As
opposed to Fitzroy Island,
it is a real coral cay.
Coral cay islands are smaller than continental islands such as Fitzroy.
Also they are not hilly like Fitzroy is.
They just
look like little round buttons sticking out of water, exactly
like Green Island does.
They are so small you
can easily walk around it in half an hour.
The best way to visit
Green island is like we did - by buying a whole
day trip.
Half
day trips cost just as much so you may as well buy a whole
day trip and get more out of your money ;-)
There are other ways such
as sailing,
two
day combo trips (reef and rainforest - Kuranda included), three
day cruise passes and three
day Green Island trips, but I haven't tried them.
All I tried was the one
day tour and I was extremely happy with it. It
was just long enough to see and experience it all, and it wasn't too
long either. But of course it depends on what you like.
In the
day trip that I did, we left Cairns about 8am and were on
the
island roughly an hour later.
We had the choice of a glass
bottom boat tour or use
of snorkelling gear (included in the price).
I have done a lot of snorkelling so this time we
did the glass bottom boat tour instead and it was great.
But snorkelling looked
excellent
too - the corals are right on the beach.
Tip - if you
have the snorkelling gear, bring it along and do both snorkelling (with
your own gear) and glass bottom boat (included in the price)!
We did the glass bottom boat tour straight away so we didn't have to watch the
time for the rest of the day and could just relax.
There is a very
nice resort
on the island with places to eat and drink as well as a swimming pool
(of course, you can stay
at the resort
over the night).
We had a lunch at the
buffet restaurantat
the
resort
but there are also cafes
which would be cheaper.
Next to the resort is the Marineland
Melanesia, famous for Cassus - the largest captive
crocodile
in the world.
Marineland Melanesia
is in the island's tropical
rainforest, which you can discover walking
on a boardwalk.
The walk takes you to the
other end of the island,
... where there is more
coral reef right on the beach, you can walk to it and
discover it at low tide.
From
there, we walked
around the island which is a beautiful walk.
Back near the jetty, there is a flagged
beach (you should always swim between the flags on
Australian
beaches).
The rest of the day,
we just lazed on the beaches, had a drink at the resort, went for
swims, watched the beautifully colourful coral reef fish in the
water - until it was time to leave.
It had been a beautiful day well
worth every cent!
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