Maz NZ and Oz

As well as hanging out by the lagoon, we also did a few more active things while at Airlie Beach. Sailing is a huge tourist attraction at Airlie Beach with many options available for people to spend two, three or more nights on a yacht sailing around the Whitsundays. We were happy with a day-trip however, and found one among the hoardes of options that we liked the look of. So early one morning, we were collected from our accommation by a representative of Mantaray Chaters (http://www.mantaraycharters.com/).
We first headed to the main island, Whitsunday Island where we stopped at Whitehaven beach and had a few hours relaxing on the beautiful white sand and swimming in the crystal clear water.




After that, it was back to the boat for lunch and on to Hook Island for some snorkelling. I had never been snorkelling before and I was utterly amazed at the world that lay just beneath the surface of the waters of Luncheon Bay. It was like swimming into a David Attenborough documentary - absolutely amazing stuff. There were fish of all shapes, sizes and colours as well as spectacular coral. I was talking to one of our fellow day-trippers when I got back to the boat and I explained that this had been my first time snorkelling and she assured me that I had hit the jackpot as it didn't get much better than this!