Great barrier reef

[Lilybetsey]

Any advice? I’m going to Australia for 2 weeks in February , mostly to visit family , but I will have 2-3 days and I would like to go to the Great Barrier Reef ...

Any advice about best places to go? I’m planing to fly from Brisbane

I stayed in port Douglas and used that as my base - flew into cairns.

If you want to see the real barrier reef you need to go on a small and private trip to somewhere like Lizzard Island. If you go on one of the mass produced trips by the likes of captain cook, they just talks you to a pod that multiple people visit every day. The marine life is all but dead and the trip is a waste of time. The public have destroyed it. If you want to see the real thing don’t do the mass produced trip.

Not a great time of year to visit FNQ to be honest, actually I hated February when I lived in Australia.

I usually stayed in Port Douglas when I was visiting GBR, it is nicer than Cairns but not particularly better or worse for accessing trips to the reef.

I have done various trips and have never been to a “pod”. If you have a couple of grand to spend a night, then Lizard Island will be amazing.

Port Douglas is stunning. Cairns is a bit grubby now. February is traditionally the wet season, but still should be lovely.

Oooooh..... between Cairns and Port Douglas is a little place called Palm Cove... STUNNING!!!!