Hamilton Island is part of the Whitsundays, a group of 74 islands among the Great Barrier Reef in Northern Australia. We decided to take a holiday with the parents and explore the warm waters of Hamilton Island.
We took off Monday, 8 June for three nights and four days. It worked out really well since we had Monday off for the Queen's birthday. She may be not our Queen, but we'll take the extra day off!
After a quick 2 hour flight, we landed on the little island. It was Kevin and Tina's first tropical island vacation so we were excited to show them a good time. The weather was really great, low 20s (high 60's- mid 70's), sunny and the water still warm from summer. Basically anything sun would have been great considering it was raining all week in Sydney.
We quickly checked in to the Reef View Hotel and changed into our swimmers. Ron and I immediately made our way to the Catseye Beach (60 second walk from our room) and checked out some complimentary snorkel gear. The tide was out and we walked through 5 minutes of warm ankle deep water before we were able to dive in and swim among the fishes. There is a pretty cool reef right there and we saw a lot of wild life. Some of the cooler things were a huge puffer fish, swimming in the middle of a school of fish and skimming across the reef.
After taking a nice hot shower with good pressure and not having to worry about the hot water running out (yes, our shower at home pretty much sucks) we made our way down to the marina for dinner. We ended up taking an outside table at the bar and enjoyed some Beez Neez and fajitas.
Crazy birds that broke into our room and ate our snacks. Left a total mess.
View from our balcony at 6am.
View from the balcony at dusk.
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