the day was lovely...we were picked up at 7am (i haven't gotten up that early in AGES) and were given a great description of the area by our tour guide. I can't get over how much sugar cane there is in the area (by the way it looks like tall grass). We went out for a walk in an enclosed canopy rainforest. it felt kind of like a grade 9 science class walking around the rainforest looking at different types of trees, vines and ferns. From there we went to a beautiful gorge - the water was freezing (I like swimming in bathwater-warm water, but this was really cold) but the sights were beautiful; rushing water, trees, huge rocks...afterwards we went on our croc cruise and spotted two crocs. Nothing like what we saw in Thailand, but it was nice to see them in their natural environment instead of the artificial environment in which they were in when we went to the croc farm in Thailand. From there, we saw a bug museum, had a delicious lunch (we had a fish called barramundi. Very tasty!), saw some more rainforest and saw cape tribulation, where the rainforest meets the beach. We didn't swim though (I don't think we had enough time...plus I don't think I would have felt comfortable considering there were jellyfish and croc warnings).
Yesterday we saw the great barrier reef. It was beautiful. We were on a catamaran; thankfully one of our buddies Mark gave me a motion sickness pill. I don't think I have ever felt that woozy on a boat before. I swore I was going to be sick, but thankfully I was ok. The boat was REALLY rocky. We snorkelled twice and saw incredible corral and an amazing variety of fish, including a white tipped reef shark and some giant clams. it really was an incredible experience to see such a huge variety of underwater life. I almost wish I would have borrowed an underwater digital camera. Oh well, next time!
So, some pictures..from left to right: mossman gorge, the creek near where we had lunch, two pictures of cape tribulation, and finally a cute harmless frog that was on our croc cruise boat (no joke...the tour guide just pulled him from under a seat. Apparently they like to sleep on the boat), Jason at a beautiful lookout, and finally Jason snorkelling in the reef (he's on the left). 
So, from here, we are leaving to slowly make our way on the whitsundays tour, then to fraser island for some more beach time. From there, we are slowly going to make our way down the coast to Byron Bay, then off to Melbourne before heading back to Sydney on the 13th to catch our flight to Auckland NZ.
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You must have felt like a much younger Jacques Cousteau viewing all the underwater world. I'm sure it was spectacular!!
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