Today has been the unrivaled highlight so far on our trip. After several patchy days (yes more rain and clouds...) and sailors warnings that the 30 knot winds might not drop making reef trips impossible, we finally made it out for our day trip to the Great Barrier Reef.
It was a bumpy 1.25 hr ride to the outer barrier reefs (and something of a vomitfest with men, women and children losing their breakfast - but not james or i...we are clearly built of sterner stuff) on the SilverSwift boat. Once we were there the wait was beyond worth it. It was an introductory dive for me (see pic), whilst James swam off on a snorkelling adventure. Both trips were as wildlife infested as each other. Visibility was clearly impressive (excuse the pun) and five hours out exploring Australias most impressive collection of marine life has left us both swaying slightly in our seats.
The highlight of the day was swimming just a stone throw's away from a playful sea turtle who decided to surface from the sea bed and swim just a meter ahead of our fins. Very very cool. Other marine life sights included stingrays, more sea turtles, lots of massive and colourful coral fish, 2 giant clams Oh...and the Reef itself which is pretty amazing and as great as everyone makes it out to be.
We head south to Magnetic Island tomorrow then onto the Whitsunday's for the rest of the week. Best get an early night...all that sea air has wiped us out.
3 comments:
Wicked pic - not only did you get to dive you also got to post on your blog Nads, can I understand why today was such a highlight. Loving the updates!
Looks like diving is THE thing to be doing eh?! My mate just got back from her first diving course in Thailand and said it was amazing, lots of little Nemo's, baracuda's, turtles!
Keep the updates coming Nads. How about setting up a Flickr account or something for your pics if you have time?
Watch out for the sting rays, and fingers keep your hands out of other peoples clams.
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