So, being us, we made plenty of fantastic plans.
Sunday we needed a lazy day so we just slept in, did laundry and yes, the banana boat. You've already heard all about it. It was sooo funny right? NO! I have bruises from being run over by a freaking banana, thank you! Okay rant over.
(notice: Brittney has taken over writing this)
Monday, the day we started a new adventure. We made sure to catch an early enough ferry to Hamilton island (the biggest in the Whitsundays, yet still small-ish). Hamilton island is gorgeous. We love Hamilton island. They even have free shuttle rides all over the place! Woot :)
We made our way to the Wild Life Preserve first, because koala's! Nick, the GM of the preserve, recognized Lindsey the minute she walked in and gave us a discount cuz he's awesome. We saw some wombats, a cassowarie, a giant crocodile that was over 80 years old, 4 meters and still only halfway through it's life, and koala's. We totally stuck around to cuddle the koala's too, and get our pictures taken (which will come soon).
When not hanging out at the Wild Life Preserve we could be found at the beach. Real sand (not dead coral) to walk on and a great spot to just sunbathe and take a nap or two :)
Hamilton was pretty awesome.
We caught the last ferry back to Airlie beach and had a taxi take us to one of the hostels so we could get a room for the night. We paid $18 each for a six share dorm room and had the whole place to ourselves (nice!). We changed and then made our way to the Moroccan restaurant we've been wanting to try out. It was a bit of a challenge to find but it was out of the way so there were not many people there. We were the only ones outside and the whole place was so cool. It was called Cha'mah and they had some amazing food. We splurged and got wine with our entree and mains, then tea/coffee with our desert.
We tried ending our day with a night out in the Airlie nightclubs but three places we checked out were pretty dead. Granted it was a Monday night but still....
We did get a free shot from a bartender who said, and I quote, "You two just don't look happy. Here, have a shot of redbull and alcohol." (I'm ad libbing with that last part cuz I don't know what he put with the redbull). Even the Irish pub couldn't keep us interested for very long. I did manage to get real beer (Guinness) finally :)
No worries, we still were in bed by 12:30 (mostly cuz we wanted to get up early enough for a good breakfast).
Which just so happens to have played out perfectly so we could meet Jeff and Amelia at Mr Bones and have breakfast before doing our shopping and eventually ending up at Denman's beer cellar and cafe.
Now, Denman's needs to be given all the awards :) This place has over 700 beers and ciders (only 500 of which they can carry at one time) and so many tapas plates to choose from.
We were there for about 4 hours :D
Between the cheese board, the dips board, and the olives, we also tried the aussie board which consisted of crocodile, emu, and kangaroo (we were adventurous). Then we had scallops, asparagus wrapped in pancetta, and some pork belly. All while trying different beers (they had pages upon pages of beers listed by country!) It was awesome. And each beer was brought out in a different glass and with the bottle it was brought in. (pictures to come).
Then, the desert.....
It was recommended on the menu to have a chocolate stout with the chocolate platter, but our waitress, Amber, suggested something way better....a double espresso beer. Life changing.
All in all, we had a pretty good couple of days. So much good food, good beer, and good company.
wombat
linds sees the koala's
dingo's!
cha' mah
xoxoxoxoxoxo
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