A beautiful morning again!
Turtle by the boat, Tongue Bay.
A leisurely breakfast and some Turtle watching from the boat before taking the Tender to the little beach in Tongue Bay from where we hiked up and over the peninsula to the Hill Inlet Lookout.
Emily takes in the view of Whitehaven Beach from Hill Inlet Lookout.
The view of Whitehaven Beach was terrific! The tide was in and the contrast between the Sea and sand was striking. We could see Stingrays and a shark cruising in the shallows below. Kirsten chatted to a couple of women who were on their ninth trip to the Whitsundays, they said they had never seen it so calm.
Back at the boat we had bacon sarnies for lunch then motored the boat around to Whitehaven Beach, anchoring just off the sand-spit.
We took the Tender to the spit then Charlotte, Brad, Matthew and I walked up the Inlet to try drift snorkelling. It didn’t work too well because the current had churned up the sand and made the visibility poor. Hey ho, there’s always tomorrow. So we contented ourselves with just drifting back to where we’d left the Tender.
Beach Cricket
The sand-spit made a perfect Beach Cricket pitch. The match was great fun with plenty of high-tension moments. Brad got top prize for his diving catch and Ollie had the longest Innings.
We were all pretty tired so turned in early after hot showers and dinner.