After white water rafting, we headed to Cairns our final destination. The first night we all went out to the woolshed for dinner. Thursday was the EXTREME day. Friends of mine signed up to go skydiving and did that super early in the morning. I didn’t go because I want to go skydiving in Wollongong. I spent the day exploring the town with the girls I was staying with; we got lunch and did some shopping. That night was bungy jumping! I went through waves of nervousness on our way to the AJ Hackett bungy jump place. But once we got there I was pumped! I was one of the first people to jump off the edge. It was a WILD experience. After the bungy jump, I did the jungle swing which was a blast!
Friday, we woke up early to go scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef! This was probably my favorite day. It had always been a dream of mine to go scuba diving, and to be able to go at the Great Barrier Reef was unreal. After a 2 hour cruise out into the ocean we arrived at our dive spot. I was in the first diving group and was paired up with my friends Adam, Stephen and Graham. We got all geared up and got into the water. We slowly descended by holding a metal bar in the water and moving to deeper depths. After we got several meters under the water, we linked arms with our guide and began to explore. We were under for about 20-25minutes. It was awesome, I absolutely loved it! I saw lots of coral and even saw nemo!
On Saturday, our last day, we went to the beach. We got there in our double decker party bus and everyone who past us stared and honked their horns. We went swimming in the designated area at the beach. There were signs everywhere saying to beware of jellyfish and crocodiles. Luckily, I didn’t see any crocs! After the beach we headed to the rainforest, where we checked out Crystal Cascades at river/waterfall. It was very pretty! That night we had our last hurrah at the woolshed. Jimmy and Pete used the money they had collected from the sin tin over the week to make a very strong drink for all of us to share. I had a bit too much because by about 10 o’clock I was ready for bed..haha! I did make it to the woolshed and ate like crazy when they brought food out. It must have looked as though we all hadn’t eaten in days.
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