Yep, that’s us scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Here are some pictures from Milln Reef on day one. Note the reef shark there at the bottom.
Our lovely airbnb hosts took us north of Cairns to Trinity Beach for a beach barbie. Delicious garlic shrimp with salad and chips from the takeaway. No swimming on this beach, though — too much risk of stingers. On our way back, we stopped off to see the nighttime view out over Cairns.
View from our window: Edge Hill, Cairns, Australia. 9:00 am, 03 January 2014.
Crossing the Tasman Sea from Auckland’s rocky shores to Cairns’s rainforest-clad mountains and fertile valleys. The Great Barrier Reef fills the ocean in all directions as the plane descends.