When we planned the trip, there were four main things that Tony wanted to do. The first was to rent a car and go to the Twelve Apostles and Port Campbell. We did that. In Cairns, he wanted to go snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef and go to Kuranda in the rainforest. So now that we were in Cairns, it was time to take on another of the things on his list: the Great Barrier Reef.
We left our hotel early to walk the mile to the harbor where we boarded the catamaran for our reserved trip. It was a two hour catamaran trip out to Morse Reef where our catamaran docked at a pontoon for the day’s activities. I cannot swim so I did not sign up for the snorkeling but there were other things to do, such as the Glass Bottom Boat and the Semi Submersible. Tony can swim so he signed up for the snorkeling and went a step further and booked the advanced snorkeling trip during which they take a group of 4 or 5 at a time for a 40 minute adventure outside of the cordoned off area where everyone else goes snorkeling. It was so wonderful for me to see him so excited about this activity. This was, afterall, his trip. I wanted to make sure that he got to do everything he wanted to do. I didn’t want him to miss anything because I could not do it.
The water, the fish, and the coral, as seen through the glass of the semi submersible and the glass bottom boat were amazing. I took way too many pictures to share here but I am posting a few below and will post more tomorrow. Enjoy. And yes, the water was really that color!
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The fourth picture down is my favorite. So– these are the pictures you took, did Tony take any while snorkeling? I’ve only seen his pictures of food and beer 🙂
And thank you for the comments on the M & J pictures! Philippe’s is one of the spots we must hit while in L.A. We had also had pizza at a place called Pizza Mozza, not sure if you’ve been. It was our first time and MAN! We now have a new ‘celebration’ restaurant. I’ll be back up for another play soon. If you have any restaurant suggestions please pass them along.
Love you!!
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We didn’t have an underwater camera so Tony didn’t take pictures while snorkeling.
There are some good places to eat ON Olvera Street. But I will also give it some thought and suggest other places in L.A.
I love looking at the kids’ pictures. Keep ’em coming!
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I am catching up here. Beautiful scenery and fish pictures. You must have had a fantastic time. Who knew there was so much to do in Australia?
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And we didn’t do it all. We could have taken a month and still felt like we didn’t do enough or all.
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[…] had not happened. But he followed through. And we had a wonderful two week trip visiting Melbourne, Cairns (the Great Barrier Reef), and Sydney. We only saw a tiny bit of the huge country-continent but it […]
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