We'd hired a seaplane to fly us to the Great Barrier Reef at 8am that day. It was cancelled by high winds and they told us to try again at 2pm. Since my wife had taken a seasick prevention pill, she went to our room to take a nap. But I went to the Dolphin Pool to become a stand-by. Luckily, someone failed to show, so I got to sit in the pool, hand-feed Sunny (13 years old) and Bottles (30 years old, Sunny's mum), get kisses from them, shake fins with them, throw them a ball, pet their foreheads and hear their sonar underwater. What a thrill!
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Nothing is free at a resort on the Barrier Reef. So I wasn't surprised to find a charge of AU ( US) for the Dolphin Pool –– it was well worth it –– and still far less than what one would pay in Hawaii (- per person).
After a few hours of waiting, we did get to board the SeaPlane for an afternoon trip to the Great Barrier Reef. But that's another story...Best Way To Get Around:
• Hamilton Island is so small, you can walk all the way around it.
• Boats are available to take you snorkeling or scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef (At the same pontoon stop as for Club Med and Hayman Island)
• Seaplanes are for hire to the same location, 20 minutes away by air