UNDERWATER AT THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

What to do when on an island surrounded by the Great Barrier Reef? Dive and snorkel it of course! We had an amazing day discovering the Great Barrier Reef amongst the choppy seas and our not so secure sea legs!...let's just say, a few fed the fish.




 all still smiling at the beginning

 then the seas hit - "rough" was an understatement


what do you think we'll see?


coolest thing we saw all day - potato cod! they were huge...not picture - the two sharks circling the ladies







Great Barrier Reef coral


Clown fish


more of the infamous Potato Cod fish

the massive clams


The experience was well worth the rough seas however our group cleaned out the ginger ale stash, some came back a little green and mastered looking towards the horizon.

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