Jack's 12th Birthday

Jack here: On the 13th of September it was my 12th Birthday and I got 120 dollars for my Mum Dad and 2 dollars 50 and gift vouchers from Kate. In the morning we went to an internet cafe and we decided what to do for my birthday, we were going to go snorkling and scuba diving on Ningaloo Reef. In the afternoon we went to Turquoise Bay and we saw a big ray just off the beach and Mum and Dad were swimming with a turtle for about a minute. For tea that night we had kangaroo and mudcake with a singing candle and they were both lovely! The next morning it was up at seven to catch the tour and we made it. When we arrived and were on the boat we met Dave and Wes who would be taking us out to the reef who were the intructors. The first place we stopped we went drift snorkling where we drifted with the current and there was fish sea cucumbers and lots of coral and we forgot to bring the camera down with us. The next stop was the longest and that was Kate and I tried scuba diving and it was great fun and I would want to do it again. Then Wes started jumpping off the roof and then Kate and I started jumping off and it was great fun. We moved on and and went to a bay that turtles lay their eggs and we saw lots of turtles, stingray and a Gar fish that scimmed along the water for 50 metres! Everybody had lunch(that was very nice) and had our last snorkle and I saw a Catfish and a hugh malty coloured fish that was about half a metre long. That night we had tea at a very nice fish and chips cafe. Dad joked that it was a compete rip when the lady was right beside him and she froze in her tracks!