i vote GBR

rockmagnet said..

Next year my wife will get a travel voucher for $2500 for 25 years service with her company. Never been to Hawaii nor the Barrier reef and can't decide which one to choose. Any advice would really be a help.
Also, do you think I should take my wife ?

The real question is, does she think she should take you.

As much as I'd love to go to Hawaii, $2500 not going too go far. Shoot up to Cairns enjoy esplanade go do Sky Rail and Kuranda Train (day package), stay at Green Island a couple of nights or so, while the wife is lazing around hire a sup (checked profile), flat water and close small reef break right tide, snorkel around and do the lovey dovey things with wife. Then head up to Port Douglas, enjoy the vib, do a half day trip to Mossman Gorge and a day on the outer reef from Port, every one's happy

Oh and do it around October, wind's generally dropped off and water's nice and clear, less chance of rain, days nice and warm but not humid

I don't think Severne will mind me posting this...

theDoctor said..

hawaii

one reason

bob's bigger burgers

I prefer barbara'a big boobs

firiebob said..

As much as I'd love to go to Hawaii, $2500 not going too go far. Shoot up to Cairns enjoy esplanade go do Sky Rail and Kuranda Train (day package), stay at Green Island a couple of nights or so, while the wife is lazing around hire a sup (checked profile), flat water and close small reef break right tide, snorkel around and do the lovey dovey things with wife. Then head up to Port Douglas, enjoy the vib, do a half day trip to Mossman Gorge and a day on the outer reef from Port, every one's happy

Oh and do it around October, wind's generally dropped off and water's nice and clear, less chance of rain, days nice and warm but not humid

I don't think Severne will mind me posting this...

plus hire a rav4 or better 4wd and drive from cairns to cooktown along the coast road. great drive.
tablelands to checkout. can also do undarra lava tubes or chillago caves if u feel like some outback stuff or the weather is bad along the coast.
hand feed the GT's off the green island jetty (whilst snorkelling) by yourself. just take some squid.
Have breakfast at perottas in cairns

go to Heron Island if you want to see a real atoll. Great snorkelling, diving etc.

Thanks everyone. Still don't know. My wife read this secret post and gave me hell. Had to laugh my son said on his recent trip to Hawaii that he was paddling for a wave as he had the inside and a really big Hawaiian guy shouts out "Nobody move, nobody get hurt and took the wave.

Barrier reef before its bleached or coal ships destroy it. Fat yanks will always be in Hawaii.

If you want to see the real GREAT BARRIER REEF you need to go out to lizard island and the ribbon reefs try mike ball diving expeditions the rest of the reef is used and abused.