We arrive on Hamilton Island. Peter awaits our luggage before we catch the boat.
View from the top of our catamaran shuttle to Daydream Island, looking at the incoming boat. Also looking at that lovely water ...
A small almost-island attached to Hamilton, seen from the boat.
One of the cruise ships you COULD go on.
Fish in the "living reef" on Daydream Island.
Resisting any references to famous movies ...
I believe this is a "wrasse" of beautiful turquoise and purple colouring.
Peter outside the barkery on the Island.
A better view of the purple-and-green fish.
More "Living Reef" fish.
More "Living Reef" fish.
Pretty blue and yellow fish.
"Trigger fish".
Trigger fish ... a nice clear photo, finally!
Wrasse (I think).
Wrasse.
Curlews are the seagulls of Daydream Island.
Pretty fish I've forgotten the name of ...
Pretty fish ...
The southern "Living Reef" with worrisome fins in view.
Too cool for words.
Yellow and white fish.
View from the rainforest walk. This is looking south-west.
Peter on the tropical walk.
Peter and a hoop pine.
Me pointing to a view.
Looking toward other islands, with watercraft around.
Palm trees and swimming pools. Taken from my sunlounge ...
From the sunlounge to Mermaids Restaurant.
Peter bringing me icecream :)
Eating icecream, suitably attired.
An inquisitive roo on the island.
A small roo with the beach in the background.
Ocean and islands.
View from "Lover's Cove".
Going for a parasail.
Living Reef fish.
The "South Jetty".
Jetty on the beach.
Looking toward South Molle Island.
View toward close islands.
Palms and lawn and sea.
Very tropical.
Palm trees and blue blue sea.
Me on the jetty.
Remote yachts.
Islands and seas.
Down on the jetty.
Boat on the sea.
Swingin' in the sun.
Pete reading in our room.
View through the windiw of our window.
Resident sulphur-crested cockatoos. NO, we didn't feed them!
View down from the balcony to the spas and to the swimming pool beyond.
Coral at night under ultra-violet light. It really was that bright green!!
The swimming pool at night.
Peter on the lookout looking toward Whitehaven Beach, in the outer islands.
Looking over to Whitehaven. Apparently the purest and finest white silicone sands in the world.
There's me and the others that went on the snorkelling and island tour (after snorkelling, hence looking damp).
Views across to Whitehaven.
Whitehaven. The Qantas ad with the Youth Choir singing in the middle of nowhere was apparently shot on that little tongue of sand you can see in the middle right.
Me and islands.
Looking down from the lookout to more of those white sands.
Pete, a tree, and a view.
Whitehaven Beach.
Lots of people on Whitehaven! That's our boat - Ocean Rafting - in the foreground. Tucking into an excellent lunch.
Splashing in seriously gorgeous water.
Me and a lovely lady on Whitehaven.
Me and Pete. Awww.
Departing Whitehaven.
Leaving Whitehaven, with rain in the background.
On the boat back.
Hook Island, I think.
Leaning into 35 knots of boating speed (that's FAST on the water).
About to go parasailing. Being hooked into the harness.
Heading out.
Lookng back toward Daydream Is.
The beach on Daydream.
Accommodation on Daydream Is.
Daydream Is.
Setting up the parasail.
Hooking into the sail ...
... and off I go ...
Up up and away ...
It was SO nice up there!
WAAAY up!!
Da de da de daaa ...
Whee :)
Coming down for a dunking!
Sploosh!!
... and back up ...
I'm flying!!
Damn, I'm coming down ...
Almost landing ...
... and back again ...
Walking on water!!
Lounging on the beach, looking out to North and South Molle Islands.
On the beach.
The mermaids.
Peter and sunscreen and the mermaids.
Peter on the beach.
The mermaids again.
Pete on the beach.
Mermaids at night.
Me, dimly-lit with a mermaid.
Our room!! It's the one on the very top.
The spa. NICE spa.
Me and trees.
Statutory cocktail shot at the swim-up bar.
Pete at the swim-up bar.
Cocktails at Splashes, the swim-up bar.
The cutest fire-truck ever seen - Daydream Island's firetruck.
The cutest fire-truck ever seen - Daydream Island's firetruck. Apparently, it's an old Chinese truck.
The cutest fire-truck ever seen - Daydream Island's firetruck. Apparently, it's an old Chinese truck.
The cutest fire-truck ever seen - Daydream Island's firetruck. Apparently, it's an old Chinese truck.
The cutest fire-truck ever seen - Daydream Island's firetruck. Apparently, it's an old Chinese truck.
The cutest fire-truck ever seen - Daydream Island's firetruck. Apparently, it's an old Chinese truck.
The cutest fire-truck ever seen - Daydream Island's firetruck. Apparently, it's an old Chinese truck.
The cutest fire-truck ever seen - Daydream Island's firetruck. Apparently, it's an old Chinese truck.
A rack waiting to be filled with seafood at Mermaid's.