Tuesday, July 13

GBR: Michaelmas Cay

We were excited to finally see the Great Barrier Reef. Our boat tour held a maximum of 30 people so we got to the reefs faster and had more time in the water. We first stopped at Michaelmas Cay, a white coral sand island home to thousands of birds.

We both snorkeled and Todd scuba dived in the gorgeous reefs. Lots of beautiful fish and coral. We rented an underwater camera and Todd took over to get some cool shots of a clown fish and some other creatures on his dive. He got to touch the giant clam too.

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2 comments:

Cathy said...

Underwater shots are always so cool! Next time we go to Hawaii, we're going to rent an underwater camera too! So worth it!

Melissa said...

The other nice thing Cathy is that ours had a zoom and a diffused flash which brought out some of the colors. The film disposables don't have zoom or flash so anything below a couple feet usually is dark. Definitely worth the extra cost.