I loved the Great Barrier Reef so much! The water was so clear. This was the part of the trip I was looking forward to the most. The ride to the reef was a little uneasy, I was beginning to feel a little seasick, but we got there just in time! Right away we got off the boat, put my stuff down, got my gear on, and jumped in the water! At first the water felt a little chilly but I jumped right in and started swimming! Something really cool is right where you get into the water there is a big school of fish just swimming around. And they aren't even scared of you they just swim around you and with you! It was so cool just to look at the fish as the sun reflected of their scales. Right away I swam up to the reef. The current actually pushed me up against the reef and I hit my knee. It started bleeding, but a little battle wound never hurt anyone. It was cool to swim around and feel the different textures of coral. Some were hard, some were sharp, others were soft and flimsy. It was all so interesting and I just wanted to know more and more about everything. Some corals were cartoon like, some were round, some were ridged, and some were flowy. My favorite kind was the flowy stringy kind because not only was it fun to touch but you could make stronger currents with your fins and then the coral would sway all different ways. Also there were little fish that swam in there. The most amazing thing was that the fish did not swim away, all the fish were not afraid like I thought they would have been. There were so many kinds of animals! Everywhere you looked there was a different kind of fish or sea creature. There were HUGE sea clams everywhere you looked! They were fun to play with because if you were to touch the inside of the clam it would snap shut so quickly! It was like its' own defense mechanism. There were also some starfish out there. At one point I took one off the coral and it stuck to my hand it was so cool! It was a little one about as big as the 50 cent coin from Australia. It was a bright coral redy orange. I loved just looking at it! I kept swimming past it just to look at it. But back the clams they were all different sizes and colors. Some were big and some were small. There were blue, pink, red, and purple colored clams. The fish came in all shapes and sizes. There was a huge grouper and it was so friendly it would even come swim up next to you! There were some fish that were multiple colors! Any color you could think of there was a fish with that color on it! Everywhere you looked you would see a kind of fish you hadn't seen yet. For a while I would choose a fish and then follow it around and see where it would swim and what kinds of coral it would swim by the most and so forth. This is where I did my inquiry! A lot of the bigger fish liked having smaller fish swim with them but under their fins. The fish also like coming up really close to you! I loved how interactive they were! I was one of the only people who actually got to see squid and it was so cool! But they were so fast! I tried to touch one and in the split of a second they were gone and were no where to be found. After they had left I went back to following some fish, there were blue and pink and green and yellow fish. Some were multi-colored. The farther back into the reef you got the more beautiful the reef got! I stayed in the water the longest out of everyone, but I couldn't help it I had to soak it all in! I guess there was a shark in the water but I didn't get to see it :/ Either way I had the time of my life! It was definitely the BEST part of the whole trip. My goal is to come back out here some day to re-experience the beauty of the wild sea at it's finest. I hope I remember this experience forever!
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