Got picked up by the coach at 8am which felt pretty early but the sunshine helped a little! Our tour guide/driver is nicknamed Wales - i have no idea why - and he's a Kiwi Bill Bryson who looked a bit like Jack Black and was hilarious! he made the trip so funny. He had annecdotes, jokes, stories and information, he was really passionate about the area and the environment of the rainforest and the reef, it was so interesting to listen to him. After unpackin...

Got a catamaran out to Mackay Reef which took about an hour 45mins - we weren't going particularly quickly but I was so sea sick, not good!  Thankfully by the time we dropped anchor i was fine.Jen and I did an introductory scuba dive, just us 2 went down with the instructor for half an hour and it was amazing.  Found it difficult to equalise my ears at first so felt like my head was going to explode!! But managed to get them to pop by the time we go...