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Originally Posted by SailMonkey
Still and all, everyone was taken off safely which is good I suppose even though they were backpackers. 
 So what's with your comment on backpackers? Does that term have a different meaning down-unda? Where I come from it means someone who takes extended hikes through any backcountry carrying all he/she needs to be self sufficient, while leaving no trace and doing no harm. Kind of how I think sailors/cruisers should be!
It sounds like they were using the boat to ferry them to a trailhead to start their hikes. Many people I know, including my wife and I, are sailors & hikers (backpackers), and I would guess many others on SailNet are also.
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In the context that I used the term it referred to the hoards of young kids
from all over the world who come down here and tend to congregate in backpacker hostels and usually travel by bus. So don't go getting your knickers in a twist I was not having a go at real campers/hikers. I dare say most of them don't use Shank's Pony all that often and probably don't even own a tent.
If they were being "ferried to a trail head" on a Whitsunday island it would make for a damn short walk in most cases.
Reality is that they enjoy themselves immensely but are a pain in the butt for everyone else.