The Whitsundays

Well when these photos were taken the weather as you can see was beautiful,but as I write this the rain is so hard its bouncing back up,the noise from the thunder and the rain on the caravan roof is deafening!!Oh well time for a coffee a home made scone and sit at the computer and tell you whats been happening.The whitsundays are so beautiful they deserve a page of their own 74 islands and 52 weeks to explore them,we have been here 3 weeks now and have had an amazing time.The trip on the seaplane flying out to Hayman Island landing on the blue clear water then driving up the ramp to pick up 2 passengers ,turning around then down the ramp to the water and taking off was very strange.We had to sit and wait about 10 minutes as the passengers were late, but as the pilot said this is 5 star Hayman,holiday island for the rich and famous.I must admit I did wonder who was behind the baseball cap and sunnies when they got on!We landed at Whitehaven beach rated as one of the best beaches in the world, the beach is not sand but silica. The area is volcanic and spewed out silica which made this lovely white beach it does not get hot underfoot and reflects the sun so much you have to put sunblock under your chin and arms!The beach was deserted only a few people in the distance the water warm and the champagne chilled wow what a place and how lucky are we.I have always wanted to go in a seaplane and it really lived up to my expectations it is so exiting landing and taking of on water,why ?I cant explain it just is!Everyone knows we love boats so these islands are the place to be,so another sailing trip was a must do,this time on a 80 foot 0r 24 m maxi yacht!Everything on these are big big big thats me at the helm in the photo, George our skipper was watching me very closely!We went to Blue Pearl Bay on Hayman Island there I go name island name dropping again!We have snokelled in loads of places but this must rate as one of the best so many fish surrounding you.We did an introductory scuba dive,Jeff had done one before so was ok,but it takes a bit of getting used to.Was I really 5m under water relying on an air tank to stop me drowning apparently I was for a whole 20 minutes,it was amazing,a busy city of colours the fish oblivious to my awe or excitment.When I came back on board I was grinning so much you would have thought I had won lotto!!Well what next?its still raining and we have had our coffee must be time to plan lunch and plan when we leave here tomorrow where to.We are having a great trip and seen some great places but here has been the best so far.