There was someone swimming around taking photos of everyone. We bought one of the two of us snorkelling. I took a digital photo of the print and am including it here. It's not as good as the print, but you get the idea! You can see we are having fun!. At 12:00 we stopped for our lunch which was a buffet served on the pontoon. And then our diving lesson. We had heard an introductory 1/2 hour briefing on the way to the reef so now all we had to do was don the weights, scuba tanks and masks. Then our instructor, Paddy, tested us on what we'd learned. Both Michael and I passed with flying colours! We then dropped, slowly to the ocean floor and began a little tour around the reef. We say Nemo's cousin along with sea slugs and hundreds of other fish. The coral itself was phenomenal! So intricate and delicate! Both Michael and I had underwater cameras so we took lots of pictures. You'll have to wait until we get them developed before seeing them. There was also another diver who videoed our little underwater adventure and, after looking at the footage on the cruise back to land, we decided to buy a couple of copies. We really had fun! After diving, we went out snorkelling again. There is just so much to see out there. Our 3 1/2 hours on the reef is only enough to wet our appetites! We both hope to come back again soon. However, it is time to rest now and get ready for tomorrow's adventures!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Greatness in the ocean
Today Michael and I experienced the Great Barrier Reef. First we had a one hour motorcoach ride north to Port Douglas. Then a one and a half our cruise in a rocking, yet comfortable pontoon type boat out to the outer reef. On the way, we learned about our options once we reached the reef. We decided that while we could snorkel all we wanted for free, the most fun would be to pay to go scuba diving. So we did. We arrived at the reef platform/pontoon at 11:00 AM and began our ocean adventure by snorkeling for a while. It was AWESOME. There are so many fish that just swim right up to you and around your legs as you are standing on the snorkel platform. There are even these huge 3 ft long fish just watching you watching them! 
There was someone swimming around taking photos of everyone. We bought one of the two of us snorkelling. I took a digital photo of the print and am including it here. It's not as good as the print, but you get the idea! You can see we are having fun!. At 12:00 we stopped for our lunch which was a buffet served on the pontoon. And then our diving lesson. We had heard an introductory 1/2 hour briefing on the way to the reef so now all we had to do was don the weights, scuba tanks and masks. Then our instructor, Paddy, tested us on what we'd learned. Both Michael and I passed with flying colours! We then dropped, slowly to the ocean floor and began a little tour around the reef. We say Nemo's cousin along with sea slugs and hundreds of other fish. The coral itself was phenomenal! So intricate and delicate! Both Michael and I had underwater cameras so we took lots of pictures. You'll have to wait until we get them developed before seeing them. There was also another diver who videoed our little underwater adventure and, after looking at the footage on the cruise back to land, we decided to buy a couple of copies. We really had fun! After diving, we went out snorkelling again. There is just so much to see out there. Our 3 1/2 hours on the reef is only enough to wet our appetites! We both hope to come back again soon. However, it is time to rest now and get ready for tomorrow's adventures!
There was someone swimming around taking photos of everyone. We bought one of the two of us snorkelling. I took a digital photo of the print and am including it here. It's not as good as the print, but you get the idea! You can see we are having fun!. At 12:00 we stopped for our lunch which was a buffet served on the pontoon. And then our diving lesson. We had heard an introductory 1/2 hour briefing on the way to the reef so now all we had to do was don the weights, scuba tanks and masks. Then our instructor, Paddy, tested us on what we'd learned. Both Michael and I passed with flying colours! We then dropped, slowly to the ocean floor and began a little tour around the reef. We say Nemo's cousin along with sea slugs and hundreds of other fish. The coral itself was phenomenal! So intricate and delicate! Both Michael and I had underwater cameras so we took lots of pictures. You'll have to wait until we get them developed before seeing them. There was also another diver who videoed our little underwater adventure and, after looking at the footage on the cruise back to land, we decided to buy a couple of copies. We really had fun! After diving, we went out snorkelling again. There is just so much to see out there. Our 3 1/2 hours on the reef is only enough to wet our appetites! We both hope to come back again soon. However, it is time to rest now and get ready for tomorrow's adventures!
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