Maz NZ and Oz

After a thorough soaking on the Gold Coast, we left Southport on the 26th of July and flew to Prosperpine, which serves Airlie Beach and The Whitsunday Islands. We had pre-booked only one night's accommodation before arriving and this, it turned out, was a very wise decision. The room we were given was right beside the girls' bathroom and not only could we hear everything that was going on in there... the room also had a delightful...toilety smell. We very quickly got on the internet and found a far more suitable place to stay which was right on the beach and and views like this from its front balconies:
Just three minutes walk away from our 'new' hostel there is a swimming lagoon. It's like Brisbane's artificial beach, only much nicer. We spent more than a few hours lounging on the grassy banks here, reading our books and jumping in for a dip whenever we were in need of a cool down.