SNORKLING ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF!!

There has been no lack of sun here in Cairns, and I'm soaking it all up! Over the past few days I have roamed around the streets of Cairns getting acquated with the area, helped plant trees for an endangered bird species and most importantly, or at least the most fun was snorkling on the Great Barrier Reef, what an amazing experience!! I have plenty of photos to share with all of you thus far in my trip, hopefully I will post them soon!! The weather was perfect for our 2 hour boat ride to the reef and as well as our 2 hour boat ride back, needless to say, I'm getting darker by the minute, or redder! Australian sun is WAY stronger than any sun I have ever been in before, SPF 55 applied about 4 times through out the day... still got a little red, you just sweat it all off immediately! Tomorrow begins my trip to SCU! I am so excited, as much as I have loved being in Cairns and meeting tons of new people, living out of a suitcase is just not for me! I leave tomorrow around 10 a.m for Brisbane, then I'll have another 2 hour bus ride to SCU, where I will finally get to unpack! Then head off to Target to stock up on all the supplies I couldn't fit in my two suit cases! I'll leave you with this thought... if you can do something, go for it... in the end you will regret the opportunities you don't take advantage of more than the money you spent on those experiences, when in Australia, do what you want! Don't hold back (and that doesn't only apply for Australia!)