Great Barrier Reef

At last Shaun finally gets to sink into the Great Barrier Reef to see his beloved fishy friends!We spent the day on the Calypso dive boat about an hour from the mainland. Karen and Chris saw some wonderful fish when snorkelling. We spotted Nemo and Dory and also saw a huge sea cucumber, some parrot fish and four blue starfishes to name but a few.There were also some rather large barracudas swimming on the edge of the reef which thankfully did't get too close. Karen thought she saw a shark, but apparently it was a sucker fish!

Sally floated on a woggle near to the dive boat and saw some tiny black and gold fish. She also had close encounters with some big fish as the boat crew fed them right next to Sally!

Later that evening we sat on the beach and shared a bottle of wine with the neighbours, watched the moon rise and followed it up with a BBQ.

Sally also managed to lose and swallow (again!) one of her milk teeth. So we will need to write a note to the Australian tooth fairy to let her know what happened. We will let you know the outcome tommorrow!

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The Wilde Family on December 23, 2007 from South Mission Beach, Australia

from the travel blog: Australia

tagged GreatBarrierReef and EddyReef

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