Today, Ollie, Kayla, Lizzie and I went off to Fitzroy Island. Not really too sure what the purpose was, other than the fact it's got fringe coral reef etc and a gorgeous beach (Named Nudey beach haha). We went out on a glass bottomed boat trip and learned a bit about different corals and fish - interesting fact of the day is that Clown fish (e.g. Nemo!) change sex! The female is dominant, so when she dies, the male isn't bullied anymore. Therefore, he turns female! Seriously, he mutates into a female fish. Then, one of the asexual fishies in the group "step up" to take the males place, and change into a male. Strange but true!!! We had what was sold to us as a BBQ lunch afterwards - hmmmm salmon and cous cous?! Yick.
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