Day Schedule:
5:30 Breakfast
6:00 Pack and clean Rooms
6:27 Ferry to mainland
7:05 Board Coach, drive north to Beerwah (Sunshine Coast hinterland)
9:00 – 12:10 Australia Zoo
12:10 – 15:20 drive further north to Hervey Bay
15:20 – 16:15 Board planes (2) and fly up to Lady Elliot Island (about 30 min flight)
16:20 – 18:00 Introduction and settle in rooms, exploring of the Island
18:15 Dinner and free time afterwards
Weather: Sunny
Tides: not relevant today
Details: After we woke up and packed our things we had breakfast. To get to the ferry we had to walk 5 minutes to the terminal and left „Straddie“ at 6:27.
It took half an hour for the ferry to reach the mainland where a small bus was already waiting for us. After a short restroom break we were heading north to the Australia Zoo near Beerwah. It took us about 2 hours to get there and we had to wait for ten minutes because the Zoo opens at 9:00 am.
Steve Irwin and his wife Terri took over management of the zoo in 1992. It was formerly known as the Beerwah Reptile Park. Steve’s parents opened it in 1970 to save animals and rehabilitate them.
People get the chance to see wildlife from a close perspective or even touch some of the harmless animals. At 11:00 there was a show called „ Wildlife Warriors“ in the big „Crocoseum“. In 40 minutes several animals, like birds, crocodiles, snakes and elephants, were introduced to the audience. But because of wintertime the crocodile wasn’t very active. Before leaving the Zoo we took a group picture in front of the Australian Zoo sign.
We arrived at Hervey Bay Airport a little late but because we were the only passengers they waited for us. We are 18 people and the planes, leaving to LEI, are small so we had to take two. The next problem was that we were allowed to take 10 kg per person, so everybody had to leave stuff behind to match that weight.
The first plane took off at about 15:30 but because it was the smaller one the bigger one was able to overtake it in the air, where we were waving at each other.
We finally arrived at LEI around 16:00 and were introduced by a staff member to the rules and shown around the resorts facillities. Our bags were already in our rooms and so we had some time to explore the island and watch our first sunset sitting on the shore being amazed by the scenery and the beautiful island.
Dinner was served at 18:00 and we all enjoyed it! There even was a free Mocktail for everyone of us.
After dinner we had free time as well but most of the people were exhausted and after a walk along the beach most of us went to bed.
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