Finding Nemo: whitsundays & great barrier reef

We had a day and a half to do 800k till Airlie beach. From there we left the next day for a 3 day sailing tour along the Whitsunday islands, my first big meeting with the world heritage great barrier reef. We entered Apollo: a retired competition sailboat who has many victories on his name. I helped raising sails to head off far far away from the mainland. We first started snorkeling and it was amazing how many fishes we could see in the clear water. The reef was stunning and the little beach where we could have a quick rest to clean our masks from fog was made out of old coral that had turned into stone. It was a masterpiece by its own!  I was surprised the most by Elvis, a 150y old rastafish moving slowly his big body through the reef. He didn’t seem to care to go on the photo with me and looked me in the eyes with his I don't care attitude.