The Ant's Pants....

Greetings from Airlie beach. I leave in an hour for my 3day/2night sail around the Whitsunday Islands. I had the option to either sleep in a resort on the island or on the boat, and I was tempted to pick the boat, but certain memories of people smoking out the bathroom on the Pilgrim Soul led me to choose the resort on South Molle Island. The trip should be excellent if the weather improves. Right now, it's overcast.
My Fraser Island trip was very good. My group worked out pretty well. There were 11 of us total: 7 English, 3 Irish and me. Overall, we got along well, although there was this firecracker, Danny, who would always sprint into the lakes and splash everyone and just talk real loud and constantly to the point where other groups didn't like him. The scenery on the island was great. There were lakes in the middle of nowhere, the sand was so fine it was almost like dust, and my favourite part, the champagne rocks, which is pretty much the only part of the island where you can get into the ocean (the rest has bad rips and is shark infested). The champagne rocks basically look like a thermal pool, and the water fills up the natural holes in the rocks during high tide. But, there's a barrier of rocks, so the waves hit the rocks and splash over onto you in the pool. There's also a look out at Indian head where you can see sharks/dolphins etc, but all we saw was a big stingray. From Fraser, I caught a bus up to Airlie beach.
World Cup fever is really brewing down here. Yesterday was the swedish independence day, so all the Swedes were decked out in yellow and blue and enjoying themselves and having some good craic at the token Irish bar, Paddy's Shenanigans. All the English are really looking forward to the World Cup, and I myself am really hoping the US fares well so I can cheer them on. PLus, it will really annoy the people who already dislike the US.
Lastly, I want to give a big "Tanks" to all those who contributed to the "James'23rd birthday fund", which was held a month early this year. Cheers.

James