Leave Heathrow for honeymoonArrive in BeijingTour of a Jade Factory, the Ming Tombs and Great Wall of ChinaTour of Tian'anmen Square, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and Summer PalaceArrive in Hong Kong on way to SydneyArrive in SydneyLunch at Guylian, Opera House tour and walks through Botanical Gardens and The RocksVisit our friend JakobExplore SydneyTrip to Featherdale Wildlife Park and Blue Mountains National ParkWild Australia Experience tour of Taronga ZooSpent time with our friend Jakob, meal at Aria restaurant then night-time photosArrive in Cairns then travel to Palm CoveSnorkelling in the Great Barrier ReefHelicopter ride over the Great Barrier ReefArrive in Brisbane on way to Cook IslandsArrive in Auckland on way to Cook IslandsRelax on Cook Islands at the Rumours of RomanceArrive in Auckland again on way homeArrive in Los Angeles on way homeHome again!
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May 23 2009, 06:50 AM
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Thetford Reef, Australia
Got kitted out with our snorkelling gear and given an overview of the barrier reef whilst on our way to the first spot - this took us a little over an hour. Once there we put on the sun-cream, snorkel, fins, a noodle flotation device (saves us having to both keeping ourselves afloat) and jumped in. Jana has always been a little nervous about deep water etc so took her a little while to put her head in and look down, but once she did she saw it was a completely different world. I know it seems daft saying this but the reef really is teaming with beautiful colours and so much life it is unbelievable! We saw fishes of every colour in the rainbow, coral of all shapes and sizes, even some Clownfish (Nemo) in sea anemone! We just drifted around looking at one of the most beautiful things we had ever seen - if you stop still for long enough the fish all just come back and swim around you. By the time we went back to the boat 2 hours had passed and it was time for lunch.
Lunch consisted of what turned out to be a very varied and enjoyable buffet. There was a very good selection of food including vegetarian and after "pigging out", we went up to the top deck to relax in the sun whilst the boat took us to the next destination.
The next spot was a "Horseshoe" reef named after its obvious shape. This reef wasn't as flat or shallow as the last one but this obviously lead to more varied types of fish. We had the boat photographer take some nice shots of us before we spotted a family of 5 Clownfish swimming around an anemone. We watched these little guys for a while before we had to go back to the boat and rest (time passes very quickly in the reef!). For the trip back we swapped from the top deck to the front for a while which proved a very good choice as some dolphins decided to join us on the trip back! We'd never seen dolphins swimming with a boat before and were very majestic to see - a great bonus. We purchased a couple of photos from the day the bid the boat fair well and took the bus back to the hotel.
Once back at the hotel we relaxed for a bit before strolling along the beach in to Palm Cove itself. We watched the sun start to set then ordered a take-away pizza and strolled back to the hotel. Move TV whilst eating before catching another early night.
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