No commentary today. You need a break from my trivia, so I thought that I would let the beautiful Hamilton Island flowers speak for themselves. See if you can spot which photo is not actually a flower 🙂
Ann x
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Family Holidays on Hamilton Island
A number of people expressed surprise that I would select Alice Springs as my top holiday destination in Australia. Hamilton and Fraser are wonderful, don’t get me wrong but I think that my favourite experience so far was the Red Centre. There are a number of reasons for this and perhaps one minor point is the fact that there were very few families on holiday in the area. Hamilton Island is a family holiday destination and at every corner there is another family domestic in progress. Yesterday morning, I was sitting in reception (taking advantage of the free Wi-Fi) when I almost phoned Niamh to ask if Gerry Rooney could get out here fast to mediate on a dispute. It had all the hall marks of the beginnings of divorce proceedings.
I have very happy memories of my own childhood holidays at Butlins Mosney. To a child they were magical times. Hamilton reminded me of a classic photo of our family including my Granny, caught by the Butlins roving photographer, where we were obviously in the midst of a healthy debate. My Mum will know what I mean. 🙂
Tonight I am going on a dinner cruise around the Whitsunday Islands. Luxury, I know but it is my last night on this paradise island.
Ann x
(Today’s photos were taken from my verandah and on a scenic walk on the Island).
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Tags: Ann Horan, Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Hamilton Island, Travel, Whitsundays
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Chilling Out On Hamilton Island
This was to be the place where I would chill out before returning to normal life. I was only here an hour or so when I dashed to the tour desk and booked myself in for two boat trips. That still left me with plenty of free time, which is a good thing at this point in the holiday.
My new definition of relaxation is lying in a hammock on the verandah, during a tropical rain shower, reading my book and idly watching the cockatoos doing gymnastics high up in the palm trees, in an effort to avoid the rain. Why they didn’t just sit under the tree, I will never know. Ah, paradise 🙂
This afternoon’s boat trip to Whitehaven Beach on Whitsunday Island, gave me a great opportunity to take more photos of what really is a magnificent part of Australia. Sitting on the upper deck of the boat and photographing the most stunning views, with the cool sea breeze flowing through my hair. What more can I say?
As we cruised home at high speed, the crew were busy checking the manifest to ensure that everyone had made it back on board. They appeared to be having problems as I was asked 3 times if I had signed in. Only in Australia.
Ann x
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Tags: Ann Horan, Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Hamilton Island, Travel, Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays
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