The second day of our trip was my birthday. We got up early and got on this catamaran and drove out to a good section of the Great Barrier Reef. We then snorkeled and ate and snorkeled again. The boat had this trampoline style netting that we laid over the water on, it was very comfortable and also fun. Every once in a while the water would splash up and cool us off.
The darker areas are the reef closer to the surface. I did not have an underwater camera, but the coral was GORGEOUS. Every color of the rainbow, vibrant blues, vivid greens and purples. And fish swimming all around the reef. Every time I saw a school of fish I screamed through my snorkel. The island you can kind of see in this picture is where we initially snorkeled. We took a little boat from our catamaran out to the island and then walked into the water and started exploring.
There were fish just swimming around the boat. These fish were the size of dinner plates. We fed them the left over prawns (shrimp) from our lunch.
This is the city of Cairns as we were driving back home.
I just loved seeing crocodile on the menu.
Since it was my birthday my friends took me to dinner. I had crocodile and chorizo ravioli. It was delicious! They would not let us take the left over food home. Apparently at nice restaurants there you do not do take out.
While we were coming home, I lost this hat over the side of the boat. The wind blew it right off my head!! Despite this, it was one of the best birthdays I have ever had. If my family had been there with me it would have been perfect!!
