Back to Sydney

We are mixed about leaving Airlie Beach.  We love the sun and the people are really nice here.  But, we don’t love Airlee Beach.  I think the area itself is only ok.  It’s more of a party town, lots of bars and drinking….which would have been way fun ten years ago, but now, I’m pretty sure we are sleeping before the parties even start.

And we love love love the ocean.  But, despite being on the water here, you can’t just hop in for a swim or to cool off because of jelly fish.  They’re really bad in this area – the box jelly fish are deadly.  Every time we snorkeled, we had to put on a stinger suit (a thin wet-suit).  So instead of having a beach front, with sand, they have a man-made lagoon.  Which is a great alternative than putting on a stinger suit every time you want to get in the water….but it’s just not the same.  It’s a pool on the ocean.

We’re also sad that this means our trip is coming to an end.  We’re both ready to be home in the sense of sleeping in our own bed, cooking instead of eating out every meal and seeing our friends.  But it also means back to real life and it has been really nice to escape real life.

Back to Sydney, we’re still not in our own bed or cooking our own food…but we’ve got Sal and Fede and a couple more days of escape!