Thursday I skipped some minor classes, and we missed our flight to the Whitsunday Islands! I wish I was kidding. A hefty payment later and we had a same-day flight with another airline - yay! While waiting at the airport I fixed Adam up with a Whopper, complete with beet root (haha, "you're gonna have to show me"). He loved it! A little while later we were on our way to Daydream Island!
When we got to Hamilton Island airport we took a FantaSea Cruise ferry to Daydream Island. It was a nice (but chilly/windy) 45-minute ride. We soaked up the beautiful islands surrounding us and the crystal blue waters - the Whitsunday Islands are gorgeous!
Once we arrived at Daydream Island we received a friendly welcome (including a mock-tail and brief tour of the main building). We checked in and immediately fell in love with our suite: huge, fluffy bed, heaps of space and a great balcony. We checked out the resort by night and had dinner at the fish and chips diner (much fancier than it sounds, haha). There we had some great conversation and were truly annoyed by the knock-kneed scavenger birds, haha. Kind of funny looking back on them. I'll never forget when we saw not one - but two birds get spooked and take flight so quickly that they smacked on the ceilings! Too funny!
The next morning we grabbed a nice, big buffet breakfast (mmm - Rasmus cereal and fresh fruit and pancakes!) Next we got to feed the fish. There is a live aquarium on the island called The Living Reef. The guide was really friendly and knowledgeable (and funny: he poked fun at himself for needing the human equivalent of male shark "female hookers," haha!). So we learned about all the sea life - so much cool stuff. I got to feed a baramundi fish with a herring (first time I've braved up to holding a fish bare-handed; don't worry, Adam got a photo or two). The baramundi looked like a really fat, slow fish but was surprisingly swift when a fish was just dangling there in front of it. It snatched the fish from my hand so fast that I jumped, haha! We also got to see sharks and clown fish (so cool!). There were really exotic, brightly colored fish and anemone. We got to hold a rhino star fish and a sea cucumber (very neat creatures), and feel a couple different types of anemone. Adam's favorite part must have been petting the sting rays. We also watched the guide feed the big sharks.
Afterwards we laid out at our favorite of the several pools (also the warmest, haha). The weather was beautiful! We didn't get burnt at all through the entire stay on the island - hooray! We had tons of fun in the pool and actually went under one of the bridges while a huge snake sat by our heads along with 3 geckos (we had no idea about the snake until a lady told us about it). With the wind there was a slight chill so we decided to take a dip in the hot tub. Little did we know that it was actually a cold tub, haha. Looked just like a hot tub but it had freezing water. Made the pool water seem a lot warmer, though, haha. We got a lot of reading in during our afternoons at the pool. So wonderful to look out at the other islands, the blue waters, hear the water coming and going with the waves... ah...
Two of the nights on the island we were able to watch a movie at the outdoor cinema. Adam loved it! The first night we watched Scoop (a movie I like but Adam wasn't so keen on), and the second night we watched Rush Hour 3 (funny, but not that great a movie). Each night we were able to cozy up in big, warm blankets and look up at a clear sky to see the bazillions of stars.
Through the other days there we mostly took it pretty darn easy. We lounged at the pool every day, we had a breakfast buffet every morning, and dinner was either the fish and chips place or Mermaid's. The chicken parmigiana and nachos at the fish and chips place were amazing, as well as the wine that we fell in love with at the resort! Brown Brothers, I believe it was. We dined at Mermaid's and had lovely meals - so tasty! The night we were there a wedding reception was taking place. The resort's four-man Fijian band (who covered American music) played some really fun songs for them. We really enjoyed the music. Dessert was absolutely to die for: flour-less chocolate cake pudding goodness. MMM!
We took tons of photos - they're on their way to Facebook. We captured so many memories and beautiful scenes. I can't wait to show them to everyone back home!
We also saw lots of wallabies! Adam was able to get really close to one of them; it was pretty cool!
One day we kayaked for a little bit. We were a little restricted with where we were allowed to kayak, but it was still fun!
One day we played putt-putt. The course was the coolest and most challenging I'd ever seen or played. The theme was "Around Australia in 18 Holes." Each hole had a theme: the bush, Sydney, the Three Sisters, sailing, the Whitsunday Islands, etc. Adam and I made a wager that whoever lost had to give the winner a 10-minute back massage. I lost by 5 points, haha, but it was fun all the same.
We also had the fine opportunity of playing chess on one of those giant scale boards! I was tickled to death! I lost, as I usually do to that master mind strategy genius, but it was a lot of fun, and I was able to learn something more about the game. I remember that evening there was a breath-taking sunset...
When Tuesday rolled around it was sad to leave. Daydream Island was one of the best places I'd ever been. Namely because of the great company I had.
-Amanda
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