We saved a special treat for the end of our trip Downunder – a visit to Hayman Island. It is a 5 star luxury resort, close to the Great Barrier Reef in the Whitsunday chain off the Queensland coast. It is the most beautiful resort I’ve seen, offering tennis, golf, watersports, sailing, trips to the GBR and fantastic gourmet food. Our suite overlooks the pools with a balcony, tho doesn’t have the dock and swimming ladder to the lagoon of the rooms below us on the ground floor.
It’s a little pricey, but in line with other Leading hotels of the world. Unfortunately, I booked the hotel under my name so, much to John’s disgust, he has been Mr. Fullerton all week!
We took a tour to the Knuckle Reef – about 90 minutes east by fast cruiser run by Cruise Whitsundays. John fought back his fear of heights and really enjoyed the helicopter tour over the reef. Then we went underwater and viewed the reef form a semi-submersible boat and an underwater viewing platform. The best part for me was snorkeling around the reef – I’ve never seen so many kinds of coral, all in healthy condition in spite of all the news reports of damage to the reef. Unfortunately, the water was a bit murky because it had been rough for a few days and the Tsunami had run through the area two days earlier.
After this, we are on to Sydney for Easter weekend before we fly back to Toronto to join you in the last winter storm of 2007! At least, we hope it’s the last because we feel the cold now when it gets below +20C!!
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