The Whitsundays

20 February, 2010

Would you believe we're finishing up our eighth week on the road?

Due to our low morale, we have blitzed central Queensland. We stayed for one night in Rockhampton and did the obligatory drive around town, but we really did it no justice. Ditto Mackay, which looked like a really lovely tropical city - all we saw was the dodgy caravan park, a shopping centre, and a motorhome handy man who did some waterproofing on the leaky seals. (They still are leaking, by the way. Nick just checked with a hose. Leak 1, motorhome handy man 0.)

Now we are enjoying some *sun* in Airlie Beach! Nick washed all of the bedding today while the kids and I hung out in the lagoon pool with two waterslides and a shaded kiddie area. It was nice to know it was going to dry, and dry it did. Bummer about that leak though, but there will definitely be someone who can fix it in Townsville... right? The only RV repair shops in Rockhampton and Mackay were all booked out with the weekend coming, so we'll have to call ahead to organise something in Townsville. We neeeeed to get that fixed. There is visible water damage up there.

We don't plan on going anywhere at the moment though. We have booked in for 4 nights (at the price of 3 which works out to a ridiculously low $30 a night! For the Whitsundays! Crazy!) Nick has just gone to the office to talk about booking some kind of day cruise. We really don't know what exactly we should be seeing around here, but we have heard that Whitehaven Beach (I think that's what it's called) is The Best Beach In The World. That sounds pretty special.

So morale is back up. I have to admit, it was a bit higher before Nick just tested the leak and found that it wasn't fixed. The sun is still shining, we are at a resort that Nick has been looking forward to for weeks, and we are on paradise's doorstep. Honestly, the ocean is turquiose. We are surrounded by palm trees. Tomorrow, we may spend the day cruising around the Whitsundays. Nice. This is the life.

I just wish I felt better :o( I'm a bit under the weather. Throat, ears, and a cough. It makes the pool feel not so good. I'm here blogging instead of taking Nate back to the pool. Bummer. I think I need to get off now and help Nate alleviate his boredom.