Thursday 27 November 2008

Airlie Beach: Day Thirty-Nine (27 November)



We spent last night in a Backpackers' Hostel (but we had our own room with en suite bathroom!) Here I am in Airlie Beach which is the jumping off point for exploring the Whitsundays. Look at the colour of the sea -).

From here we caught a ferry to South Molle, which is a tiny island with a self-contained holiday resort. Every afternoon they feed the local rainbow lorikeets with fruit and guests can help. Lorikeets are a kind of parrot and they are like flying rainbows with red and blue feathers on the underside and green on top: very pretty.

Like all parrots they are also very noisy and the ones on South Molle came a bit close for comfort.

Barnaby

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