Whitsunday Day 5 - 6

Day 5 - we decided to stay another day in Cid Harbour as the winds were still up.  Others decided to join us, this boat was huge.  We have researched since returning home and believe this belongs to a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion.  If my husband had known at the time I am sure he would have taken our dinghy over for a visit. 

Day 5 - Since we had another day at Cid Harbour we thought we would do the second walk which was a lot quicker and flatter but still a very pretty view at the end.  

Day 5 - This is Dugong Bay as the name suggests you are meant to see Dugongs from time to time here.  None appeared while we were there.

Day 5 - our neighbours grew during the day…..to just over 60 boats.  Amazing how quiet it still was with so many people around us.  The anchor lights looks so pretty at night time.  Our photos later in the night were too blurry to share.

Day 6 - with this rainbow it just had to be a good day.  Was so tempting to motor on over and find that pot of gold. :-)

Day 6 and the winds had calmed down to 10 - 15 knots so we headed to Tongue Bay where the turtles literally frolicked in the sun.  There looked like four off in the distance, close enough to see but too far to take photos.  They would come up for a breath then roll from side to side getting a bit of sun before diving again.  We also had two large turtles near the boat that eluded us every time we had our camera ready but it was all good fun.

Day 6 - one of our neighbours in Tongue Bay.  A little quieter here only had about ten neighbours overnight.

Another visitor to the boat.

Day 6 - when the tide had come back in and the tourist boats had left we went ashore and took the short walk up to Hill Inlet Lookout.  What a view….yes, sand is that white and the water that blue.

Day 6 - We then headed down the other part of the track which takes you to Betty's Beach.  The sand is so soft and white.  In the shallow lagoons beside us we could see small sharks and sting rays like the one above.

Day 6 - Me on Betty's Beach at Whitehaven Island.

Off to sort the last two days of our wonderful trip.  Back soon.

Our other photos

Day 7-8

Day 1-4

Phone Photos

Whitsunday Holiday Day 1 - 4

The camera photos have been downloaded and sorted so now I can share just a few.

Day 1 - our first stop was Nara Inlet.

Day 1 - the showers came and went at Nara Inlet.

Day 2 - brings sunshine to Nara Inlet.

Day 2 - and we visited a little island directly opposite Hayman Island.

Day 2 - we stayed the night at Stonehaven.

Day 2 - our sunset view from Stonehaven

Day 3 - we snorkelled at Luncheon Bay.  One of my favourite memories of this trip.  Snorkelling back to the boat which was tied to the bouy furthest east.  Had to swim  over a deep area so I was a little paranoid of what I would see, was watching for these friendly bat fish….just a bit big for my liking.  Anyways, in front of me floats past a jellyfish about 10cm so I am busy thinking which way the current is flowing and I would go the opposite so that I would not run into it….next minute a turtle about 80cm - 1m swims right on past and gobbles up the jellyfish I was so worried about. Brilliant. 

Day 3 - the Bat fish were friendly.

Day 3 - the seagulls even dropped by to say hi!

Night of Day 3 we spent at Cateran Bay, Border Island.  (the winds and swell picked up a little at night and was a bit too rolly for me)

Day 3 - Sunset at Cateran Bay

Day 4 - we headed to Cid Harbour which is very sheltered as the winds were heading up to 20-25 knots.  One of our neighbours for the night. 

Day 4 - another neighbour…and here I was thinking the boat we were on was pretty big.  It was a baby compared to others.

Day - we decided to do the Whitsunday Peak walk.  Documented as a 4 hour return trip, we did it in 2 hours.  It is hard work though a lot of 'up' - 5km return.  The view was awesome at the top.  We were anchored just off the left of this photo.

Day 4 - turtles seem to be everywhere at Cid Harbour just out from Sawmill Beach.  Cheeky things would pop there head up for a breath and then soon as we had the camera ready they were gone. :-)  Kept us amused for a long time trying to capture a shot like this. 

I will share more photos tomorrow.  There are just too many to share in one post so I have broken it into three posts and even then there are so many more photos I would like to share.  Thanks for visiting.

Our other photos

Phone Photos

Day 5 - 6 

Day 7 - 8

Bendy Card - May Craftmad Swap

This time I read the instructions right on how to make a Bendy card and have the three different layers at the front of the card.  I was really liking the pink and green theme when making my two cards for the May Craftmad Swap.  I coloured these lovely flower images with my Copic Pens.  Attached these beautiful clear butterfly stickers (Sticker Store) to some pretty pink patterned paper and attached to the card with a couple of smaller butterflies.  Finished with a sentiment from the same Stampin Up stamp set as the flowers (Creative Elements). 

Bendy Card- May Craftmad Card Swap

My first attempt of a Bendy Card for the May Craftmad Swap….view other wonderful creations here.  Another card that looks daunting to make but once you get into it it's really not that hard.  I found a tutorial on the internet….of course mucked up the cutting of the card so I have a small strip across the front….Merry's design.  :-)  I have used some lovely cherry or apple blossom stickers I was given.  Layered up a green silk flower, paper doily, pink die cut shape behind the flower sticker.  I used my new alphabet mold with my Stampin Up Simply Pressed Clay creating the H and B.  I then added a Happy Birthday sticker for the remainder of the word.  

Our trip to the Whitsundays

Hi everyone, we are now back from our week holiday boating around the Whitsundays.  Info here.  This is where we celebrated our wedding anniversary all planned by my husband.  It was a lovely time, so peaceful and the weather was great for every location we stayed at.  I will share more photos later.  These are just from our phones which most of the time were out of range but still worked as cameras. :-) The other 800+ photos are still on our camera.  Yes, my husband likes to take a photo or two.

Our boat

Cid Harbour

Sunset west of Hayman Island

Nara Inlet

Cid Harbour

Whitehaven Beach

Toasting to our Wedding Anniversary

Last night at Whitehaven Beach

Sunset Whitehaven Beach

Sunrise Whitehaven Beach the morning we left.

Our camera photos:

Day 7 - 8

Day 5 -6

Day 1 - 4

Craftmad Quilt Block Swap - June

Over at Craftmad we are swapping 12" blocks each month.  Our partner gets to choose the colours and the sewer gets to choose the patterns.  My partner for this swap asked for "Jungle/Tropical bright colours - So, think greens, blues, yellows, etc in leaf and tropical floral prints or colours."

Like my April Quilt block swap I have used the  block tutorial called "U Pick" .  The tutorial has you cutting out a certain amount of shapes which I did for three blocks, do a small amount of sewing and then decide how you want to assemble the block.  The pieces can be assembled four different ways creating four different blocks.  

My April Quilt Block is here….looks so different in other colours and fabric designs.

Double Pocket Card - June Craftmad Swap

The second card I sent off for the June Craftmad swap (view other members cards here).   I found a wonderful tutorial by Judy over at Joy in a JAR for a double pocket card.  I really enjoyed putting this together and will surely use the tutorial again.  I have used Stampin Up card, paper and rubons…..oh an my new tag punch from Stampin Up….first time to use.  The happy birthday on the front tag is a rub on from a Stampin Up pack.  The sunny sticker I picked up from my cruise last year.

Pocket Card- June Craftmad Swap

Hi everyone, I was searching through Pinterest for pocket card inspiration and spied Linda's Get Well Card (click here). So had to have a try.  I finally got to use this beautiful cheery pink flowered paper that I have had in my stash for years.  The pocket I cut out myself and then added two layers of Spellbinder border dies.  I found a Get Well sticker in my collection and added a tissue.  Since taking the photo I downsize the tissue which is a real one.  I ended up with only a quarter of the original tissue….sat so much better.   I made this card for our June swap over at Craftmad which was all about pocket cards.  You can see what everyone else created in the gallery here. 

Biggest Morning Tea

Surprise, I am here. :-)  School holidays for two weeks so I have a little more time in the mornings and it raining so have to find inside things to do. :-)  I so miss catching up with everyone and one day I will work out a new routine so that I can fit everything in. Till then I will slowly share the couple of crafty things I have done.  

Sunday, 21st June my daughter and I held a Biggest Morning Tea to raise funds for cancer research.  I felt very proud when my daughter who lives down in Brisbane while doing uni rang one day and asked if I was doing the Morning Tea this year.  I said no as she wasn't here to help me.  She said she would like to do one when she visited as she likes to be involved at least one fundraising event a year.  :-)

So blue, yellow and white was the theme.  I used a spray water bottle with blue and yellow food colouring to spray paper doilies.

Moved them all on to a towel to dry.

The tables before everyone arrived.

Aren't the doilies so effective….such a cheap and easy decoration.  My friend kindly made all the wonderful pinwheel flowers on each of the tables.  My daughter decorated jars with washi tape and twine….so nice to put the tape and twine to good use.

Next year we may be flash and have real table cloths. :-)  Plastic are good though as they went straight in the bin when clearing up.

Had some cards for sale too.

The food was even in theme.  My wonderful daughter spent all week baking while I was working. I made some carrot cakes and the friend that did the pinwheel flowers also made an apple slice and hummingbird muffins….so yum.  The remainder my daughter made.

All the food, coffee and tea.

Tables are full.

We had set a goal of raising $300 and we raised $343 so it was a very successful day.

Thanks for visiting….have a terrific day.