"Finding Nemo"

 

On my first day in Cairns I found myself at 7 o' clock in the morning on boat 'Tusa' to cruise to the Great Barrier Reef. It is stated that the Great Barrier Reef is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms and can be seen from outer space. And when you think about the Reef, you might built up very colourful pictures of various corals and fish. You might think about Nemo, Dory, sharks and turtles. You imagine a wonderful breathtaking underwater world. But I have to say that Walt Disney gave us once more a very bright idea of reality.

It was a bit frightening to snorkel in that foggy water, while you had to paddle really hard against the strong current. I know i know, the open ocean is wild and wind and waves are common there. I guess i had a wrong idea of snorkeling before... But still, it was very impressive to watch all these exotic fish and to see so many coloured corals in the middle of the ocean. Nevertheless that we couldn't find Nemo and the world down there was not as candy-coloured as we imagined before, was it a rare and exciting day.

N.'s highlight of the day - a reef shark!

Hello again!

It's a long time ago that i've been around here and i'm very sorry for that! 

As my roommate back home already said, one backpacker-rule is: No news is good news! Though for all who were worried, I'm doing well! So many things happened, so many places have i seen and so I try to remember and document these days as many as possible after 6 weeks travelling.

In the last weeks of march it grew gently cold and rainy in Melbourne. Concisely, autumn was coming. And we had to recognise that also Australia is linked to the four seasons... But in the north of Queensland, Cities like Darwin and Cairns experiences a warm tropical climate and we knew it would be still very warm and sunny up there.

I definitely remember how cosy warm it was when I arrived in Cairns in the end of march. So cosy, that big black bugs were crawling between my feets while i had to wait for the shuttlebus at the airport. The warmer the weather, the more insects are around! But maybe it was already a sign how easily I will get in contact with many interesting and heartwarming people during the next two-and-a-half weeks.