rainforest, full moon party, great barrier reef

so friday was all about finding free activities. jaime, emily, jenn and i headed over to the botanical gardens and found cool spiders and pretty flowers. wandered on the jungle boardwalk and hiked a trail up a hill to a lookout pt. then walked the 3k or so back to the hotel. had our fairwell dinner, free and tasted like it ;) then i finally had a night out on the town... back at 3am still though!
saturday, up early as per usual for a day trip out to green island with kashia, rob, mike, eric, and chris. i ended up being mom/troup leader since somehow we all ended up booking under my name? anyway, hilarious results of course. snorkeled for awhile, walked around, ate buffet lunch for a long time when it was pouring, slept on the beach in sun and drizzle, then went reef walking during crazy low tide. found awesome blue starfish, a reef shark that swam around my ankles, and a stingray! back to the hotel for a shower and then to the full moon party at AJ hacketts.. bunji jump out in the middle of the rainforest. great view from the top of the jump of cairns, the ocean, the gorgeous full moon too! not gonna lie, it was a little intense flinging myself off a tower 200 ft up. still makes my stomach drop to think of it! but apparently i got pts for style... so the energy mob onlookers tell me ;) i asked to touch water and ended up dunked up to my chest - soaked and laughing did way too many jangling rebounds back and forth. ah good times indeed. was dizzy for awhile after that! so another late night, but still...
sunday - today - up even earlier for our day trip to the great barrier reef for snorkeling. 2.5 hr ride out and then a long time snorkeling at the first place. amazing to immerse myself in such an incredible array of life! didnt use a wet suit as it made me float too well - bah to bouyancy! more of the energy mob showed up after lunch and we went snorkeling at another sight with lots of sea turtles. then on the way back boom netting - holding onto a net and being dragged behind the boat until most of us fall off. good times all around, a bit sunburnt now and swaying from being on a boat so long - now time to pack for fiji and nz... huzzah!