Feb 2007

I only had one full day in Cairns so I made the most of being on the Great Barrier Reef and spent the day out snorkelling. Me and Steph said our goodbyes, she made her way to the airport and me to the boat.

The boat stopped at 2 seperate snorkelling spots. I swam with a turtle on the first stop, it was so cool. He was munching on the coral below me and then swam up to my right hand side, still 4 feet or so beneath me, but we swam a little way together! I didn't take my underwater camera with me on that snorkel! So at the second snorkel spot I had my camera hoping to see another turtle, but it wasn't to be. I saw some pretty big fish though and swam through shoals of little fish. The visability was so much better than at Airlie and you could see under water for a long way in all directions. This time no stinger suits were necessary. The jelly fish tend to hug the coastal lines and we were 2 hours out from the coast and right over the barrier reef.

I had a great day and back at the hostel packed for my onward journey the following morning.