The Great Barrier Reef

One of the highlights of our trip was scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef system in the world, visible even from outer space. Although Cory and I have both had the opportunity to dive in amazing places, this was definitely one of the best experiences! We spent an awesome day on this catamaran, The Poseidon.

One of the first things we did when we boarded was sign up for some highly recommended, prescription strength, motion sickness meds. We were told the waters had been quite rough lately, and were expected to be worse on this particular day! Awesome!



We enjoyed an hour and a half ride out to the Agincourt Ribbon Reef drinking coffee and snacking on muffins. And although Cory and I were both ok, several others made their way to the outer deck of the boat with a paper bag, or two.



We dove at 2 locations along the reef, New Stonehenge and Turtle Bay. Both dives were about 40 minutes in length and we dove to depths of 14-18 meters. Most of the reef can be seen at very shallow depths, so many others enjoyed snorkeling from The Poseidon as well.





We enjoyed a wonderful buffet lunch between dives, as well as the opportunity to warm up! The waters were relatively warm, but as soon as we hit the deck of the boat the wind tore right through whatever we had on, and of course, being wet didn't help. We were tired but totally satisfied at the end of the day to be able to witness this amazing part of God's Creation.