Lizard Island

In the morning, we were taken to the private area of the airport where we stored some of our luggage and eventually boarded a 12-seater Cessna with four other couples to fly to Lizard Island. It was pouring rain, but after about a half an hour we could see parts of the Great Barrier Reef from the air. Amazing views. The flight took about an hour, and we landed in the driving rain on the island’s airstrip.


Lizard Island is a national park with one all-inclusive resort on it with less than 50 rooms. The island is a granite heap almost on top of and otherwise surrounded by reef. There are 24 beaches, and suffice it to say that even though it rained almost all day, we loved it. Our suite is gorgeous, and every little detail around the resort seems to be anticipated and taken care of beautifully and with good design. The staff all live on site and some have been here a long time, only getting to the mainland 2-3 times a year or less. So everyone from spa to dive to waitstaff are very professional.

I was dying to get in the water, so we went for a swim on the beach in front of our suite and the sun started to peek out. We could see that if we had brought our snorkeling gear with us, we could snorkel right off the beach – tons of reef all around.

Lovely dinner, and hoping for a better day.