So Daydream island subtropical island paradise? Not the day we went there. Aside from the fact that it was pouring down with rain. The sign looks like it has been done on microsoft word art and the welcome includes a view of an Eastbourne Park bench and a plastic bin. Now on the spectrum of "holiday weather" luck we have tended to do pretty well here and in the past. In saying this I will disregard our flooded tent in Looe in 1998. 10 days of winter mid August in Canada 2004 (lovely wedding though, Janice/Joel) and 24 hours getting to Luxembourg to see an eclipse on a cloudy day. We all know those people who say, "We've been going to Hunstanton for 30 years and it's not rained once!" There is a word for them liars, so carrying on our... "Keeping it real "blog policy...here is one dedicated to crap weather.

Here is the view of aquamarine/ turgid grey waters on the way over.

The purpose of the trip was supposed to be going to the Outer Barrier Reef but when they stopped off at Hamiltom Island you had a bailing out option. We took it. The problem was that it meant a 40 minute wait, for a 40 minute ferry (followed by a 40 minute bus ride) to get us home. So we stood under cover and admired the view. That is a road, not a river in the foreground by the way.

Tina and Jessica got tired of the view.

For those of you revelling in our misery I will smugly tell you that it cleared up in the afternoon so we visited another municipal lagoon.

But you'll pleased to know that it rained twice as hard the day after!!!!!
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You see, it rained here yesterday too. So I had to call off my trip to the Great Barrier Reef too. The weather can be such a bugger, can't it...
And then there is the sun which can be 'such a bugger', too. Only last week, I had to cancel my plans to lie wrapped up in the warmth of my bed, eating salt and vinegar Pringles and watching 1950s films...
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