We jumped off of Hinchinbrook Island and headed a little ways North to Mission Beach where we boarded another water taxi and were dropped off on Dunk Island for three nights. Dunk Island is a small island mostly owned by the National Park except one small area where a beach resort used to run. In 2010 a nasty cyclone, Yasi, tore through the North Queensland coast damaging many towns and islands.
While on Dunk we ran into a couple of yachties we had met on Hinchinbrook island who were on vacation on their luxury yacht. We got to chatting and they invited us over onto their boat for cards and dessert. We had an excellent evening getting to know them, plus their boat was amazing. It is a catamaran that sleeps 8 people, had TV, WIFI, a full kitchen, bathroom and evening ice for our drinks! Check it out...http://www.whitsundaycharterboats.com.au/fleet/luxury-sailing-catamarans/razzle-dazzle/. The next morning Tiana gave us haircuts as she’s a hairdresser and thought we could use a clean up lol
The following evening we met Carey a single man on a yacht doing a similar trip, island hopping for three weeks as he’s retired. Funny enough we ran into him on Fitzroy island and spent a evening on his wonderful boat, making dinner and chatting.
Fitzroy Island
We really enjoyed our time in the water on Fitzroy and it gave us some great diving experience for our next adventure diving on the outer Great Barrier Reef!