Unfortunately it is difficult to get a boat over to Australia so, again, we had to resort to flying. Very uncivilized.
We flew to Cairns and then took the boat to Green Island, smack in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef.
And were greeted by this fella…
…and a ridiculous amount of aquarium looking fish.
Naturally, we went snorkeling. It is like a magnificent colour explosion, fireworks and kaleidoscopes under the surface. We saw sharks, turtles, snakes (!), clown and parrot fishes, rays flying out of the water and a multitude of other surreal looking corals and fish.
During the day the island is busy with day trippers. There is one hotel and only the few remaining hotel guests are allowed in the evening, making it a Crusoe-esque experience.
It took about 30 minutes to walk around the whole island.
Joen used to think sunsets were banal. Luckily he has now grown out of his emo stage and rather enjoys them, especially these 80’s looking paradise poster types.