Dolphins, whales, white sand = paradise islands!

So here I am in the most beautiful place in Australia, the Whitsunday islands. When I saw brochures, I was thinking, "yea, yea, this is probably like the Caribbean." But NYET, I was wrong. The water is crystal clear and the beaches are ahhhh-mazing. There is this beach called White Haven that has the whitest sand I've ever seen. I did this "Ocean rafting" little island tour (Whitsundays consists of 74 islands), and am doing it again today, and on the way we saw a family o dolphins!!!! It was just sooooo cute! They were trying to 'race' the boat, and were diving in and out of the water trying to follow us. Then on the way back there was a hunchback whale with a little calf!!!! From July to Oct the whales migrate back to Antarctica and they tend to hang around the coasts, actually, more around Harvey Bay, which I will be tomorrow (and for the next couple of days). Its just amazing to see both dolphins and whales just hanging out, live, doing there thang.

Here is a pict that doesn't nearly do it justice the beauty of it:

All and all, it was a relaxing day. A taste of paradise!!