We were in no hurry to get to Hamilton Island as we couldn’t get into our berth until 11am. With 5-10kn SW we put up our main & headsail and made our way doing 4kn, nice calm seas it was a very relaxing sail.

As a casual guest you are instructed to notify the marina on approach and they would send an escort out to show you where to berth. Once tied up the lovely staff would the organise payment on the dock. We decided to stay another night to enjoy the full facilities of the resort.

 

Once Time Flies was packed up we jumped on green resort bus and headed to the resort for a swim and a cocktail by the pool. Followed with a lovely dinner at Romano’s Italian Restaurant with Della-Rue and a big display of fireworks.

Cocktails with Della -Rue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few lessons learnt about Hamilton Island, 1^st don’t visit during school holidays & 2^nd don’t expect a peaceful night’s sleep until after 1 am when the pub closes. However we were greeted with another lovely day and the excitement of stretching our legs. We met with Della-Rue and tackled the 6km return walk up to Passage Peak where we enjoyed beautiful views of the Whitsundays.

 

Once we recovered from the walk we jumped on the orange bus and did some sightseeing before relaxing by the pool and listening to some live music.

There are 3 bus routes on the island. Orange bus goes clockwise & Purple anti-clockwise, these go to all areas of the island and is approximately a 45min round trip. The Green bus goes directly from the marina precinct to the resort.

We again caught the orange bus to One Tree Hill for sunset cocktails and antipasto with Della-Rue, a very popular spot to catch the sunset & try and capture that perfect picture.