South Pacific Travel Review: Handcrafted Australia & Fiji Vacation, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef Catamaran Cruise, Sydney, Nadi

Our most memorable part of the trip was snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef.  Diane arranged a day long excursion with Quicksliver.  Quicksilver has an incredible platform at the edge of the reef where visitors have multiple options for exploring the reef below.  FANTASTIC experience.  This was closely followed by the Rainforest and Crocodile Farm visits near Cairns.  Where else in the world can you see two very different ecosystems within a few miles of one another.  Seeing Sydney and staying at the Holiday Inn in the Rocks was awesome.  The Morrison, a short walk up St Georges St, is a fantastic place to have oysters and nice bottle of wine.  All this was followed up with 5 days in Fiji where we stayed at Mana Island Resort.  A fantastic Fijian run resort where the people are very friendly and helpful.  This is a family friendly place, but if you are just a couple, the other families are not a distraction.  All together, it is very difficult to choose just one activity as the best, they all contributed to the utterly beautiful sights we experienced and the fond memories that were created.