Today we visited the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage site. It was amazing!
We had a lot of logistics to get there - to Cairns by bus, a quick walk around the marina and park to orient ourselves, then the boat out to the Pontoon at at Moore’s Reef. We were warned that the ride would be rough and we should all take sea sickness pills - and we were glad we listened. It WAS Rough!
But all was well when we got out to the reef. Ruth signed us up for a guided snorkel “beyond the barrier” with Sandy the marine biologist. After a quick test run with our masks and gear, we headed out for our tour.
Sandy towed us and one other person on a life saving ring - that saved a lot of energy! We mainly stayed right on the edge of the reef, seeing so many corals, beautiful fish (hundreds of kinds and colors), and three giant clams. It was so much fun.
After lunch, Cheryl did another snorkeling session with another guy from the trip. Then we both went around in the glass bottomed boat for half an hour.
We finished the day with another session with the marine biologist who told us about the fish we saw from as underwater observatory, while fish food was released from above. So cool.
Back on the boat, we headed back to Cairns. It was pretty rough again, but this time there was more hilarity than nausea, as glasses and water bottles tumbled about over and over again.
We dozed on the bus home, then grabbed a quick Thai dinner at the resto in the resort before heading home to shower and sleep.
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