The Great Barrier Reef

Monday, Oct.23, 2017

Today was an absolutely exciting day! We spent the entire day on the Great Barrier Reef and the weather couldn’t have been more perfect! We traveled by a Quicksilver boat to a fixed pontoon on the reef. All of the water activities were off the pontoon. Bob didn’t want to snorkel so he opted to ride in the glass enclosed submarine. He really enjoyed it and was able to see a lot of fish and turtles. I opted to snorkel with a marine biologist who promised to take us to some special areas. Ten of us from our group snorkeled with him. I saw beautiful coral and fish but unfortunately I had difficulty with my underwater camera so I didn’t get as many shots as I wanted.
After snorkeling for about an hour and a half, I was tired and met Bob for lunch. Then we went back to our boat and swapped stories with people in our group. Some took a helicopter ride and others did scuba diving. It was great fun!
We returned to our hotel and enjoyed another great meal with friends in the hotel dining room.

                                                  Taken from the glassed submarine

                                                 From the glassed submarine

                                            From the glassed submarine

                                                   From the snorkeling trip

                                                From the snorkeling trip

                                                From the snorkeling trip

                                             The pontoon seen from the snorkeling sight

                                                From the snorkeling trip

                                               From the snorkeling trip

                                            Snorkeling trip
                                             
                                              Snorkeling
                                     

                                                      Snorkeling

                                              Snorkeling

                                                    Snorkeling
                                                  So fashionable in my snorkeling outfit!


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