Cakelaw's Travel Tales

 When my mother and I visited Cairns, Queensland,  we decided to take a day trip by ferry to Green Island.  Green Island is a coral cay, 27km offshore from Cairns.  As we disembarked from the boat, the scene at the top of this post greeted us.  I am sure you can agree that it is very beautiful. This beautiful island is a great spot to go swimming, snorkelling or scuba diving, and there is plentiful marine life to see. Here is the jetty leading from the ferry to Green Island: My Mum and I aren't much for adventure activities, so we took a ride on the glass bottomed boat instead to see the marine life.  Here are some shots of the fish and coral that we saw on the boat: This is a fish feeding frenzy created by the boat captain for the benefit of tourists: This is a school group snorkelling off Green Island: Back onshore, there were plenty of these cheeky birds ready to pounce on any food that became available: One of these birds jumped up and took my mother's ...

I recently spent four days at Airlie Beach on the Whitsunday Coast in Queensland.  The Whitsunday Islands  are one of the many gateways to The Great Barrier Reef . Tim and I stayed at The Boathouse Apartments at Port of Airlie.  These apartments are relatively new (~6 months old):    The locals liken the external appearance of The Boathouse to a jail, but inside they are fabulous.  This is the view of the marina from our balcony: It was hard work having breakfast every day looking at this view, but someone's got to do it ;)  The Boathouse is situated just a 5 minute walk from town, and unlike some of the resorts at Airlie Beach, it is situated on the flat, so there are no steep hills to get to town. There were two bedrooms in our apartment, this one being the main bedroom overlooking the marina:    The apartment came fully equipped, including with a digital television with Foxtel: They have plant...