Arrived off Airlie Beach on time this morning. Of course it's a tender port meaning that you have to use one of the ship's tenders (a.k.a. lifeboats) to get from the ship to the dock. They're never particularly comfortable, but in the end they didn't use the tenders today - apparently it was too windy. So instead they got a couple of local boats that are usually used for reef tours - far more comfortable.
Adam and I (Sandy) went on a shore excursion which was a sight-seeing flight over the reef. I really should know better, because even though I took my travel sickness medication I was feeling just a bit blah by the time the flight was over. Got better fairly quickly though, although the next concern was that we couldn't find the dock to go back to the ship! Eventually did though, so all good. Paul didn't come with us, he did go ashore to look around and do some shopping.
It's about 9pm as I'm writing this, and we're now heading for Cairns. The ship is getting a bit of a rock and roll going, and the waves forecast on the BOM website implies we could have anything up to 5 metre waves over the next few days, which could be just a bit nasty.
Anyway, off to get a load of laundry sorted and then I think I'll make an early night of it
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