Green Island

Today we went to Green Island and snorkeled. First, we went to Green Island on a boat. Then snorkeling we saw lots of fish. This 1 type of triggerfish bit mom twice not bad, and Aunt Amanda once badly. Then we ate and went back to snorkel on another beach. There were barely any fish. So we went snorkeling on the other beach. And then at the end, we saw two sea turtles!


Green Island



The Rails with some babies

Weather: Hot and humid. More clouds in Cairns than on Green Island. Around 32 degree Celsius.


Pam/Mom says:
Yes, we were bitten and Amanda is ok. Just a little bite to her calf, but it did bleed. My bites didn’t bleed. We later learned that fish was protecting a nest and is quite aggressive. I didn’t even see what bit me, but my 1st thought was “Piranha” which I’m pretty sure are nowhere near here. One tried to bite Chad later, but Amanda charged it & we got him out of there.

Green Island is a coral cay with a resort on it. It’s quite small – you walk around the whole island in less than 45 minutes. It’s very picturesque. It started out as a coral sand strip and then a few seeds grew and voila – it’s now an island. It also has these cute little birds - rails - on it. Several had little dark brown chicks – very adorable. After lunch, we walked the little vine-forest trail around the island.

Chad really took to snorkeling. He’s quite a natural at it. He really got into finding fish – we saw butterfly fish, triggerfish, silver fish & sea slugs & sea cucumbers. We’re very excited about tomorrow. It should be much more colorful & lots more fish. The turtles were so beautiful to see. We were just about to call it a day & we were sitting in the surf when Amanda spotted the turtle, she took off motoring in her flippers. It was & we were off, too. Chad had taken off his flippers – so there was the panic of trying to snorkel & get ready at the same time. She kept tracking it. We finally caught up to it, but it didn’t want anything to do with us. We watched it for a bit and just as it went off, another showed up and was just gracefully swimming along nibbling on this and that. It was so graceful and the shell was beautiful. Amanda said they were green turtles.


We've added two new sections to the blog - First is the weather for each day and second is a comment section for Mom/Pam on our experiences. These updates may come after the original post - so occasionally check the old ones for new additions! We've also discovered Aunt Amanda can get pictures off mom's camera - so keep an eye for new pictures too!