Cairns

On Friday we spent the day at Green Island on the Great Barrier Reef. The reef itself runs down the east coast of Australia almost to Brisbane. We opted to take the Green Island boat which offered a buffet lunch and a place to relax if we didn't want to spend the whole day on the island. They also provided a glass bottom boat tour of the reef in the immediate vicinity and a submersible sub trip if we didn't want to snorkel. I guess I could have snorkeled but no one else was doing it so I opted to take the glass bottom boat trip. That made the sea choppy so that the views from the glass bottom boat and submersible were cloudy. We tried to get pictures as best we could. What you see here is respresentative of what we took.
Some of the fish would attach themselves to the boat and ride to the reef. It was funny to see this. We were give ginger tablets before we left Cairns in case of sea sickness. Believe it or not, they really worked.
The boat with gift shop on pier in foreground.
Oldroyds on the boat.
Bob and Lurleen Bakes.
Having a good day. Is this look familiar to any of you? Lurleen and Elizabeth
Jay walking from boat to Green Island.
Pier to Green Island

Snorkeling on the reef. Not us.
Great Barrier Reef with Cairns in the background.
Green Island with reef.
On the beach.
Goofing off. Jay and Bob Bakes.
Coral Sea from Green Island.
Submersible sub.
Glass bottom boat.
Glass Bottom Boat
Inside the glass bottom boat.
Fish attached to glass bottom boat. Just holding on for the ride.
Coral and fish.
More fish.
Large angel fish.
More coral.
Very large fish.
More fish.
Bird on a nest on a buoy.
Bird with a nest on the buoy in the middle of the Coral Sea.
Ready for flight.
Leaving Green Island for Cairns.
The trip back was pretty choppy as the wind really picked up in the afternoon.