This was going to be a highlight of the holiday - a trip out to the Great Barrier Reef. On the recommendation of Helen at Cayman Villas we went on the locally owned boat Poseidon rather than the big operator, Quicksilver. This was definitely a good move as the boat was smaller, had fewer people on board and its own marine biologist, a well-built chap known as "Fluffy"! He provided a series of talks on the local marine wildlife & coral and guided the snorkel groups to find the best animals etc. underwater.
The weather wasn't great and the boat travelling at high speed over rough seas meant that a lot of passengers were suffering and the boat did a roaring trade in sea-sickness pills & paper bags. As Fluffy said "what were you people thinking of coming here in the winter!" The boat stopped at three different locations for snorkelling and, once in the water, the weather didn't see so bad and there was plenty of colourfull fish and coral to be seen. Giant sea-clams, turtles and even white-tipped & black-tipped sharks were seen. The boat also provided an excellent lunch and morning & afternoon teas so a good trip was had by all even if the weather had been a bit dodgy.
Back at Port Douglas we then drove down to Cairns where we were spending the night before catching an early morning flight the next day to Hamilton Island. We didn't see much of Cairns as the hotel was on the outskirts and it was late when we arrived but we couldn't see much of the fabled seaside resource life.
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