Cairns - Great Barrier Reef

We arrived in Cairns late on Wednesday night, and booked into a hotel to have a few days relaxing, getting jobs done and enjoy Easter. Of course we also headed out to snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef! We went on a Sunlover Cruiser to an outer reef called Moore Reef, it was fantastic!

We all agreed that although the coral is amazing we actually thought it would be more colourful, but we don’t know if that was because of coral bleaching or just a bit of lack of clarity on the day. The fish were certainly not lacking in colour though, they were incredibly beautiful! There was such a variety of fish, all different shapes and sizes and an array of colours and colour combinations. We loved it! While out on the reef we meet a lovely Canadian family whose kids are the same age as Aidan and Cody and they are 10 months through a 12 month around the world holiday! At the end of the day we arranged to travel with this family for the next few days before they leave Australia