Sunday - Took the rental car back and then got the plane to Auckland. We arrived at 5:30. We had pizza hut for supper. Night night. HAPPY EASTER.

Saturday - This is our second and final trip to the Great Barrier Reef. We went out to Opal reef. We saw a ray and a turtle! It was wonderful. We saw more clown fish and lots of giant clams. The fish were amazing and the coral was very neat how it waved in the tide. Then back to the motel for a swim. 

Friday - Yipee! We are going snorkelling. We got picked up at 8:10 with all our snorkelling gear. We got driven to the harbour, jumped on the boat and we took off for our 2 hour boat ride to the reef. One of the crew members had a video recorder and a case that he could take underwater. When we were just about at the reef I meet a girl who was 10. We went snorkelling, saw heaps and heaps of tropical fish. Then we saw a few parrot fish and a clam. We saw not that ...

Thursday - The 4-wheel drive picked us up at 7:20 and we picked up another couple from another motel at 8:00. Then we went on a river cruise and saw one itsy bitsy crocodile 1 year old. Some birds called frogmouths and nightjars. Then we got back into the 4 wheel drive and we stopped to look at the biggest fern in the world. Then we stopped at a creek and had donuts and tea. Then we crossed the creek bouncing up and down. Among the red mud there were signs to wat...

Wednesday - We had breakfast out on our own deck and then drove around town and past the marina to a lookout that looks down onto 4 mile beach. There is a little plaque that has places around the world and how far the places are. There was Vancouver on it and it was 13,400 km away. Then we drove to Mossman gorge past an aboriginal town and sugar cane plantations. There were a few people and lots of tour busses. A while down the track we came to a cold river where...