Tuesday, August 03, 2010

 

Jet Boat Bear

The boat that Milkshake and I are looking at is the nicest and fastest boat that we have ever been on. It takes you from Hamilton Island up the Whitsunday Passage to a small island that the tour operators call Bali Hai, but which this small bear knows is really named Black Island. There is a good little beach there and a semi-submarine to see the reef from. I will tell you more about them later. The boat is fitted with a 1000 horse-power water jet engine and it really hoots along. Instead of hard old bench seats, it has really comfy lounge-type seats so that some of the bumps from waves don't feel so hard on your bottom. Actually, I like bumpy boat trips, but the one we did was pretty smooth. The boat crew are my new friends, Dave and Jason. Jason drives the boat and the semi-sub and Dave does just about everything else. Milky and I had a go at the controls just before we left the wharf at Hamilton. I think we could have managed to drive for the whole afternoon, but Jason took over for the rest of the trip and we just sat back and enjoyed the high-speed cruise.

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