On Wednesday, 9th of May, our heron trip met at the school at 4:30 am to drive 5 hours down to Gladstone and than take a 2 hour ferry to Heron Island.
When we arrived we were greeted by a beautiful island full of crystal blue water and the most amazing nature. Heron Island is a very small island that you can walk around in 30 minutes!
Our school stayed in cabins with 8 beds each in it so we were a big group in one room but that was not a problem because we were only in our cabins to sleep.
After our arrival we had dinner and then we had a night walk along Windward side up to to the north beach which is the rather windy side of the island. The next day we started with a 5:30 am morning snorkel, then we had breakfast, a meeting and then we started to collect our data for our science assignment. The whole reason for the trip was because of our EEI which is a very important part of our science mark for graduation. My group was surveying sea cucumbers so every morning from around 11am-2pm we collected our data on the reef flat and spend a lot of time in the ocean and sun.
After we had lunch we went on a boat snorkel, everyday a different one and had the most amazing encounters with reef sharks, huge turtles and even an octopus that tried to grab my teachers’ go pro. After that we usually all met up in front our cabins and played card games or went to the jetty until it was time to eat or go for another snorkel…
One day our teachers decided it would be fun to do a night snorkel so all of us put on our wetsuits, took big torches and snorkeled through the dark. It was one of the most exciting things from the trip, but sadly we got stung a lot by stingers and jelly fish:(
Everyday we did a sunset swim so we watched the sun go down in between the two halves of the wreck and just stayed in the water with everyone!
We took some amazing footage of the sea animals and learned so much information about the island and it’s animals….
Sadly after 4 days, we had to leave the beautiful Island on which we by the way had no service which was amazing, and go back to Noosa. No one wanted to leave this miracle of an island but we eventually had to….
So we took the ferry back to Gladstone and drove 5 hours into the night back to Noosa!
If you’re thinking about going to Heron, trust me it is 101% worth it and the best thing you can do!!
