Yes, Hill Inlet on Whitsunday Island is jaw-dropping gorgeous!! I am so glad I didn’t miss out! I had a day to spare, and ended up doing this on a whim. Best choice! At the inlet we were let off the boat right on the amazing swirling sands. And after a walk along the beach, during which I spotted the cutest, blue, little crabs :), it was off into the rainforest. A fairly short, uphill walk (on a boarded path) later, we reached the lookout point, and the oh so stunning view!
I spent the day with the speedy Gonzales of the Whitsundays, a.k.a. Big Fury, which is a rafting style boat that takes you around the islands in a super fun heartbeat, full speed ahead and fairly big waves 🙂 My fellow day trippers might have been a bit on the younger side, but 40-year-old me still had a lot of fun 🙂
This trip also included lunch at Whitehaven Beach, which got ruined by flocks of seagulls wanting in, and snorkelling at Dumbell Island, where a young sea turtle appeared right after I had gotten out of the water – the story of my (wild)life! Nothing special, neither of them.
I just saw your photo on #MondayEscapes – gorgeous!! And like you said, not manipulated..wow just stunning. Whitsunday Island looks like an amazing place :).
Thanks! And it was cool to wade/walk across the sands as well! The Whitsundays is definitely great! And unbelievably enough it wasn’t on my first Australia trip draft 🙂
Absolutely stunning. Would love to take a family holiday up here in the next few years.
I really liked the place! Only drawback in my eyes was that it is hard and expensive, and sometimes impossible, to get to the different islands. At least on your own. But it was a very nice start to my Oceania vacation, after many hours “on the road” (from Norway).
What a stunning place… this water is irresistible!!
Thank you for linking up with #MondayEscapes 😀
It definitely is unbelievable, to the extent that I thought it had to have been manipulated when I saw it in photos for the first time 🙂
hahahaha that’s what I thought too when I saw your photos… but of course it’s real since you went there hahaha 😀 it’s amazing!
The thing is you don’t see that it’s like that until you’ve reached the hilltop. When you get off onto the sands, it looks like any other beach, well almost 🙂 Really cool as I hadn’t added it to my plans. Just didn’t have anything else planned for that day, and thought it looked cool.
It’s amazing!! After choosing your photo for #MondayEscapes I had to take a look where the place was located and how it is 😀 sooo beautiful! I love islands!
Thanks so much for featuring my photo! I love islands as well 🙂 It was much farther between the islands than what I thought it was going to be. Airport transfer was by boat 🙂
hahhaha sooo cool!!
You’re welcome, my pleasure 😀
Wow – stunning first shot – and what part of Aus isn’t beautiful? 😉 #MondayEscapes
True! I was able to fly out to Ayer’s Rock also, and I am so sad I didn’t get to spend more time there 🙁 Have a great summer!
WOW! AMAZING!
Yes, it was!! The first time I saw it in photos I actually thought it had to have been manipulated in some way 🙂
wow the island looks beautiful!!
The inlet was amazing!! As a lot of things in Australia is 🙂
Australia is still on my must visit list! 🙂
It took a while for me to get there too. Long way away from Norway. But it was so worth it! Had an amazing time. Visited Whitsunday Islands and the Great Barrier Reef, Melbourne, Sydney and Ayer’s Rock. You have a lot to look forward to 🙂