Tropical Depression in Tropical Paradise

I arrived in the Whitsunday Islands on Monday to meet back up with the girls.  As soon as the plane began its descent into Hamilton Island Airport- I saw cloud coverage and rain drops.  Never did I think that this rain, grey skies, clouds, and wind would last until we left the island on Friday afternoon.  But it did.  At least this was the spot on our holiday where we splurged on high class and expensive accommodation since we spent a good portion of our time inside. 

We stayed at Pinnacles Resort and Spa and had a fabulous and spacious three bedroom apartment.  There was a gorgeous kitchen with beautiful stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops.  We also had an enormous outdoor porch looking out onto the Coral Sea- too bad we don't have one pretty picture of this view.  We also had our own hot tub on the porch which we used one night.

We spent all of Monday afternoon and most of Tuesday inside the apartment catching up on our photo uploads and e-mails.  Tuesday afternoon T and I went to the spa to treat ourselves since there was only so much photo uploading and e-mails one can handle. 

On Wednesday we attempted an island cruise to Long Island.  We were in the Whitsunday's which is supposed to be tropical paradise, so we weren't going to let this rain stop us from at least seeing and saying we have been to a few of the 74 islands that make up with Whitsunday's.  Due to inclement weather yet again, there wasn't much we could do on this island so we snapped a couple pictures, had some lunch, and played some pool.

On Thursday we attempted yet another island cruise - this time we went to Day Dream Island (below).  We basically did the same thing that we did at Long Island, except this time we played a little mini golf.  Good game M!

Of course as we were leaving on Friday to make our way back to the airport, the sun did peak out for a bit, but lucky for us, it didn't last long, so we didn't feel cheated.  And as we collected our baggage at Brisbane airport, it was time for us to say our goodbyes.  After spending the past four months together, we were about to part - I was on my way to Fiji, and the girls were off to the Sunshine Coast.  What an incredible, memorable, and amazing four month adventure with new girls to add to my mix of amazing friends. 

xx