Australia Day 8: Our Great Barrier Reef Adventure
Today is a public holiday in Queesland, Australia, it is the day they choose to celebrate the King's birthday. Now mind you King Charles of England's real birthday is November 14th, but today is the day for celebration…and the only thing we see all day about it, is that they charge an extra surcharge at breakfast because it is a "holiday"…real fun celebration! Like public holidays in the US, many people have the day off of work and school, and some businesses are closed, but nothing that effects us. We have a lot of things to bring with us today as we are bringing food for lunch, changes of clothes, towels, sunscreen, drinks and stinger suits. Because of all the things we need to haul we decide to Uber down to the pier for a 7:45 a.m . check-in. Walking would probably take 20-30 minutes. When we get in line to check in, we see a sign warning of rough seas today. It says if you want to reschedule you can ask when checking in. When we get to the counter I ask the lady ...