Diving the Great Barrier Reef

We finally ticked this item off our bucket list - yay!!

We started our exploration tour of the reef in Town of 1770 (Captain Cook is definitely not winning the award for most creative town names...) with a tour out to Lady Musgrave island on the Southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.

Lady Musgrave Island from the ferry

Lady Musgrave from above (Thanks to Google Images)

Our next trip was a 3 day vacation from travelling on Heron Island, another little island paradise. We managed to dive 8 times in the time we had there and absolutely loved it! Warm water, excellent conditions and plenty of wildlife - sharks, turtles, mantarays, bullrays, lots of tropical fish, etc. It truly was diving heaven!

The dive boat which took us out 8 times - all dive sites were only a 5 minute boat ride away

The dive center on Heron Island

Pool area

Heron Island Paradise :)

Heron Island from above (Thanks to Google Images)

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Our villa

Reef Sharks around the boat jetty

We then drove on to Airlie Beach and decided to now experience the reef from above by booking a 1 hour flight over the Whitsunday Islands and the reef. It was absolutely fantastic!!

 

 

 

Ready to fly over the Whitsundays and the Great Barrier Reef

Mansion next to Whitsunday airport; the larger garage on the right is for your plane.

Awesome looking golf course on Hamilton Island

Hamilton Island Airport

Hill Inlet

Heart Reef

As it was so pretty - Heart Reef again :)

Great Barrier Reef

Whitsunday Islands

Whitsunday Islands

Whitsunday Islands

Airlie Beach

Airlie Beach

Our next items on our itinerary are diving the wreck of 'Yongala' in Ayr on Tuesday and then a 4 day Liveaboard (=living on a boat) from Cairns starting on Thursday. So, you won't hear from us until we're back on land again :)