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| Synchronised Snorkelling |
Out to sea again. This time on a pearl lugger called The Falla. Our intrepid crew of Dave, Perry, and Pete and Perry's mate from Manchester - and 27 others and us - ventured forth. More snorkelling but this time we were given a tour of the reef and were shown jellyfish, sea cucumbers etc.
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| Sea thingys |
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| More sea thingys |
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| Behind you |
I encountered a small shark about 3 feet long but fortunately it's parents weren't around. After Perry's talk about diving we all decided to take the plunge (bad pun intended) and fork out $45 to do 30mins scuba diving. Pretty good fun it was too and I even had the dubious pleasure of my face mask filling up with water.
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| Relaxing |
Oz and I snorkelled out to a sand island in the reef where we bumped into Roswitha and Markus. Small world. On the way back to Cairns the crew kept us amused with tales of pearl diving and a game of water melon world championships. We sailed into Cairns to the sounds of the Beach Boys. Great day. |
| Catching watermelons |
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| Beth |
We went straight to Magnums for another meal for $3.50 and several jugs of beer and the sounds of the 70s. Quite a few of the people from the boat wandered past during the course of the evening including the Swiss miss with the gorgeous legs.
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I remember this as a fabulous day out. I remember Beth saying that it was so good she was going to change her views ob Club 18-30 holidays - maybe they were worth going on after all.
The 4 days we spent out on yachts were by far the best parts of the trip round Australia. Maybe we should do something similar with the kids this year.
See here, here and here for a modern, eventful history of the Falla.
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