"Island Get-Away"

                                                       Anyone for a snorkel?

Georgiana ready to jump off the boat ......

Over the New Year period we were lucky enough to spend some time holidaying on Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays on the Great Barrier Reef.  I thought you might like to see some of the beautiful beaches of our homeland.  This was just before the terrible floods hit central and south-east Queensland.  Queenslanders are fighting back after the shocking floods and all of Australia is united in the effort ...

This beach is called "Chalky's Beach" and we snorkeled off here ..... footprints in the sand ....there were no other people here except for us ..... we sailed here and then anchored ..... it was a very hot day and the skies are usually bluer than this but we have been having  a very wet monsoonal summer which led to the disasterous floods ....

                                     
                                       Sailing away.....

This is the palm fringed beach in front of our apartment on Hamilton Island ..... it was so beautiful and so tranquil ....

Andrew and I on Hamilton Island .... we were so fortunate to be able to have a beautiful family holiday .... 

Georgiana relaxing on the sand..... she had been doing cartwheels up the beach .....

Our flag in the marine red background instead of the usual blue ..... stars of the southern cross .....

Alexander and his cousin, Christopher, getting ready to hit the water........

          The shadow of a turtle in the middle of the photo .....

                                 
                                   Palm-fringed paradise .....

I would love it if you could one day join us for island cocktails .... come on down  ..... we can watch the sun set over the mariner ....... and be grateful for such a beautiful world ....