Great Barrier Reef - Hamilton Island
We took our second big trip while down under. Pat's brother Paul and his son Axell went with us too. We all stayed on Hamilton Island and visited the Great Barrier Reef. It really was beautiful there, and double the fun with our cousin Axell!
Here are Taylor and Riley standing on the deck of our hotel room.
Taylor and Riley are swimming in one of the many pools at the resort.
One day we rode on this boat out to the reef. It was about a 1 1/2 hour ride out there. The seas were 1.6 meters, and the winds were 15-20 knots. This meant nothing to me, but after the Tasmania ride, Pat was very concerned about me - so I took a motion sickness tablet and was fine both on the way out and on the way back in. Needless to say Pat, Paul, and all the kids were also just fine. Once we got to the reef, we had 4 hours to snorkel as much as we wanted. They also had submarine rides. I think there were 280 people on this boat.
Obviously the photo doesn't do it justice, but we had to put at least one picture from underneath the water. The fish and coral were really unbelievable to look at - tons of bright colors, and fish everywhere - just ask Riley. We even found Nemo - seriously we saw a clown fish. We didn't get a picture of it, but here is a picture of some other fish, and coral, etc.
Here are Taylor and Riley standing on the deck of our hotel room.
Taylor and Riley are swimming in one of the many pools at the resort.
This is Taylor holding a Koala bear. This is very significant because this was all she talked about doing before we left Minnesota. Once we arrived here, we discovered that we were not allowed to do this anywhere in the state of Victoria! Wow, the kids sure were excited when they learned that they were able to do this on Hamilton Island!
One day we rode on this boat out to the reef. It was about a 1 1/2 hour ride out there. The seas were 1.6 meters, and the winds were 15-20 knots. This meant nothing to me, but after the Tasmania ride, Pat was very concerned about me - so I took a motion sickness tablet and was fine both on the way out and on the way back in. Needless to say Pat, Paul, and all the kids were also just fine. Once we got to the reef, we had 4 hours to snorkel as much as we wanted. They also had submarine rides. I think there were 280 people on this boat.
Obviously the photo doesn't do it justice, but we had to put at least one picture from underneath the water. The fish and coral were really unbelievable to look at - tons of bright colors, and fish everywhere - just ask Riley. We even found Nemo - seriously we saw a clown fish. We didn't get a picture of it, but here is a picture of some other fish, and coral, etc.
Here we are after the big trip out to the reef.
posted by beskarsdownunder at 8:02 PM
3 Comments:
Those are some of the cutest pictures we have ever seen!!! You guys are so lucky ... a real koala bear? Wow!!! We are wondering if they were soft and fluffy and if their claws were super sharp? How long did you get to hold them? We are jealous!
The Koala was soft and a little fluffy. The claws were sharp, but they didn't hurt me. We only held them for a few minutes.....
Their claws are sharp and they are very soft. I liked holding the koala, it was fun to snuggle one. I want one.
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