We decided to book ourselves a night on the Dennison Star, it was seafood night, and since we were on our honeymoon we decided to also pay the little bit extra to have our own private section on the boat. We decided to leave our Saturday night free because we couldn't get into the Yacht Club on Saturday night, so booked that one for Sunday night instead. We also had Qualia booked for lunch on Sunday thanks to a friends wedding present.
Once we got our keys we headed up to level 14 to our ocean view room. The view was absolutely stunning. We decided to order room service for lunch and sit on the beautiful balcony. Then it was time to get ready for the Dennison Star.
We boarded the boat at about 5pm. We were greeted with a cocktail and canapes on arrival. It was delicious. We sat on the back deck with the other guests on the boat. Once we were on our way, we decided to make our way to the front of the boat to watch the sunset, it was stunning. Before we knew it, our meals were being served, we had a cold seafood platter and a hot seafood platter including oysters, bugs and crab. It was absolutely delicious. We got some absolutely stunning photos, we were looked after so beautifully. I felt like a princess. The dessert was amazing, we got a selection of cakes to share, mars bar slice, cheesecake, my mouth is still watering just thinking about it.
Saturday on Hamilton Island was another beautiful day. We ordered room service again for breakfast, which was delicious, I would recommend it to everyone. We were up early as my hubby was off to play at Hamilton Island golf course. He says that he got a little concerned when he got on the shuttle boat and the 4 men on the boat had shopping bags full of golf balls, because of the amount they lost last time. He on the other hand only lost 7 balls, but told me how amazing it was, and how he spent most of the time looking at the amazing view. While he was having an amazing golf morning, I decided to head to the Hamilton Island Day Spa for a stunning 2 hour massage. Again I felt like I was a princess. looked after so beautifully. The staff were so professional, after my massage I was offered a green tea and time to relax, after about 2.5 hours at the location, I decided to walk back to the hotel and go for a swim in the pool while I waited for the hubby to come home.
The pool at the Reef View Hotel was gorgeous. They serve cocktails and meals on the water, which we decided to order some wedges for lunch, eat on the side of the pool and simply relax in the sun. We then decided it was time to do some sight seeing. We walked down to the buggy hire, and hired a buggy for 2 hours. In our time driving around the island we saw two weddings, a lot of wild life, some stunning views, we stopped up at One Tree Hill for their cocktail hour, it was beautiful sitting up there watching the sun set.
After we dropped the buggy back off, we headed back to the hotel to change for dinner. We hadn't decided where we wanted to go yet, but we ended up at the Pub for a Parma watching the footy on TV, it was one of the best parmas I have ever had, I am a sucker for a pub meal. After the meal we headed back to the ice creamery for dessert, stopped to watch one of the outdoor performances and then headed back to have a cocktail by the pool at the hotel.
Then it was Sunday, it was our last full day in paradise. I was excited because it was the day we got to go to Qualia for lunch! I had heard this was the most beautiful resort in Australia, and that my idol, Miranda Kerr holidays there. The Qualia team sent a shuttle to collect us, and off we headed, we were greeted and seated, it was a beautiful view, and when we arrived, we were the only people in the restaurant Talk about exclusive! We decided to get the chicken wings and trio of dips for entree and the hot seafood platter and shared it between us, It was absolutely amazing. The meal was divine. We then had dessert and a cocktail, then it was time to go home, while we were waiting for our shuttle, one of the staff showed us the beach and told us a bit about what he does, and about the area.
I was so full, I think we both just layed down in the hotel and watched some football and netball on the TV, before we knew it we were having to get ready to head down to the yacht club, I wish that we were able to go at a different time because I simply was still so full from the Qualia meal, but the Yacht club does a fantastic meal, I had the chicken, and the hubby had the steak, we shared dessert and a bottle of wine and it was beautiful, The service was one of the best I had ever experienced. I recommend going there after having a light lunch to get the full experience.
Then it was the last night, we put our breakfast order on the door, and went to bed. So it was Monday morning and time to make the journey back home. We packed up our luggage, ate our breakfast on the balcony for the last time, and then went for a walk down to the Wildlife Park, we got our photo with the Koalas and met all the locals. Before we knew it, we were waiting for our shuttle to collect us and take us to the airport. I actually wanted to cry because I didn't want to go home. Hamilton Island and Airlie Beach had treated us so beautifully that they had found a place into my heart.
We boarded our plane to Sydney, we got the most amazing view of the islands on take off, once we got back to Sydney it was a little colder than what we had left a few hours earlier. We headed to the food court to get some lunch and then waited for our second flight to Melbourne, when we arrived home it was freezing! We did not want to be back in the cold! But hey the real married life had to start some time!
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