OUR FLIGHT TO LIZARD ISLAND

The adventure begins, we chartered a King Air 200 and a Twin Commander to fly all of us to Lizard Island - our home for the next 3 nights.

The view from 5000 feet in the Commander was amazing. The Great Barrier Reef  is unreal from the sky and the ground!
















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