Jan 17 2011
Fitzroy Island (January 17)
Today was another early morning to head to Fitzroy Island. I was excited for two reasons, one this is a new location for me to go, but also because we were going to have a chance to do a little sea kayaking which I really enjoy. Due to the size of our group and the number of kayaks we had to split into two groups. Jason decided that he would go with the first group kayaking; therefore, I went with the other group for a hike.
View from the Summit
The hike was definitely much more rigorous than I think any of us had anticipated but the group persevered. We knew that the hike was going to involve a lot of elevation change because the one track was to the lighthouse which you could see coming in and the other was to the Summit, the highest peak on the island. The elevation was difficult, but the hardest thing to overcome was the weather. It was very hot and humid and no breeze. Needless to say we sweated quite a bit, but we were rewarded with some great views from both the lighthouse and the summit.
Sea Kayaking with students
After coming down on the hike we had a chance to grab a quick bit to eat before getting our turn on the kayaks. Our two guides took us to Little Fitzroy Island on our tour. Overall the students did a great job. The conditions were pretty tough in the afternoon as the wind decided to pick up and a couple of groups capsized, but overall it was just good fun. Once we had the opportunity to make it to Little Fitzroy Island and have a bit of a snorkel.
Little Fitzroy Island
The weather influenced the sites that we could snorkel, but we still were able to see part of the Great Barrier Reef. We may not have seen as much as we did yesterday, but we still saw some good coral and fish and it was amazing that it was just feet from the island. A couple of students saw an eel, but I mostly saw fish and coral. After paddling back we jumped on our boat and made it back to Cairns. I viewed it as a pretty good full body work out for the day with hiking in the morning and upper body kayaking in the afternoon.
Snorkeling off Little Fitzroy
Students hanging out in stinger suits after snorkeling
January 23rd, 2011 at 2:27 pm
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