The boys absolutely loved snorkelling the reef, the Giant Ras was definitely the highlight! It was a bit choppy and intermittent cloud which dulled the colors a bit but what had the biggest effect on the coral was the category 5 cyclone Cairns had a couple of years ago. The reef got battered and is still recovering. The last photo shows a section that was flattened by the cyclone..
It was tricky to get photos. We also saw a turtle just like in Nemo, 'totally rad dude!' and some giant clams one of which had a fluro green rim, beautiful..
It was a very full day, an hour and a half to get out to the reef as we went to the outer reef, and 3 hours out there. It also included a ride in a semi-submerged boat and a glass bottomed boat and a full buffet lunch.
Hey Sandra, Will and Harry we have just discovered your wonderful blog!!! Great to see you are finally getting around Australia we are very envious!!! Hopefully you might get down the Great Ocean Road some time?
ReplyDeleteLook forward to reading about your big adventure lots of love... Natasha, Antonio and Santo xxx