The early flight from Cairns got us to the Hamilton Island resort mid-morning so we had virtually a whole day to explore this holiday resort. We knew it was going to be special as everyone we had mentioned it to over the last few weeks had said how lucky we were. In fact the accommodation (The Whitsunday Apartments) were a little dated, but clean and very functional. The rest of the resort though was extremely impressive. Basically the whole island is a single resort with its own airport and marina. It also has the lovely Catseye beach of clean sand which slopes very very slowly out on to coral reef.
These days were all about relaxing and doing very little after the hectic last few weeks. We did a few activities such as tennis and catamaran sailing but really most of the time was spent on the beach or in the pool. Although the forecast each day was for about 20 degree temperatures and partly cloudy, it always seemed much hotter and early clouds soon burned off.
We were lucky to have timed our visit to coincide with the annual Hamilton Island Race Week. This is a bit like the Cowes Week sailing regatta in the UK but slightly smaller. It did mean there were lots of people around, lots of boats out & about and they had live bands playing free concerts every night. This was a real bonus and made the stay even more special.
Sadly, we're starting to remember that the trip is coming to an end soon :-(
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