Cairns

Cairns is a great place from which to see the Barrier Reef.

We chose a boat with a ‘glass’ bottom and ‘glass’ sides, below the waterline. Of course we sat right down at the bottom.

The small group of us in the boat were driven out to sea, eastwards.

We got to the Reef, there were fish of many colours, blues and greens, swimming along with us … a great big turtle, then the reef itself, rocky and covered with brightly coloured algae, sea grasses and mangroves, roots waving as the water moved.

And there is more in Cairns …