Monday, May 12, 2014

The Great Barrier Reef

While in Australia, we were able to fly North to Cairns to see The Great Barrier Reef.  We also connected with my brother Zach and his camper van gang as they were travelling the east coast before heading home.  We did a day trip snorkeling at the outer reef about 60 km from shore. The morning ride was really rough and I (and many others) became quite seasick. Thankfully I felt much better once we stopped and were able to get into the water.  We saw incredible coral with tropical fish everywhere, great trip.  Photos of our time in Australia have been uploaded to our photo gallery (Australia 2014).
 
Our boat
 
 
One (of three) of our snorkeling locations
 
Holly swimming through a channel
 
 
Jon diving down to get a better look

 

Large clam
 
Clown fish
 
 Coral
 
 Napoleon Wrasse (Humphead) Fish (several feet long and friendly)
 
A view of the reef from our flight to Brisbane
 

Eating out with Zach and April in Cairns

Holly



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