One of the main reasons why we wanted to visit Cairns was to see the Great Barrier Reef. Great doesn’t even begin to describe our day at the reef. We visited one of the outer reefs called Thetford Reef. The trip to the reef was about 20 miles, but it took us one and a half hours to get to the reef because the water was very choppy. Almost everyone in the boat was sick; however, Bryan and I didn’t get sick and we were able to enjoy the trip out to the reef.
Once we got into the water we were amazed. The variety of coral and fish were abundant. The first site we visited was absolutely amazing, but after lunch we visited a second site and somehow it was even better. I saw giant clams, puffer fish, many different starfish, clownfish, many different varieties of fish I can’t name, and so many different types of coral. I had one of those under water disposable cameras to take pictures with but the pictures didn’t turn out that well and they definitely didn’t do justice to what we saw. However, I posted some of the pictures below to give you a glimpse of what we saw.
Is there a way for Bryan to make the photos larger? They are so hard to see
It looks amazing though!! 
Rachelle
WOW! Some of the corals look like what Bruce has in his fish tank but much smaller. Glad you were able to go on this trip!