The Whitsunday's are a series of islands off the Queensland coast known for their beautiful beaches, great scuba diving and snorkeling, and fantastic sailing. Our first night in the area we stayed at Airlie Beach on the mainland. We woke up in the morning with Sulfur Crested Cockatoos on our balcony, amazing weather and a brilliant view of the Whitsundays.
Airlie Beach was nice, but as you can see not very many people were actually at the beach. Apparently they take their warning signs seriously. There were signs all over the place warning of Crocodiles and jelly fish. John and Colin risked life and limb with a quick refreshing swim and survived unharmed. Everyone else was smart enough not to join them.
The following sign was posted everywhere. It is rare that pedestrians in these small beach towns pay any attention to traffic, I guess this has become a problem in Queensland. Although the signs didn't seem to do much good, pedestrians still walked through the streets wherever they felt like it.
After spending a few days at Daydream Island (1 of 74 islands) we returned back to the mainland and passed through Bowen, which provided Jenny's highlight of the trip because Bowen is the home of the Big Mango. Unfortunately John missed this because he had to leave and go back to work a day early.
We enjoyed lunch and a stroll along Rose Bay Beach in Bowen after seeing the mango. It was so fun to spend the extra days up in Queensland.
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