Great Barrier Reef

A Short Fable for my Simple Minded/Short On Time Readers

My sister and I went on a trip. We went on a diving trip to the Great Barrier Reef. This reef is one of the world's 7 natural wonders, although we both forgot that at the time!

Our trip was a liveaboard trip (3 days/2 nights on a boat that takes you far off the coast) with a company called Deep Sea Diver's Den. They were great.

Our boat was huge! which was nice and scary-touristy in the beginning. We lucked up and had the whole place to ourselves (plus only 9 others!). Karma was looking over us.

We lived in our bathing suits and "Scuba Steve" gear the entire time, which made me look rather goofy. The weather was great and usually not a cloud in the sky. Elizabeth was scared of being sunburned. She's really white.

We did 12 dives in 3 days, including 2 night dives where we only went down with a small flashlight (or "torch" as they say in Australia). I saw 4 sharks the first night. It wasn't scary but wasn't fun either. Day light is much better to me.

During the day, we saw everything. The reef is beautiful and so colorful when visibility is good and we could stay within 35 feet, which was hardly the case when anyone other than myself was leading the dive.

We saw more sharks!

and stingrays

and turtles

and jellyfish!

It was a great trip. You should go.

Aside from the diving, new friends were made!

New friends with underwater cameras Rock!

Thanks, Mat!

The End.

ps-More pictures and details to come. Thanks to American Airlines, Elizabeth's bag w/ the CD full of photos got lost on the way home. Till then...