Today was a long day we woke up early and went to the marina to get on the Sea Star boat and go snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. It was awesome. We first went to Michaelmas Cay. We caught a glass bottom boat out to the beach and we got into our snorkeling groups and swam around the reef. We saw lots of fish like clown fish and parrot fish and hard and soft coral.
Our tour instructors told us all about the coral and sea creatures and also took photos for us and of us.
Than we swam back to the boat and had some lunch it was very nice. After lunch we went to Hastings Outer Reef it was the main part of our day. We jumped off the back of the boat and got into snorkel groups. Sam went in a ring attached by rope to mum and he floated around while mum snorkeled he loved it and had no idea how deep it was below him and all the fish he was swimming with.
Then we saw a big Spanish mackerel about 1.5 meters, it was underneath the sea star boat. Then we swam out and dad went even further and he saw a white tip reef shark.
After we snorkeled for a while we then had a glass bottom boat tour. We saw all very nice different kinds of fish big and small and pretty colored coral. We saw lots of giant clams in lots of pretty colors. We then all saw the white tip shark that dad had seen earlier it was swimming beneath the glass bottom boat. Sam loved the glass bottom boat and seeing all the fish and shark.
We ended the day with yummy cake and coffee.
It was an 1 hour 15 mins back to the marina Sam slept the whole way because he was so tired from all the swimming.
It was the best day on our whole holiday.
Holly 😃🐠🐟☀️