travel tomorrow: Whiteheaven Beach, a beautiful sailboat, blue, where the Prince Philip of Edinburgh sailed when was here. Result: we pay twice what was originally planned.What matters is that, not to think about it, the aparthotel was a Jacuzzi waiting for us, with the Pacific on the horizon and the stars as a roof.