Laters Airlie beach

The following day were going going t do some island hopping of our own. There is a ferry service that runs between the closer islands, however the weather and sea reports were not good, so instead we spent the day in Airlie and the afternoon relaxing by the lagoon.  The best view of the sea and Whitsunday Islands from Airlie Beach, has to be from the Airlie beach Sailing club grounds. We sat on a rock wall looking out to sea and we saw a stingray and a sea turtle swim by, amazing!

Saturday was our departure day from Airlie, but our train wasn’t until 8pm. The apartment owners were kind enough to store our luggage for us and arranged our shuttle bus to railway station. So we had a luggage free day. However if you are stuck with your luggage there are large lockers in Airlie beach  where you can store your luggage for a fee. 

Back home we have pigeons sitting on telephone wires, in Airlie beach they have cockatoos! 

A local market takes place on a Saturday morning selling local produce amongst other things. There was a stall there full of amazing shells, if I’d been able to carry them I would have bought loads.

Whilst we were staying in Townsville my friend had recommended ‘Cold Rock’ ice cream parlor. If you’re a keen reader of the blog you will know that me and Jamie love ice cream, and have eaten a lot of it, so when we recommend an ice cream parlor it is good! Just so happens that there was a cold rock in Airlie beach! So you pick whatever flavours of ice cream you would like, and then pick from a variety of toppings/ chocolates / sweets to mix in.

I recommend white chocolate ice cream with fudge and peanut m&m’s – Nom nom nom!

 Whilst we were waiting for the bus to the station there was the most beautiful sunset, and a huge moon, a fitting end to our stay at the beautiful Airlie Beach.

And so it was back to Proserpine and the 12 hour train journey through the night to Bundaberg. 


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