Robbin’s Journey

Cairns is pronounced “cans.” Snorkeling excursions today in the Great Barrier Reef. That’s a check mark on my bucket list. Sweet!

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven wonders of the natural world. As the world’s largest reef system, it’s composed of over 2,900 individual reefs & 900 islands stretching over 1,600 miles.

I don’t have an underwater camera, so all underwater pictures are NOT mine. Everyone had to wear thin spandex like wetsuits because of jellyfish stings, even snorkelers like me! Oh goodie, I love appearing in public with no makeup, trying on spandex jumpsuits in front of strangers! 😳🙄😬 I mean fellow cruise passengers! This was not in the brochure😅😅😅 …It’s all good as we were all in the same boat, literally!

Barry didn’t go in the water. He doesn’t swim in the ocean. I didn’t go in at first because it started raining, then pouring. It was a light rain and several snorkelers were out there, so I decided to give it a go. I’m glad I did. The ocean water was about 90 degrees, warmer than the wind and rain. A few times the rain got in my snorkel. I saw a variety of coral, jellyfish, fish, and it was so cool. The coral was about 7 feet below me. All of a sudden there were two little jellyfish swimming right below my chest coming towards my face! I didn’t get stung. Just startled. Other people saw giant calms, parrot fish, sting rays, etc. One gal saw a small shark.