Year 8 trip to Exploris – September 2009

    When we arrived in Strangford, I got off the bus and could smell the sweet scent of seaweed. I could see all the boats, just sitting as still as could be.

     I heard a loud horn and could see the ferry coming. “Yes!” I thought, “Not long now until we get to Exploris.” It was so exciting. When we got onto the ferry, we were on the top deck. It was so cool just looking at all the boats bouncing over the waves. We could see lots of birds on the water. It was such a fantastic sight. Five minutes passed and we had now arrived in Portaferry. We got off the ferry and walked round the corner. “Yes. We have finally arrived!”

    We walked inside, were split up into four groups, were given a leader and went to explore. Our leader showed us loads of different fish tanks but the one that most caught my attention was The Seahorse. It was such a fantastic shape and was just floating around with not a care in the world. It was amazing.

     Our leader took us to look at the seals in the Seal Hospital. There were five of them just rolling around in their open-top containers. They were so adorable.

      We moved onto a big pool where you could touch the sea animals. There were starfish, rays and some other sea animals. There was a scallop which you had to keep in the water or it would squirt you. The day was brilliant.

 By Dearbhla Sloan