June 15th Blog

My day at the Great Barrier Reef will never be forgotten for the rest of my life. Just the ride there was amazing in itself. The boat ride there was especially fun because the ocean waves really rocked the boat. After the hour and half or so long boat ride there, we arrived at a permantly marooned pontoon at the edge of the reef. On the pontoon, they had a bunch of picnic tables and all of the snorkeling and scuba gear. I was so excited to get in the water so I rushed to put on my gear and me and my friends ended up being some of the first people out there. The first glance I made underwater was truely breath taking. The vivid colors of the coral and all the fish was almost overwhelming. For the first ten minutes, we swam around the perimeter, just to get used to snorkeling. We all then decided to go and get lunch so we could then spend the rest of the day out swimming. After a quick lunch of bread and other carbohydrate packed foods, we set off again. The first thing we did this time was stay near the pontoon and swam with the fishes. I then split off from my group and did some solo expeditions to some of the shallower portions of the coral. I saw so many fish and even some sea cucumbers and even a moray eel! After a while Mr. Schagrin and Mr. Ewen even caught a video of a shark swimming underneath me. After swimming for about another hour or so I got tired so I got out. On the boat ride home I just took a nap. That day was truely one of the better ones of my life.