Day 41 – Hayman Island to Whitsunday Island
Travel Location: Whitsunday-Islands,Australia
We all woke up early; breakfast was served at 7.30 am. Just after breakfast we geared up with a wetsuit to protect us against possible jellyfish, masks and fins. The beginners were taken with the small boat to the beach where they had time to fit the mask properly and slowly wade into the water. We two advanced just rolled back over the boat – diving style – near the reef. The corals started just a few meters from the shore and there was a great amount of different fishes around. We almost forgot the time and decided to go back on board about an hour later.
The next item on the daily program was morning tea and while we were sailing to the next location we enjoyed some tea and cookies. The next snorkelling location was on Butterfly Bay at north east of Hook Island. This time there were more corals. It was amazing to see the variety of corrals so close to the shore, similar to what we have seen in Cairns at the Great Barrier Reef.
We then sailed around Hook Island through the Hook Passage which is between the south end of Hook Island and the North of the Whitsunday Island. We moored at Scrub Hen Beach off Whitsunday Island.
