Jan. 23, 2012
Sydney was an awesome place to visit and we made sure to see a lot of the sights there, like the Australia Museum, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and we had the great opportunity of visiting the Sydney Opera House.
Today, we are going to fly off to Hamilton Islands, which are also known as HTI. They are famous for being home of the Great Barrier Reefs. The Great Barrier Reefs, however, are known for being home to an amazing ecosystem and hundreds of different species. Some of the things we saw included coral and angelfish! The crazy thing is that this place is the world's largest reef system and you can see it from space; it's great that we can see it up close.
The airplane ride there was alright but we had a little bit of turbulence. At the airport, we landed and grabbed a quick lunch from the cafeteria there. It wasn't that great but we were really starved from our long trips.
We took another ride in a car to the hotel and checked in; they're bungalows, so they're like little houses. They provide complimentary snorkeling gear, boats and kayaks. All of us have already planned to go snorkeling tomorrow. For today, we went to golf on Dent Island. It's 18 hole championship layout is designed by Peter Thomson. You might know him better as the 5 times winner British Open Champion. The golf course belongs to the Hamilton Islands Golf Club which is where we registered for the day.
Transportation to the islands was in the form of a boat from the Hamilton Islands; it made the experience a lot more exciting. When we got there, everyone jumped on a golf cart and made our way to the first hole. David was the best at playing and everyone else was doing decent. We left the golf course after a couple hours and took our boat ride back.
After we picked up a car ride back to the hotel, we grabbed a late dinner. The day was okay, but snorkeling tomorrow will be awesome and we are all looking forward to it.
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