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Hayman Island Day 5
Checked out and settled the bill. Everything was put on the tab and it was our first time experiencing this – not having to bring any money around the resort throughout our stay, just state your room number and sign away. Spent more than eight hundred dollars on food only… we were more than satisfied :) Took the boat to Hamilton Island and waited for nearly two hours to board the plane back to Brisbane. The minute we reached home, I started preparing dinner and lunch before picking mummy up from the airport. I wish to go back to Hayman Island again.
Hayman Island Day 4
Had breakfast at the Entertainment Center again. Played some table tennis and then off to the beach for some water sports. We saw a sea turtle while sailing on the catamaran. It started to get boring because the wind wasn’t strong enough so we hopped on the kayak and started paddling.
Swam in all the salt-water as well as heated pools in this resort and sunbathed for the rest of the time (from 1pm to 5pm)… so you could imagine that we are like two lobsters being overcooked. I am starting to love the sun!!! Can’t wait for spring to come so that we can head off the the Gold Coast and sunbathe again. The winter weather here isn’t as cold as in Brisbane so I guess everyone would want to flock to this island as it’s listed as one of the leading hotels in the world. Love it when all the staff here (including the cleaners/gardeners… Everyone!) greets you whenever you see them. I’d rate their service 101%.
Entrée: Raw salmon with green papaya salad
Rui's main: Rosemary lamb cutlets
My main: Angus beef steak
Dessert: (Brie) Cheese platter with complimentary crackers
Hayman Island Day 3
Good morning!
We cruised to the Great Barrier Reef after breakfast!!!
It was an experience of a lifetime to snorkel the world-known Great Barrier Reef. The corals were breathtakingly beautiful. I held onto Rui’s hand while snorkelling because I was afraid I might get lost or maybe get bitten by a shark :P
Saw a few whales on our way back to Hayman Island. Ginger tablets do help with motion sickness!
Dinner at the Oriental
Entrée: Crispy duck leg salad
My main: Goan style king fish with coconut rice
Rui's main: Pad thai
Side dish: Seasonal vegetables with salted fish
Dessert: Mango, peace and lychee sherbet ♥
The best we've ever had!
Hayman Island Day 2
Woke up at about 8am. Walked along the beach to get to the restaurant.
Had a sumptuous buffet breakfast at the Entertainment Centre. Sipped on orange juice, earl grey tea and champagne early in the morning… ahhh.
Complained about the construction noise and got upgraded to the Lagoon room :)
Had soft shell crab club and Hayman burger for lunch. Sunbathed by the heated pool whilst reading The Kite Runner.
Played some tennis and had Italian for dinner at La Trattoria. Complimentary bread and olives for starters, raw beef with spinach and cheese as the entrée. I had the hand crafted pasta with duck, Rui had the sirloin beef and we shared the mushrooms in olive oil.
Hayman Island Day 1
I’ve only been on Hayman Island for 8 hours and yet I already feel so contented. We drove to the airport this morning and boarded the plane from Brisbane to Hamilton Island at 12 noon. The flight was ten minutes late but luckily we weren’t late for the transit.
Eagle boys pizzas for brunch at Brisbane domestic airport
Baggage collection HERE!
They do not have conveyor belts on Hamilton Island.
We were supposed to board the ship to Hayman Island from Hamilton Island but instead, they put us on a seaplane and the journey only took 10 minutes(the initial journey by ship takes one hour)! We even did the check-in at Hamilton itself. They are SO EFFICIENT!
It was our first time travelling in a seaplane, besides being a little bit shaky, everything else was all good. There were only five of us including the pilot. To our surprise, someone with a golf kart was already there waiting for our arrival as we landed at Hayman.
On board the seaplane.
It must be our lucky day because we get to travel in a seaplane and we had a room upgrade without any extra charges. The pool view isn’t too bad, parrots run wild on this island, there were two sitting on our balcony this afternoon.
On the way to our room in a golf kart
Pool view room
The view from our room + The parrots
This is only one part of the salt-water pool.
Requested for ‘turn down’ service because the floor needed some mopping. Walked along the beach in search for food at about 4.30pm. Ended up having chips and soft shell crab club at the Beach Pavilion.
Soft shell crab club
The Club Creation.
After that, Rui and I just lazed around at the heated pool.
Had reservations at La Fontaine at 6.30pm. OMG, the three-course-meal was very delicious, I loved every bite of it and it was only $163, considering that we had a lot of food… and GOLD on our sorbet ;) ;) AGAIN, first time having edible gold. Most of the people who work there are French and the treatment we had was top notch. Every time a dish came out, the waiter/waitress will explain what it was in a French accent, I guess we don’t have to visit the country for an experience like this :P Another funny thing was the maître d’ gave us the children’s menu once we were seated, so we asked the waiter to give us the adults’ menu. The maitre’d came back and asked us “how was the children’s menu?” :) We could see that he was embarrassed but we laughed it off and he explained that he didn’t have his glasses on, hence the mistake, anyway he came back to see how things are after every course. Everyone (the manager/waiter/waitress) came asking whether we wanted our picture taken every time I took out the camera to snap pictures of the food. Food – 10, Service – 101!
A selection of French bread.
I tried each and every one of them, all went well with the butter :)
We ordered the scallops as the entrée and they were VERY GOOD!
Rui’s main
My main – smoked ocean trout. Heavenly good!
Dessert: Rhum-baba - cake with fresh vanilla cream, dried cherries and sugar cane rum.
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