Day 76 - Airlie Beach, 11th September 2025

Had the best day today after the worst night. As usual my sand fly bites take 24 hours to affect me so during the night I was up itching like crazy! So first stop this morning was the chemist followed by Bunnings for a new gas cylinder.

Then…down to the marina to catch our boat, the Tongarra, for our Whitsundays Island adventure. 

We were headed to Langford Island which took about two hours so we lounged in beanbags on the deck, snoozed and chilled listening to music.






It was a perfect day out on the water. The crew were fabulous, serving us chocolate brownies for morning tea and giving us lots of information 
 about the islands and the marine life. We had a beautiful buffet lunch of rolls, cold meats, cheese and salads while admiring the view of the islands.


After lunch we were tendered to shore and spent the next hour doing some snorkelling. We saw a big turtle and lots of gorgeous parrotfish.


We went for a walk along the sandspit searching for shells…



…and then up to the lookout over Langford, Hayman and Goat Island.




There were dozens of little stingrays chilling in the shallows.



The water was beautiful and clear and a lovely 24 degrees.



We got chatting to a couple from the Gold Coast, We day and Dale, and teamed up with them for the banana boat ride. We were all smiles at the beginning. It was great fun but when we came off, we hit hard!



Back on board we slowly cruised back towards Airlie. We lay on our beanbags, chatted and enjoyed some afternoon snacks.



We got some drinks out as the sun was setting and had the best time cruising on the catamaran.




We watched the sun setting as we headed in and said goodbye to our fabulous crew.





We stopped at the van for a quick shower and then headed to Northerlies to meet Rach and Shaun for dinner. Fantastic day!











 














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