Sailing to the Whitsundays

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Traveling down along the shore out into the Great Barrier Reef – Travel log no. 77

After dropping off our relocation car in Cairns we decided to keep on traveling down south. While drinking at a bar in the Marina we booked a trip to the Whitsundays and Fraser. In order to get there we took another relocation from Cairns to Brisbane.

Lagoon, Cairns.
Since the water is still filled with crocodiles it is only possible to swim in the lagoon.
Ocean, Cairns
View to the ocean. Unfortunately we didn’t have the best weather during our stay.

Cairns is actually a nice city. There are many more things to do than in Darwin and it has good nightlife.

On Sunday we left to Arlie Beach to get on the boat on Monday.

Lookout, Australia
Hendrik looking into a valley from an lookout South of Townsville.
Eastcoast, Australia
I am still surprised that our camper-van made it up here.

During nightfall we finally made it to Arlie Beach.

Whitsundays, Australia
View on the Whitsundays during sunset.

After a short night partying with the locals we got onto the Freight Train our yacht for the next two days.

Together with a crew of 19 we sailed out to the Whitsundays.

 

Whitsunday's, Australia
View from the back of the yacht over the Whitsunday islands.
Snorkeling, Whitesundays
A view from our first snorkel spot.

Unfortunately we didn’t have the best weather but the crew made up for it. We played some cards under deck and made new friends.

On the first day we snorkeled and did a bush hike to some aboriginal caves. Since the cyclone went over the Whitsundays beginning of the year the water is still foggy. Still we were impressed by the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef which the Whitsunday’s are part of.

Bush Walk, Whitsunday's
View from one of the islands during our bush walk.
Sunset, Whitsundays
Watching the sunset from the yacht.
Whitsunday's, Australia
Another view of the sunset from the back of the boat.
Sunset, Whitsunday's
And one picture from the front of the boat.

The next morning we sailed out to see the highlight of the Whitsunday’s – the White Heaven Beach.

After a short hike through the bush the following view opened up:

White Heaven Beach, Australia
View from a platform on the curled creek in front of the beach.
White Heaven Beach, Australia
The beach consists out of 98% silica that’s why it has it’s unique color.
Whiteheavenbeach, Australia
Not only human’s like the shallow warm waters, we also saw lemon shark’s and sting-rays.

Back on the shores of Arlie beach we went out partying with the crew, super excited about our next trip to Fraser.