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Anaconda III on the Whitsundays

Three days and three nites on a live aboard Anaconda III - a 102ft mega yacht! She's the largest on the Whitsundays and Great Barrier Reef. ( http://www.anacondasailing.com/) Thirty guests and eight crew made this sailing adventure amazing! (despite the not-so-perfect weather the first two days). I did two dives but not able to find Nemo just yet. We did however, see Prisciila an enormous maori wrasse and supposedly Elvis was around as well. Meals were great and I've earned my sea legs all the while avoiding the dreaded spoonful of vegemite! (a threat if we didn't sign in and out when we got off the boat - they were fearful of leaving some Americans behind). Due to stinger season (deadly jellyfish - remember, everything in Australia bites) we had to wear the oh-so-sexy stinger suits (ergo, my Halloween costume). I helped raise some of the sails and even learned about the mizzen among other parts of the vessel! But mainly I was there to soak up the sun! The adventure is not complete with out the well-knowledgable, responsible and "social" crew! Asher, Mick, Ryan, Spartacus, Matt, Anthony, Lee, and Skipper Mike (who, incidentally resembled captain stubing!)
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Whitehaven beach - a bit overcast!
Whitehaven beach - a bit overcast!
Beautiful white sand - Anaconda II in the background
Beautiful white sand - Anaconda II in the background
Suiting up in stinger suit before introductory dive review
Suiting up in stinger suit before introductory dive review
Peter Liks pictures are much better - but I was here!
Peter Liks pictures are much better - but I was here!
The overcast is clearing some
The overcast is clearing some
Captain Mike (resembles Captain Stubing!
Captain Mike (resembles Captain Stubing!
The boat is also a movie theater!
The boat is also a movie theater!
Doubles as a dining hall (brekkie anyone?)
Doubles as a dining hall (brekkie anyone?)
Dining hall...
Dining hall...
The crew
The crew
Deckhands...
Deckhands...
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Asher in the tender
Asher in the tender
Heading to shore....Luncheon Bay
Heading to shore....Luncheon Bay
View from shore
View from shore
View of the shore from the boat
View of the shore from the boat
Not really a white SANDY beach
Not really a white SANDY beach
u49%2fjtrell%2fsmall%2f36489056.OZwhitsundaysIMG_4369.jpg it's still blue
it's still blue
Coral can be, um comfy....
Coral can be, um comfy....
More hot stinger suit action
More hot stinger suit action
Deckhand turned Skipper Asher
Deckhand turned Skipper Asher
Sparticus? You're on the portside (i think)
Sparticus? You're on the portside (i think)
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the view....
the view....
Raising the mizzen...........
Raising the mizzen...........
...and the other sail.....
...and the other sail.....
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u49%2fjtrell%2fsmall%2f36489070.OZwhitsundaysIMG_4382.jpg I think i was shooting a rainbow?
I think i was shooting a rainbow?
Pre-sun set with tender
Pre-sun set with tender
pre-sunset again
pre-sunset again
sunset
sunset
sunset
sunset
See, the earth is not flat!
See, the earth is not flat!
Anaconda III in the sunset
Anaconda III in the sunset
u49%2fjtrell%2fsmall%2f36489080.OZwhitsundaysIMG_4394.jpg u49%2fjtrell%2fsmall%2f36489081.OZwhitsundaysIMG_4395.jpg View from the tender
View from the tender
Team Asher tender is clearly faster!
Team Asher tender is clearly faster!
Team Mick just couldn't keep up
Team Mick just couldn't keep up
Lunch!
Lunch!
Twister!!!
Twister!!!
Left foot green!
Left foot green!
Other left foot green
Other left foot green
Are we SURE this is Twister
Are we SURE this is Twister
Cereal Killer
Cereal Killer
or is is Killer Cereal
or is is Killer Cereal
Either way, I won a beer !
Either way, I won a beer !
The orange game!
The orange game!
If you look close enough you might see the drool!
If you look close enough you might see the drool!
Asher: resident tattoo artist
Asher: resident tattoo artist
The ever-sexy She Bitch Sparticus
The ever-sexy She Bitch Sparticus
Barrel Boy
Barrel Boy
A locked liquer cabinet never stopped anyone from Taz
A locked liquer cabinet never stopped anyone from Taz
Can't get enough of that stinger suit!
Can't get enough of that stinger suit!
Sand quay in the middle of the Whitsundays
Sand quay in the middle of the Whitsundays
u49%2fjtrell%2fsmall%2f36489102.OZwhitsundaysIMG_4418.jpg Yes, i'm really there - soaking up the sun!
Yes, i'm really there - soaking up the sun!
Asher, um, preps the mizzen before it's raised
Asher, um, preps the mizzen before it's raised
No stinger suits downstairs - or it's vegemite for you!
No stinger suits downstairs - or it's vegemite for you!
More sail raising...
More sail raising...
...or hell raising?
...or hell raising?
My room! (the biggest of the boat and only two of us)
My room! (the biggest of the boat and only two of us)
u49%2fjtrell%2fsmall%2f36489109.OZwhitsundaysIMG_4425.jpg Champagne for the end of the ride.
Champagne for the end of the "ride".
u49%2fjtrell%2fsmall%2f36489111.OZwhitsundaysIMG_4427.jpg The Lemos family from Roswell Georgia
The Lemos family from Roswell Georgia
Ashers last day - tossed into the marina
Ashers "last day" - tossed into the marina
Wasn't a croc spotted in there?
Wasn't a croc spotted in there?
The galley
The galley
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