May 2nd Lizard Island Day 3

Another glorious day in paradise. We had an early breakfast and then headed to the boat house. We went out for a day of boating on a 14 foot metal dinghy with a nice canopy. The resort packed us a gourmet picnic lunch and we headed for Secret Beach on Parlfreys Island in the Blue Lagoon. We had the beach to ourselves and we enjoyed the solitude and the beautiful views. As lunch time approached we noticed that we had no corkscrew to open our wine. We looked in the emergency kit but all they had in there was things for first aid and rescue. Ai yi yi. Well this was an emergency.

But we had to leave the Blue Lagoon anyway as low tide was approaching and there are tidal restrictions in that lagoon. So we headed back to the resort to get our corkscrew and get our ice refreshed, then we headed off to Mermaid Beach. We had lunch there and then did some snorkeling. I was amazed by what we saw. Big deep blue starfish, GIANT clams that were fluorescent purple and blue, multi colored fish everywhere. I’ve never seen such big clams. The most amazing snorkeling I have ever done.

When we were at Mermaid Beach a sea gull befriended us. We called her Nicki as she was very vocal. I fed her bread and she adopted us as family hanging out with us the whole time. Very fun.

I can’t believe how quickly time passed. We got back to the resort at about 4pm. We went swimming in the pool and then watched the sunset and then the full moon rise. What an amazing day.

We had a delicious dinner then hung out on our deck. Right now Mark is taking pictures of me working on the blog.
Some crazy stuff happened today. There was a small cruise ship in the bay. But the staff told us they are not allowed to come to the resort. That is a good thing. Then there was a big barge that docked in the bay. It comes every 2 weeks to bring fresh supplies and take away refuse. The only problem was the tide was so low that it had to stay an extra 4 hours as it couldn’t get out of the bay. Not a pretty site but of course it’s a good thing that supplies were brought in. And as we sit here tonight, 2 more small cruise ships are moored in the bay. There is a beach Watson’s Beach that is famous for it’s Clam Gardens where there are more giant clams that the
cruise ships like to frequent. We are going to snorkel there on Friday when hopefully the cruise ships are gone.

Oh and one more thing. There is a big group (80 people) from Toyota coming for the weekend, right after we leave. The good thing is that in preparation for that, there is hardly anyone here. Tonight there are 16 people in the resort and tomorrow, our last night here, there will only be 12 guests. Very very nice