What a gorgeous morning we woke to. Rich turned the TV on to get some news and the forecast for the area was 28° and sunny. Perfect!

Chores!! I made the most of the gorgeous sunshine to do a couple of big loads of washing and get it hung out. Changed the sheets, washed the towels as well as the last few days clothes. This inspired me to give the motorhome a good clean. Bathroom cleaned, everything put away in its place, floor mopped and the inside felt nice and clean again. Shame about the outside. We’ll have to buy a car wash broom to do the outside!

Our travel companions were having a big sleep in.

Our neighbours in a Jucy Van left early and we both remember waking during the night to their whiz-bang door opening and closing. They really do go whiz-bang! I wasn’t feeling too closed in once they left as we now had a large patch of grass next door. Although it probably won’t last and another camper would probably arrive later in the day. The park is very busy.

Who uses the laundry in a park? I usually don’t but these ones looked particularly clean so I gave them a go. They did a great job. The amenities and camp kitchen were also very clean.

After KT and the kids were up we checked to see what they wanted to do for the day and it was no surprise to hear that the kids all just wanted to stay in the park and play. There’s so much to do as well as organised activities such as scavenger hunts, daily find a word, biscuit icing, chocolate ball making, bingo and more. Katie planned to get some school work done so Rich and I borrowed the car and headed off to explore Airlie Beach.

Wow! Airlie Beach is stunning. The water is the most incredible colour. Turquoise is how I would describe it. It only takes 10 minutes from the park to right in the heart of downtown which is really only 3 blocks long. We found our way to the Marina where we were to go on Thursday to catch our Cruise Whitsundays tour to Whitehaven Beach & Hill Inlet. We parked the car in the carpark there. It’s pay parking $13 for the day. We paid $8 per 3 hours and set off on foot back toward the Main Street.

Millions of dollars worth of boats could be seen in the marina. I do love boats!

We continued walking past the Whitsunday Sailing Club and around past an amazing playground with huge rope climbs and slides. The beach looked lovely until we walked by this sign.

We enjoyed a wander along the pathways and found ourselves in the Main Street. We wandered past all the hotels, shops and restaurants. Sadly the fish and chip shop was closed on Tuesdays so we had to find somewhere else for lunch. We ended up at Hog’s Breath Cafe which had a lovely view across the Airlie Lagoon.

We enjoyed our lunch and a couple of cold beers until a poor young waitress managed to spill two schooners of cold beer all over Richard. She seriously did! His shirt was saturated. The other staff quickly grabbed tea towels to help mop up the beer but his shirt was dripping. The new owner was on duty and he gave Richard one of their Hog’s Breath T-shirts to change into. That was a nice touch and much appreciated by Rich. We were able to finish our lunch and Rich walked out looking very trim in his new black T.

We walked back to the car via the Airlie Lagoon. What a fabulous facility with lots of picnic tables to sit at, lovely grass areas under palm trees and the lagoon even has a sand beach on one end. And it’s free.

Back in the car we drove the short distance to Shute Harbour and discovered the harbour there appears to be more for commercial vessels. Shute Harbour is not very big so we turned around and headed back through Airlie to the caravan park.

We’d had a lovely explore of Airlie Beach and it certainly is a stunning beachside town with modern buildings, hotels and lots of holiday apartments.

Back at the park I spent the afternoon watching Riley, Ben & Maddie at the water park.

It was my turn to cook and we made hamburgers. Ben and Maddie assisted Pa cook burgers, bacon and eggs on the BBQ at the camp kitchen while I prepared the buns, lettuce, cheese, beetroot and tomato. Everyone could make their own burger. We all ate together under our awning and discussed our day. We were all looking forward to our Crocodile Cruise the next day.