The New Horizon Boat

We had to board our boat at 2.30pm so we hung out at Nomads pool all morning and used the Internet at the Travelbugs down the road. We said our goodbyes to the lads and headed down the Bicentennial walkway, which parallelled the coast and we headed for Gloria’s Café, Abel Point Marina that was our meeting point.

We introduced ourselves to lots of Germans, Dutch and English who were also on our boat. There was 32 passengers on our boat and 4 crew – The Skipper (Captain) - Andy from Australia, The Chef – Niko from Australia, The Dive Instructor – Storm from Westchester New York (Yes, that is his real name) and the Deckhand – Ian from Athlone in IRELAND!!!  

The boat was really nice, a huge sail, like a pirate ship. The main deck wasn’t as big as I though it would be but I guess it would force us to all hang out. Our friends Holly and Hailey, the English girls from Frazer Island were there. Ian put the 8 of us together at the back of the boat in our own quarters. We descended a small steep stairs to the bottom of the boat where there was 8 beds in a small cabin. It was definitely cosy but nice to have our own space. Everyone else was in the main quarters at the middle of the boat.

We took off after a hilarious introduction form the crew and our first stop was out in the middle of the Whitsundays for some swimming. We were all fitted with ‘stingers suits’ due to the killer jellyfish in the sea. Then they had us all WALK THE PLANK! It was hilarious! The current was so strong though, as soon as you hit the water, you literally had to swim fast to get to the ladder before you were pulled off behind the boat.

We all dried off, or rinsed off in the shower and dinner was served. Actually SERVED! YES! Most of the girls had the white fish, which I tried and was lovely but I had the chicken kiev, which was also nice. There was rolls, mash potato, salad and COLESLAW, I looove coleslaw and it was goooood!!!

We pulled out the goon and the night begun! We mainly hung out with two Essex boys, Danny and Jamie, a Swedish girl called Danni and Holly and Hails! Great first night, everyone was knackered from the swim earlier so it definitely wasn’t a late one!