Whitsunday Coast

Lots has happened last few weeks. Last weekend I went to the Whitsunday Coast. The Whitsunday coast is a protected area that is great for sailing. So many sailing trip adventures take off from there. It's protected by the Great Barrier Reef, so sailing is supposed to be more smooth. I spent three days two nights aboard the British Defender, where we slept, ate, and lived for all that time. I was really looking forward to this because how often can I saw I sailed in the ocean!



The boat was quite big, it was a former racing boat. We had about 19 people on board including crew. The food was actually really good, I did not expect it to be this good. We had steak, we had curry, we had pasta. Hardly something you'd expect to eat at sea. The accommodations were compact but surprisingly comfortable enough to sleep. It could be because we were just all tired, and so we had no troubles. I went snorkeling for the first time. I had some trouble at first but the second day I did it again and really enjoyed myself. I think I was breathing a little hard, but it still worked. This was probably the highlight of my whole trip, seeing the vast ocean floor and the living creatures that live there. The fishes, the coral were just amazing sight, and I really wanted to go back down. Whitehaven beach was also nice, but it was way too cold to sit on a beach (at least for me). However, by the end of it I was ready to get off. The rain, the winds, the strong tides took a toll on me and I had to get off. Also, not showering for two days also takes a toll, but i would of done more if I was on the boat for longer. The reason is because the boat only has so much fresh water, so they asked everyone to shower for 30 seconds max. And the compartment to take a shower was just the room where you go to the washroom, so I didn't bother. Once we got off, I went back to the park I was at before we took off, and took a shower in the park. I never felt so good taking a shower and putting on some dry clothes. it was funny because I took my time in preparing myself to shower, had everything off to the side, and brushed the cold water on me. Then I went over and was drying myself and this little kid walked by and just stared at me. I had to encourage him to move on, rather than just stare at me. What, he's never seen someone shower/dry themselves in public?


I also may be moving. The project I am on is at a standstill and so there is work to do on other projects. So I may be moving/travelling somewhere else. I'll let you know when I find out myself. But it's taken some time for me to swallow that I may have to move again. It has not been easy to find friends here in Brisbane, and now I have to move away not being able to further develop the friendships into something more lasting. It's a shame really, kind of sad about it but I have been praying for a better work environment. It hasn't been easy working here on this project, so I've been praying constantly for improvement, challenge, and change. We'll see what happens in next two weeks.

Yesterday i went to Lamington National Park. This park is huge, and so nice. We did two bushwalks, the first one was so easy. It's a tree top trail, about 100m above ground level. The second one was to see some falls, and though it wasn't easy, it was so worth it not only to see some of the falls, but to just challenge ourselves in some trails. We didn't see any animals, except some bush turkeys. They were everywhere, kind of funny to see these turkeys in the forest. To me, they look out of place.