Daytrip to Prince Of Wales Island

What a great day!

Dwayne's cousin Marita, partner Benji & 2 girls Shauna & Josie invited us out on their boat for a day on Prince Of Wales (P.O.W.) Island to take a bushwalk, visit a waterfall, swim in a freshwater pool

& enjoy a picnic lunch.

Benji organises the boat and anchor on arrival at P.O.W. Island while the girls swim...

Evy and Dwayne.

 After a 30-40min boat ride between Thursday & Friday Islands & following the coast of P.O.W. for quite some time, Benji pulled us in to a lovely white/grey sandy beach.  Plenty of other boats were moored there too - probably 20, & everyone commented they'd never seen it so busy!  We had a little splash around in the  ocean while the boat was unpacked.

Milly and Shauna.

Evy and Mummy take a dip on a beach of P.O.W.

There were 2 tin roof, cement floor shacks above the beach where we left our gear & headed off along a track through the bush towards a waterfall and swimming hole.

Scenery on the walk...

Milly following the group through the bush to the waterfall.

Crossing a creek.

A 15min walk that included creek crossings, jumping puddles (it was overcast & showery), climbing over logs & untangling Milly from vines ended at a picturesque freshwater swimming hole beneath a waterfall flowing over a wide bank of rocks.  No worries about sharks or crocs here - yippee!  

We had a float around while it rained & some others in the group climbed this waterfall & walked on to another above it - apparently much more beautiful with an even better swimming hole - but the climb was too tricky with our littlies in the wet.

Swimming at the first waterfall.

We headed back to the beach shacks & enjoyed a picnic lunch & more ocean swimming till about 2.30pm.  All 4 girls had naps in the boat on the way back - though I don't know how - it was a bumpy ride...must have been the soft laps they were all snuggled into!

Josie and Evy enjoying lunch!

Josie, Evy, Milly and Shauna ~ picnic lunch on P.O.W. Beach.

Thank you Marita, Benji, Shauna & Josie for a lovely day exploring your islands!