July 9, 2006

Green Island

Green Island

On Sunday I wanted to go on a day trip to the Low Isles, another Quicksilver tour, as the Low Isles is where the sea turtles live and you can see them there every day. Unfortunately, they only go when the wind is below 15 knots and it was about 30-35 again today. So I thought I go somewhere and sit on the beach instead, as the weather was really good—hot and sunny, notwithstanding the wind.

The tour booking lady kept saying Green Island was the place to go, however my sister had previously said to avoid it, as it is full of Japanese tourists and very commercial. Nevertheless, it was the only place within my budget, so I decided to give it a go.

After roller-coaster boat ride we arrived at the island and I immediately understood what she meant; The Green Island is the complete opposite of Fitzroy Island. Island is a kind of oval shape on about a 10 o'clock angle. You arrive at the bottom of this and the first thing you see is this big concrete retaining wall to stop erosion. The island has been tourist destination since the 1940's, so after 60 years of development it's not exactly "untouched" anymore. It has a hotel, two cell sites, a helicopter pad, a beach with life guards and a mini zoo! :-S

Green Island

I figured my best plan was to get to point diagonally opposite where we got off the boat, i.e. as far as possible from the 400 other tourists as possible. After consulting the map and a 10min walk most run along the board walk path, I arrived at the beach. The wind was coming from the north east, so it was blowing a gail on the upper side of the island. However, walking around to the left I was able to find a small clove of beach that was a little sheltered by the forest.

Due to the winds almost nobody bothered to walk around the island, so I was almost completely undisturbed for the entire day. It was like being on a deserted topical island in the middle of the ocean. From where I was sitting I could see a 180° horizon of nothing but ocean! I spend about 5 hours almost asleep there lying in the sun listening to 1950's Hawaiian Lounge music on my iPod—It was very relaxing and peaceful and the only good sunny day of my entire trip!

Posted by Matt at July 9, 2006 5:02 PM

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