Thursday, January 7, 2010

The Great Barrier Reef

You can't come all the way up to Port Douglas and not visit the Great Barrier Reef.

World Heritage Listed, this truly is a phenomenon and a great experience!

We did a tour with Quicksilver Cruises Tour which I would highly recommend. The tour started at 10am and we were back by 4:30pm. I was a little worried about how to survive with a toddler out at sea all day, but a handy mummy's bag filled with books, snacks and toys was enough to distract Princess M on the 1 1/2 boat ride to the reef.

In fact, the boat was great. It was air-conditioned and we had our own little corner where Princess M could sit on the lounge and run around. Superb!

The reef itself was beautiful...gorgeous water and amazing views from the pontoon (which we docked on in the middle of the reef!).

It's a shame we couldn't get in and snorkel with the young one, but we still enjoyed our day and have some great memories from the semi-submersed glass bottom boat and from the pontoon and boat ride itself!!!

(Image taken from the semi-submersed vessel)

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