Day trippers….

First up Magnetic Island just a short ferry trip over from Townsville very serene with some beautiful beaches and surprisedly quiet once off the beaten track. A nice peaceful relaxing day drinking coffee and watching the world go by.

Our next planned trip was to swim with the sharks / marine life in the Barrier Reef though we quickly establish that the amenities nearer to Cairns are better so we take to the road again and book an early start.

This was Iain’s dream excursion and I wasn’t really bothered about going into the water however once we got out to sea it just had to be done. This has been the biggest highlight of the trip in fact I would say that it is one of the best experiences I have ever had in my life ! 5 hours has never gone so quickly !! Apologies for some of the poor quality photos but we were under water. The fish could not have cared that you were present and just swam directly at you, which is fine when they are small. The guys had a pet fish ” Wallie ” who was so tame he would come and pose for photos with the tourists …..scary as hell as he measured 2 metres by 1 metre !! If was like swimming in a giant tropical fish tank but the size of the Pacific Ocean.