This was our last day in Cairns. We decided to take a tour to Green Island. It was a 45 minute catamaran trip to the island which is a coral cay located within the Great Barrier Reef. We did take the glass bottom boat ride which was included in the tour. We didn't think the coral was as pretty as at Whitsunday Islands. But there were some pretty big fish. This coral reef extends for 1500 miles. Probably the best part of the day was just relaxing on the beach...

Today we traveled from Whitsunday Island to Cairns. We drove through the destruction of Cyclone Yasi. The damage extended from Townsville to about an hour south of Cairns. The cyclone hit 2 weeks ago today and the clean up has only begun. The area of destruction that a cyclone impacts is huge. If the trees weren't blown down they had all of their leaves stripped. The banana fields were destroyed in this 100 mile stretch, with beaches and communities literall...