March 16, 2016 – Yorkeys Knob by Cairns and The Great Barrier Reef (GBR)

 

Map of The Great Barrier Reef and the Catamaran that took us out moored to the pontoon

Inside the Pontoon above and in the Glass Bottom boat below

Inside the Semi-Submersible / submarine type vessel

Life under the pontoon from a viewing platform

About to get ready above and ready to dive below

Into the water we go

The Amazing coral and fish of the Great Barrier Reef

The Giant Clam closed above, a different one open below and one on shore to show size, Vs my hand – The ones we saw were about 50% larger than this one demonstrating size.

 

Swimming among the fish – Nelson with his Go-Pro video camera

A turtle we petted while it was eating a jellyfish