Sunday 19 October 2014

Airlie Beach - The Whitsunday Islands - Day #4 - Saturday

Just enough time to repack our bags and catch the bus to the airport for our return flight to Brisbane. We were back in Brisbane by lunchtime after the most amazing few days. I will return to Airlie Beach and recommend it to anyone. Truly is paradise
Need to go home now and lose about ten kgs - I feel that's how much I've put on in the last week lol
Maybe if I don't weigh as much my next sky dive will last longer :)


PS.....we were beginning to think the unit we were staying in was haunted......the first morning the spa turned itself on and it did it a couple more times over our stay (there is no timer on it). Lee's bedside light kept flashing on and off at one stage.....AND...the dishwasher started at 1.30am one morning. Spooooky!!

Airlie Beach - The Whitsunday Islands - Day #3 Friday

Well here it is - sky diving day and and I haven't really had any anxiety to speak of. As the time approached however, I did get some nervous moments but I just kept talking to myself to stay calm.

We got picked up from Maccas at 9.30 and whizzed off to the airport. I did pages and pages and pages of paperwork....mostly letting them off the hook if I fell to my death or the plane fell out of the sky :)

The plane was small.....very, very small. There was only room for three jumpers and their tandem partners but I still felt reasonably calm as we climbed to 14,000 feet.

As the first couple left the plane and my tandem partner, Kevin and I  started to edge towards the bloody big gaping hole in the side of a perfectly good plane I did feel some anxiety but stayed calm and went with the flow. It's too hard to describe the feelings as you free fall and then the jolt as the shute opens and you float earthwards. It is mind blowing and I loved it.





We celebrated my jump with a great lunch at The Shipwreck Bar & Grill - and the view was just as good as the oysters and prawns and Moreton Bay Bugs


Excellent restaurant.........

.....with an excellent view

Virgin Pina Colada

3 different kinds of oysters

Garlic prawns and Moreton Bay Bugs
   Went for another stroll around town and along the beach and felt quite exhausted after all the excitement so I finished the day with a nap and then a long spa....bliss