Laundry Day!

Ya`ll backpackers know what I`m talking about. Laundry day is like Christmas, as I had no more clothes left. Laundy day is so awesome that I have to make a silly post about it.

Stinky, stinky clothes

But I`ve just gotten home from Fraser Island, so I have to have another laundry day.



This is the intro picture to our Fraser Trip. Stay tuned!





Sailing on the Whitsundays

The sailing boat, Souhtern Cross. 68 feet long with a mast that`s 97 feet high.

We were 14 people on the boat with 2 crew members.

On the first day we went snorkeling at Blue Pearl Bay.

Met some lovely people on the boat. This is me with Patricia and Nadia

Nachos!

Evening activities on the boat.

The second day we went to visit the Whitsunday Island

Whitehaven Beach. It is the most beautiful beach I`ve ever seen in my life. The water is so clear blue, but the most awesome part of this beach is the sand. It contains about 98,9 % of the mineral silica, which is why it`s so incredibly white. It`s very good for your skin, and if you rub some sand gently on your mobile screen, it can take away minor scratches. NASA actually purchases some of the sand from here for their projects.

After a couple of hours on Whitehaven Beach, we went for a bush-walk to a look-out.

Yes, there are spiders here too.

This is Tom, an awesome guy from London.

The whole gang :)

At the after-party. The skipper of the boat is the third guy on the first bench.

Airlie Beach

I had several warning signs before my arrival:

Nichola: There are A LOT of people who are sleeping around in Airlie.

Bus driver: The Ultimate party city! Party, party, party...!

As I went down the main road, I realised that they didnt excaggerate at all.

1 hour after arrival in Airlie Beach, half a rugby team tried to get in my pants.

The only thing I did? Pop my head out of my dorm room to get some fresh air. Literally!

Rugby dude: Do you have a boyfriend back home..?

Nancy: Yeah, I doo.

Rugby dude: Aaaaaaawww...

Nancy: Hehe...

Rugby dude: ... Do you want to hook up with me?

Nancy: ???

Rugby dude: How`s he gonna know?

Through this blog. Duh.

Nichola: Told you it was shag town.

Luckily, I`m escaping to the Whitsundays for a couple of days tomorrow! One of the things I`ll be doing is visiting Whitehaven Beach. which is considered to be one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Awesooooome...

There`s not much to do during the day, so I`m waiting on a lovely Irish girl I met on Magnetic Island. Maybe then the streets in the evening will be a little safe for me... See you later!

Magnetic Island

Horseshoe Bay

Notice that no one is in the water? That`s because you can DIE. That`s because of the stingers, which it is a high season right about now.

"Don`t swim you`ll die, don`t swim you`ll die, don`t swim you`ll die!!"

Even the ATM has retreated.

So what can you do on this calm island?

Hold animals. Duh.

Baba

Cockatoo "Shadow"

Cockatoo "Captain"

Dragon Beard lizard

Salt water crocodile

Aaaahh....

Rainbow Lorikeet

Don`t underestimate their claws

Barney!

Shell collecting. This is a lovely girl from Germany I have gotten to know on the island :)

Shell collecting, anyone?

There was cocnut bowling in the evening. I`m better at coconut bowling than normal bowling!

We (Vera) won a couple of beers.

Vera actually won the whole bowling contest by knckong down one cone!

Magnetic Island is great. Today we are going to do some hiking and try to spot some koalas in the wild.

 One more thing:

Have a good night everyone!

Bits and pieces

Cassowary at the wildlife sanctuary

Mangroves at Cape Tribulation (where the Great Barrier Reef meets the rainforest).

Big, big spider near the toilet at Cape Tribulation... Yes, there are more of them around.

Roadtrip with some Austrians. We went to Undara to watch the lava-tubes, and the Atherton Tablelands for some night-canoeing, platypus-spotting and rainforest activities. This is in front of our hostel i Cairns (Travellers Oasis).

A really big dog... Wow!

Bushwalking in Undara

Leading to a great lookout of the sunset :)

This was awesome! We got to swim in one of the lava-tubes. Every 3 years in 20 years, the lava-tubes get filled with enough water for us to swim in. We were in total darkness inside a lava-tube with little bats flying over us. Highlight!

Rock - Wallaby feeding

Yes, termites make that... :O

The Curtain Fig Tree. Do you see why it`s called by its name?

Barron Falls in the Tablelands. Awesome!

I had to leave these cool guys and am now currently on Magnetic Island. See you later!