White Water Rafting!

Snorkeling The Great Barrier Reef was fun but, YIKES white water rafting took fun to a new level. I woke up at 6 am to catch a bus up to the Tully River. The drive was about an hour and 40 minutes North. Not only did I go white water rafting but our director Colin had signed us up for extreme rafting. The water was much more intense and we were flipping over and getting pummeled by water. At certain points our whole raft was under water for a good 5 seconds. We also had the opportunity to get out of the raft and let the river pull us through a whirl underwater. Definitely one of the weirdest feelings I have had. I was underwater and was spinning in circles. At one point I was getting nervous because I was underwater for 10 seconds straight and I had no clue when I was going to pop up. Everything was moving so quick but good thing I took a deep breath before I got in the rapids. Our leader Paul was flipping us on purpose and bringing us under water falls. He certainly made the experience much more exciting. He made us paddle towards strong rapids so our boat sunk under water. We all yelled at him and the girls screamed but we were all glad he did it in the long run because we got what we paid for. Other boats didn't look like they had nearly as much fun as we did. We had our own celebratory dances after going through big falls to show off. It. was. awesome!

We also had the opportunity to climb cliffs and do a free for all jump. We did two jumps in total and the first one was definitely much more scary because it was pretty damn high. I was warm throughout the time because we had thermal water shirts on. I am so glad I didn't wear my sneakers and paid the 4$ to rent shoes because everyones sneakers got completely soaked. This was definitely one of the most exciting and thrilling experiences that I have encountered throughout my 21 years. If I could go back and redo it again I would in a heartbeat.