The Grand Finale

Our last day in Australia! Hard to believe its coming to an end. I definitely fee like this trip could have been 3 weeks long and you wouldn't see everything you wanted to!

Luckily we get to go out in style with a day at the Great Barrier Reef. We have all seen the photos and everything else, and even with some somewhat cloudy weather and choppy seas, it is truly the coolest thing I have ever seen. It took 2 hours by boat to get to it, and once we were there we had the chance to snorkel and go on a semi-submarine tour. 


A lot of us checked a few things off the bucket list today. I had never scuba dived before in my life, but I got the chance to today. We were trained for a hike then got to dive to 25 feet! Not gonna lie, it was a little freaky at first. It takes a lot of concentration to breathe while your underwater, because it goes against everything you have ever been taught. Everything you see down There is absolutely unbelievable. No corals are the same and the fish are magnificent. I actually was lucky enough to see a sea turtle while snorkeling which they say does not happen very often!

Backing up a bit, it was an interesting ride over. With the rainy weather and rough seas, there was quite an outbreak of sea sickness on the boat. Made for an eventful ride over. Luckily when we actually got out to the reef the weather had cleared and although it was still windy, at least we had some sun.

Headed to our final dinner here down under. And some celebratory drinks after! Long day tomorrow. Leaving the hotel at 3:30 AM to catch a plane to Brisbane. We connect to LA from there and will arrive at about 6:30 AM on the same day because of the time difference.  Then its 12 hours with of traveling before we even make it back to KC. 


Fun fact: I'm all out of fun facts. 


Stay classy