We've started our Australian adventure in Cairns which is in Queensland in the tropical Northern part. It's in the 90's with very high humidity every day. The kind of weather where you sweat just standing still. We are at an awesome hostel with wicked helpful staff and some cool people. It has kind of a chilled out college vibe to it except you don't have to go to class and can hang out and chill in the pool and venture out to see some crazy nature whenever you feel like it. There's also a local bar called The Woolshed that everyone likes to frequent which is interesting to say the least. In other words, it's completely awesome. Speaking of awesome crazy nature, Cairns is one of the best places to explore the Great Barrier Reef and we did just that. It lives up to the hype.
We sprung for one of the nicer boats that does day trips to the reef and it was well worth it. You can't wear glasses underneath goggles but my goggles here are prescription strength. So awesome when you are blind like me but want to actually see things when you snorkel.
There are some big weird looking fish swimming around. We didn't take too many underwater photos because you really just need to enjoy the experience, but we got a few good shots.
Also, it's jellyfish season which means stinger suits for everyone. Stings are very rare and you aren't required to wear the suit but since jellyfish stings range from excruciatingly painful to death it's a good idea. It doubles as really good sun protection.
Some cool shots. Favorites not pictured: giant clams, squid, lone turtle chilling on the ocean floor, and clown fish darting in and out of an anemone. There was also one point where the coral just came to a shelf and dropped off 20 meters. It reminds you of a scene from Finding Nemo and you can only think "He touched the butt."
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