June 4-5

Spent the 4th driving 8+ hours up to the Whitsunday Islands. I told Ted I could drive some for him, but I found myself being able to read in the car without getting a headache for once and never ended up driving a lick. Thanks Ted! We got to our Holiday Park around dusk and decided to hit up the main drag and find a place for dinner. When we got out of the car, Ted had this perplexing look on his face. He says, “I don’t know where my camera is.” I told him I never saw him bring it to the car so I didn’t think he had brought it along. He thought he had. We walked around and found a seafood place to eat dinner which was pretty decent. Head back to our cabin at the park to find Ted’s camera bag with two cameras and our camcorder laying on the table of our porch. Oops Ted! I think he’s testing the locals to see if stealing is in their blood—first with his wallet in New Zealand and now the camera bag. Would’ve been pretty devasted had someone taken the camera with all of our vacation pictures! Won’t let him live those down, but lucky to not lose either. Could it be an early case of Alzheimers??

Today (Thursday) we were up early to catch our ferry to the island we were staying on (Hamilton Island). I had called the previous night to book for the 6:55 departure time. We got to the dock just as the ferry was departing. Another oops. I blamed it on Ted wanting to sleep an extra five minutes and then taking FOREVER figuring out how to pay for our parking spot. He blamed it on me who apparently said waking up at 5:40 would give us enough time to leave by 6:25 (and no, we didn’t leave at 6:25). Either way, we figured out after that we would’ve still had to buy tickets to get on the ferry which we had thought was included so I doubt we would’ve made it anyways. We caught the next ferry an hour later and arrived on the island pretty early. Checked our bags in and decided to check out the small island. How do you figure they get around out here? Well, it’s either by foot (and you better have your walking shoes on to walk these hills) or by renting a buggy (golf cart). So we rented ourselves a golf cart for 24 hours and strolled around for quite some time. Parked the cart for a bit and went on a short hike back to a secluded beach. I went swimming while Ted sunbathed. No, wait, otherway around. Who am I kidding? Had the place to ourselves for an hour until two middle-aged women decided to check out the beach. I guess I missed the sign that said it was a topless beach (there never really was one), because as I was sitting up to see who walked by, I noticed one was missing an important part of a bathing suit! I figured it was time for Ted and I to get on our way….

Other than that, just rode around the island and watched the sunset from a lookout point. Also daydreamed as we walked by the realty company’s window checking out the housing market on the island.