A warm and humid morning in Cairns and again we were up early to catch our catamaran out to the Great Barrier Reef. We moored up at a small island which is the home to hundreds of nesting birds and a beautiful shallow coral reef. There is nothing else there, just a beach and hundreds of birds. We caught a little ferry to the island and then had a 30 minute “snorkelling” tour of the reef. The reef is fabulous with hundreds of different varieties of coral including many (very large and colourful) giant clams. We saw many different types of tropical fish too, including brightly coloured parrotfish and stingrays. Saboohi went out beyond the reef at one point, called the “drop off” in Finding Nemo, and came face to face with a shark (harmless but nevertheless scary!) and she touched a turtle! Lucky thing. The sun shone and the day was perfect for snorkelling. After lunch on the boat we returned to the island for more snorkelling before heading back to Cairns at about 15.30. Another wonderful day–how lucky we are.
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