Jeg bodde på Nomads hostel (det er faktisk en kjede i Australia, dette hostellet var bra, andre jeg vet om, ikke fullt så bra). Her var det grillkveld og masse folk. De hadde svømmebasseng også. De har også tilrettelagt store deler av området for campere. De med bare telt, men også de med biler av ymse slag. Det virker så gøy og annerledes og reise langs kysten på den måten...en annen gang kanskje?
I had to take a nightbus from Cairns to Airlie beach, like 15 hours? That's nothing after all the buses in latin-America. I had to stay there one night before my sailboat-trip. Airlie bbeach is a holiday (party) place, with one main street. It's a place for backpackers before and after Whitsundays. Whitsundays is a national park.
I stayed at the Nomads hostel (the nomads is several cities here in Australia. This one was a good one, others...not that good). It was bbq-night and loads of people. They also had a swimmingpool.
Big parts of the area is perfect for campers. A place for the people in tents, and a big parking lot for all those with some kind of camping-vans. It seems so fun and different to travel in a car by the coast like that....some other time?
And then we have this need to plan our trips here in Australia. Like an hour before the boat was supposed to leave I was sitting at a travelagency, trying to get me on a 2 day trip to Fraser Islands. Fraser Islands is also one of those things u "HAVE TO DO" here on the east-coast. That trip also costs around 400 dollars. But for most trips and days everything was fully booked, and I had to wait several days, maybe one week to get the tour. But...since I was only one person, they found me a spot!
I REALLY REALLY HATE PLANNING!
Whitsundays var en kjempesuksess! Jeg var med på seilbåten Boomerang, sammen med 27 andre. En bra gruppe folk var det også, internasjonal må jeg si. Men selvfølgelig dominert av Tyskere. Var kjempeheldig med været også, det hadde jeg ikke forventa meg. De tre som jobbet på båten var bare kjempetrivelige (og han ene, Josh var bare veldig veldig sexy) Vi hadde også veldig bra mat. Både god, og nok til at alle ble mette (det er ikke alltid).
Whitsundays was a great success! I went with a big sailboat, Boomerang, together with 27 others. It was a good group of people, loads of nice people. International off course, but like always, it was more Germans, hehe.. We where really lucky with the weather as well, didn't expect that. The crew on the boat was very nice (and Josh was really really hot). We had great food the whole trip as well, enough for everybody (it's not like that on every organized tours).
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| Goontime!!! |
Første dagen seilte vi til et sted bra for snorkling.
Til kvelden var det tid for "goon". Jeg tror alle hadde med seg minst 1 bag (4-5L) hver, noen hadde også 2 stykker og øl. Det skulle ikke stå på for lite drikke. Jeg tør vel påstå at humøret var på topp! Alle ville feste, og bli kjent med hverandre. Det brae med å være på en båt, er at alle ender opp med å snakke med alle (nesten i alle fall). Vi var heldigvis flere som reiste alene også, det hjelper alltid. Det var ikke så mye vind, så alt var meget behagelig. Så det var å "nyte" goon i solnedgang på agendaen. Ingen ulykker skjedde heller...uansett hvor mye folk fikk i seg. Men det var så varmt under dekk, så jeg sov likesågod på dekk.
The first day we sailed to a good place for snorkeling off course. In the afternoon it was "goontime". I think every 28 of us had like a bag of goon each (4-5 Liters), but some also had beers or maybe 2 bags each. Would be the end of the world if we ran out of liqueur. Everybody was ready to party, and to mingle. The good thing about being stuck on a boat, everybody talks to each other. Many of us where traveling solo as well, that always helps. It wasn't much wind, so everything was just plesant.
Goon at sunset is nice:) No accidents either...strange actually, when everybody drinks a lot on a boat. Time for sleep in the early morning...sleeping on deck was the best option, to hot downstairs.
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| I got to see Dolphins!! Yey! |
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| Whitsundays at sunset |
Senere var det på tide med snorkling igjen, og for de som kunne og ville, de dykket. Sjalu?!! Bare litt. Men på dette stedet var det helt sinnsykt mye fisker, samt en gedigen en.
Partystemningen var litt redusert den andre kvelden må bare sies. Alle tok litt vel mye i den første kvelden, samt at de fleste hadde drukket langt over halvparten av drikken sin...ja, det er mulig. Men vi koste oss igjen! Slappe av, kortspill og sånn. Og jeg sov på dekk igjen, men det var noe kaldere denne natten.
Jeg kunne godt tenkt meg et døgn til på Boomerang. Kanskje litt mer seiling, om det skulle bli noe mer vind? Også trist å ta farvel med folk atter en gang. Elsker de gangene gruppedynamikken er nesten perfekt.
On day 2, we went to the biggest island, Whitsunday island. We walked for maybe half an hour, took some photos...and then we came to paradise. Shallow water, but nice and cooling.
Back on the boat, it was time for snorkeling again, and those who wanted (could) could dive. Jealous? A bit!! But this place was amazing for snorkeling as well, so much fishes. And one huge one!!!
The partyspirit was a bit lower this second night. Not so strange maybe? An most of us had been drinking more than half of the goon allready so...yeah, it's possible. But we had a good, more chill time with cardgames and so on.
And I slept on deck again, a bit colder this night.
I would love one more night on the Boomerang. Maybe a bit more sailing? It's also, as always, so sad to say goodbye to so much nice people. Sad!!! I love it when it's a good group of people on an organized trip like this.
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| @ Whitsunday island |
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| Somewhere |
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| Huge fish, scary even |
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