The Sunday Stories

Lifestyle. Home. Wellness. Career

  • Lifestyle
    • Life & Home
    • Travel & Adventures
    • Health & Wellness
    • Career & Finance
  • Creative
    • Books & Film
    • Music
  • Get in touch

Australia 2016: Week 5 – Agnes Water/1770, Airlie Beach & Whitsundays

June 6, 2016 | by thesundaystories

Day One of Agnes Water and i’ve spent the morning lazing around the hostel, it’s days like these when I don’t see the point of travelling. I’m not experiencing anything other than the muggyness of the weather and I just feel like i’m dossing about. Now that i’m about 3 weeks away from going back to Sydney and hopefully earning some money i’m really looking forward to doing some work, enjoying eating out and seeing more sights in Sydney and hopefully saving some money in order to see Uluru and New Zealand before going home, not to mention seeing my best friend in Cairns when she visits this September. 

I was really excited to join the Scooter Roo tour in Agnes Water for an afternoon, i’ve never driven a motorbike before but i’ve always been a bit attracted to the idea of riding one, not that my parents wouldn’t flat out forbid it, despite my age. Turns out the 20 minutes we had to practise on the bikes wasn’t really enough for me and I just didn’t feel confident driving the roads so I hopped on the back of one of the crew. It was so much fun, we sped past everyone and drove so fast which was a massive thrill. To be honest there’s not much to see around Agnes Water but we stopped at the 1770 Marina for potato wedges which was awesome and then rode back to Southern Cross hostel like lightning.

My phone signal hasn’t worked at all in Agnes Water, the perks of using Vodafone are endless in the UK and Australia apparently. I would have picked up an Optus sim which is apparently the best but I’ve only just loaded my Vodafone one with a months worth of data. Turns out there’s really nothing to do in the area anyway so i’ve been using the non-free wifi in the hostel – I really think if you have to pay for wifi it should be top-notch, good quality internet…and yet here I am three hours into downloading Bad Neighbours from iTunes and it’s not even half-way done. Our bus to Airlie Beach is at 9.40pm tonight and takes 9 hours so I figured renting a movie to watch would kill at least 2 of those hours. Apparently we stop over for 3 hours in a place called Rockhampton so that’ll be delightful at crapoclock in the dead of night.

When we arrived in Airlie at 7.30am in the morning we couldn’t believe the heat, everyone has said it’s pretty much hot all year round toward the north of Queensland but I thought i’d be waiting until Cairns for that, Airlie Beach weather was glorious on the first day we arrived, it was so humid it reached around 30 degrees – not to shabby for winter weather. Magnums hostel looked great from the outside with its attached bar, club and massive TV screen however, after waiting around till 12 to check-in we finally made it to our room which can only be likened to that of a prison cell, probs not my fave. Its only redeeming quality was we had some pretty awesome cell mates for the night. 

Rachel and I booked ourselves onto the Powerplay boat trip around the Whitsunday Islands for 2 nights which was awesome, the catamaran was small but clean and comfortable, we had a tiny little ‘room’ to ourselves which was just a double bed but still, better than sleeping in the kitchen which some had to do. 

We went snorkling in three different spots around the islands, where we had the opportunity to find Nemo! And swim with so many different species fish, none of which had any problem swimming right next to me, all of which accidently got a flipper to the face when I panicked and swam away. 
On our one and only full day on the boat we took a trip to Whitehaven Beach, with it’s pristine white sand that is so rare you can actually be fined a bucket load if you dare try to take any away with you.

We were with a great group of people on the boat who all seemed to get along and Damo, our captain and Nora, the host were fantastic at keeping us entertained the entire trip. 

Despite potentially catching sun stroke, I loved the Whitsundays tour and definitely enjoyed it more than Fraser.

/ Filled Under: Travel

Related Posts

Australia 2016: Week 2 – Coffs Harbour & Byron Bay
Australia 2016: The Journey
Budapest Travel Album
Next Post:
Why You Should Travel Alone
Previous Post:
Australia 2016: Week 4 – Noosa & Fraser Island

Hey
I’m Apryl
Cultivating a peaceful life living in Hertfordshire and working in London,
Lover of aesthetically pleasing social media, neutral colours, reading, city breaks, beach trips, animals, day trips, nights in and other things that excite people who are nearly 30.

  • Bloglovin
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest

Mood Board

currently-reading

Me Talk Pretty One Day
Persuasion

goodreads.com

Archives

Playlist – Jan 2021

#TheLovelyBooks

#TheLovelyBooks
On weekends we drag Apryl out of bed at 7 for walk On weekends we drag Apryl out of bed at 7 for walkies. #tbt 
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#jrt #jackrussellterrier #jackrussell #doggo #doggowalks #walkies #dogsofinstagram #pupper #countryliving #countrylife #countryside #countrywalks
3 tiny things; Gives me a sense of achievement: Ba 3 tiny things;
Gives me a sense of achievement: Baking.
Brings me joy: Reading.
Relaxes me: Tea. Copious amounts.

P.s. I know my aesthetic Instagram-appropriate positioning leaves a lot to be desired. 
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#threetinythings #bookstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #bookcommunity #baking #bananabread #teaandcake #teaandbooks #pursuepretty #seekthesimplicity #sharetheeverygirl #lovelysquares
Currently reading. Posted this earlier but somethi Currently reading.
Posted this earlier but something went terribly wrong so here we are.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#currentlyreading #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #blog #blogger #aestheticbooks #inspiremyinstagram #showusyourhygge #ofsimplethings #dailydoseofcalm #cosymoments #myquietlife #ifwewerevillains #thegirlwhoreadsonthemetro 
#booksandtea
I read this last week, sat on my thoughts for a wh I read this last week, sat on my thoughts for a while, wrote some words, forgot to save it, cursed the world.

I’ve always been kind of against reading books about abuse, I remember reading A Child Called It when I was in high school and being appalled by the amount of people who said they loved reading books like that. I don’t find much enjoyment from books that are too harrowing so I tend to steer clear, but I trust @english_prose recommendations and thought I’d give this one a go.

My Dark Vanessa was very easily absorbed and is too complicated to write a review on Instagram, it deserves and essay really and I’m too lazy for that. As 30 year old woman (or almost 30) I was able to slip into Vanessa’s present day self just as well as I could as her 15 year old self. It’s frightening how well I understood how easy it would have been to be flattered by Strane’s attention, his words. 

This book is uncomfortable, upsetting and maddening for all the right reasons. The author delves into hideous detail and explores the long term effects that Vanessa’s relationship with her teacher had on her. She’s quite unlikeable, which feels wrong to say, though none of the characters are particularly ‘nice’.

I’d recommend, if you can stomach it.

#kindle #kindlebooks #bookblogger #bookblog #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #blog #blogger #aquietmoment #livelifebeautifully #momentsofmine #aestheticbooks #inspiremyinstagram #showusyourhygge #ofsimplethings #bookishflatlay #dailydoseofcalm #cosymoments #myquietlife 
#booksandtea #mydarkvanessa
I like these photo dumps that people seem to be do I like these photo dumps that people seem to be doing. Have one while I think of how to sum up my thoughts on My Dark Vanessa.
.
##pursuepretty #seekthesimplicity #sharetheeverygirl #lovelysquares #desenio #hm #kindle #kindlebooks #bookblogger #bookblog #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #blog #blogger #aquietmoment #livelifebeautifully #momentsofmine #aestheticbooks #inspiremyinstagram #showusyourhygge #ofsimplethings #bookishflatlay #dailydoseofcalm #cosymoments #myquietlife 
#booksandtea
Made myself a picnic, pretended I was in Greece fo Made myself a picnic, pretended I was in Greece for an hour. Was nice! (The book wasn’t great at getting me in that ‘summer holiday’ mindset though).

#pursuepretty #seekthesimplicity #sharetheeverygirl #lovelysquares #instatravel #travel #travelling #backpacking #adventure #holiday #vacation #summer #europetravel #travelinspo #views #beautifulview #memories #darlingescapes #wearetravelgirls #wanderlust#bookstagram

Copyright © 2021 The Sunday Stories