The Aquarium is run by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority and is really devoted to the Coral Reef only. No great white sharks or whales here !
There is one main giant tank in the center of the place that houses a huge living coral reef and all the organisms that go with it.
You then walk around the tank with various other smaller tanks on the outside walls. The do have a few small sharks and other predators in a seperate large tank, but there are none in the giant tank.
It was great to see the fish and be able to find out what they all were so we know what we have seen snorkelling. I was even able to find the Morray Eel that I had seen earlier on the trip.
The kids liked it more than I expected after the disaster we had at the Melbourne Aquarium. Wyatt enjoyed trying to find new fish and Maddie and Cooper just kept saying "Nemo, Nemo !".
We did lunch at the cafe so we could watch the fish while eating and then hit the road for Mission beach at around 2 pm. The drive was non eventful and we arrived at around 5 pm or so. Driving distances are decieving here as the highway is two lanes only with speed limits from 60 to 100 km per hour. A lot like highway 7 back in Ontario excepts skinnier and more twisty. So going 250 km can take 3 or 4 hours sometimes.
Our accomodations here in Missing beach are across the road from the beach in a place called Cassowong Cottages. We are in the sunbird cottage. It is full on rain forest here. SAdly that also means it has rained the whole time we have been here !!
There are several other families staying here and the pool is somewhat kid friendly so that is good. The place has so much vegetation that it is like a maze walking around between the cottage, parking lot, and pool.
This is one of the few places that has had two cots, two high chairs, toys, and books for the kids. Well done ! Mel found out that the owners have 2 kids under 2 so they must feel our pain.
Mel and Julia hope to go skydiving tomorrow while I get my day to watch the kids by myself.
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