Polly's Blog

Today I visited some children at Mitchelton State School. They were very friendly and they told me all about schools in Australia. We talked about the story and they had some excellent ideas. I was sad to leave them all and would have liked to work with them for a few more days.

Yesterday I went to the University for a meeting with a man called Ove who knows a lot about coral bleaching. I also met his friend, Diane, who has written a book about it. She gave me a bottle of water that is made of special plastic that is better for the environment.

Today I went diving on the Great Barrier Reef. The coral that I saw was very healthy and there were a lot of fish living there. There has just been a cyclone in this part of Australia, which can sometimes damage the coral, but the reef that I visited had not been harmed.