The entire cast and crew (students and teachers) of the 2018 WATS 3450 class set sail to Heron Island today. We had an impressive streak of no sea sickness among everyone on our two hour excursion from Gladstone to here. The island itself is quite gorgeous! I didn't get much time to explore since we got here at 4 and the sun starts to set at 5 and most of that time was spent touring the research station and getting our snorkel gear ready for tomorrow. We did manage to make it to the beach for a beautiful sunset where most of us went knee deep in the water searching for any cool critters nearby with our limited amount of sunlight left. We spotted a few fish and several black tip reef sharks patrolling the shore which satisfied my desire of hopping in the water and swimming with them until tomorrow. I wish the sun was out longer for us to explore more of the reef, but I guess that we'll have to wait until the morning before sunrise when we take off for our first snorkel trip out in the reef.
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