Not quite Captain Pugwash

I got to Airlie Beach on Tuesday and got checked in for my boat for the whitsundays. It's still jellyfish season so I had to get a stinger suit which in this case is basically a thin wetsuit. I don't think there are many jellyfish around still but as they have some deadly ones I guess it's better to be safe aqnd silly looking than sorry.
I had a good group of 14 plus 2 crew which was nice as it wasn't too big and you could get to know everyone a bit. You also had to help out a lot with the sailing, so I ended up hoisting a few sails over the three days.I mostly hung out with the english though mainly a couple from the midlands called Gemma and Gareth and two others travelling on their own - Rob and Vik. We headed to Whitehaven Bech which is a really long white sanded beach which was good and it didn't rain that much. That night it did rain a bit but luckily the next day it was better and so having stopped at Hill Inlet we sailed for a bit to Luncheon Bay where there is some decent snorkelling so we scooted out there for a while and saw a load of fish and coral. We anchored there headed to Blue Pearl Bay (I think) and stayed overnight, the next morning did a bit more snorkelling and then headed to Black Island to sunbathe before heading back to Airlie. On the way back we were going pretty quickly and the deck on the other side was in the water most of the time. A few of us were sat near the front and Vik got totally soaked while the rest of us did have a few dry patches left. All of us ended up coated in salt. We had a good night out that evening and I also bumped into Nick and Nadia from work for a bit which was cool.
The next day I headed to Magnetic Island whcih is a bit of a chillout place to go. I went to a wildlife sanctuary and held a koala, crocodile, lizard and python, so that was fun. Then I thought I'd better do a bit of exercise so I headed off on a 5km walk before having a few more beers in the evening.