28th - 29th August Trip to Day Dream Island

 

 

Spending 2 beautiful days on Daydream Island...awesome...We were up early to catch the ferry from Able Marina over to the island, it was a beautiful morning and a great trip across..

Daydream Island is one of seven islands of the Molle Group.... a sub-group of the Whitsunday Islands. The island is small, measuring 1 km in length and 400 m at its widest point. The highest point on the island is 51 metres above sea level.

There are two tourist resorts on the island: the original resort at the southern end and a newer resort at the north-eastern end. The newer resort, which opened in 1990, caters to overnight guests.

Christened West Molle Island in 1881, the present name "Daydream" came into use during the 1930s when Lee (Paddy) and Connie Murray established the first tourist resort on the island. Day Dream was the name of a yacht owned by the Murrays. Ownership of the resort has transferred to a number of individuals or groups since the 1930s. Notable owners include Reg Ansett who dismantled the resort in 1953 and shipped the buildings to his new resort on Hayman Island and Bernie Elsey whose massive redevelopment of the island in 1967 was destroyed by Cyclone Ada three years later. The resort is currently owned by  Vaughan Bullivant.

 

Arriving at the island we relaxed in the foyer waiting for our room..

 

While we were having a stroll around the foyer... lo and behold who should we come across.... good friends of ours Maureen and  Craig on a huge holiday poster in the main foyer...

When they visited the island for a day last year they had a private photo package done and this was one of the pictures that the photo shop took upon themselves to use... unbeknown to Maureen & Craig.... they got a shock when I sent them the picture lol...Looks good though.

Daydream is a mecca for sailing enthusiasts... It has a unique outdoor aquarium with exotic sea life from the Great Barrier Reef...The aquarium which floats all around the island has about 80 different types of sea life and about 50 different corals...Wallabies roam around outside the resort by the beach..

 

 

We watched the fish feeding which was interesting they fed the mantra and the sharks....

Had a nice walk to the southern side of the island, had fun walking around the 19 hole mini golf...

 

 During our walks we wondered if they had snakes on the island, and we got our answer.... we saw one under some steps then it slithered into the garden yikes !!! it was green with a yellow belly.. harmless I'm sure..

Finished off the day with dinner at the Waterfall Restaurant