The Great Barrier Reef

Hey everyone. Christa and I have been having an amazing time here in Cairns. On Monday (June 4) Christa and I did an introduction to scuba diving at the pool. The closest to diving that Christa had been was snorkelling, which she said felt a little safer then diving because you could easily surface. Last time that I came to Australia, I did my diving certification but I hadn’t done it since. Tuesday we had a scuba diving trip booked for the Great Barrier Reef, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. On the way out there Christa couldn’t find her sea legs, even after popping a couple of sea sickness pills and wearing anti sickness wrist bands. She somehow managed to keep her breakfast, but I could tell she would have rather been at the spa at that particular moment or anywhere that was solid land. It took an hour and a half to get to where our dive spot was. We geared up and into the crystal clear water we went. Christa and I went with separate groups. The guide I was with took us to about 15 meters along the reef where we saw some a lion fish (which has poisonous tips on its fins that could make you very sick), we also saw a gigantic sea clam, some beautiful coral and fish of all shapes, sizes and colors. My favourite part of the dive was in the shallow of the reef, my guide moved his hand along the top of an anemone, home to the famous clown fish and there were 3 Nemos’ that swam out from it. After 30 minutes in the beautiful oceanic world we surfaced and hopped back on the boat to share our stories of what we saw. Christa was one of the fortunate one to see a 2 meter white tipped reef shark that was hanging in the area. I say fortunate because I really wanted to see one. The reef shark is pretty harmless. She didn’t freak out at all, what an amazing experience. We had lunch and then I went for another dive, then back to the harbour.