Today was probably one of the best of the holiday so far. We took a trip to Lady Musgrave Island which is a small national/marine park about 100km off the coast of Australia and is part of a group of islands called the Capricorns that mark the start of the Great Barrier Reef. It took about 2 hours to reach it by boat, but was worth it! We had two dives booked and the water was the bluest I have ever seen! Our first dive was on the outer reef and had to be more than 18 metres depth so we could get it as a credit for an advanced level diver. It was fairly uneventful until the very end when this huge manta Ray swam past! Jess actually spat her regulator out of her mouth! It was incredible - probably about 2 meters wing span and swam around us for a bit. I was really hoping that we might see a manta, but wasn't counting on it.
The manta ray:
We had about 2 hours for lunch, so after we went for a small snorkel off the pontoon. Apart for a load a fish, this really friendly Loggerhead turtle turned up. We swam together with her for a bit and I managed to get some very cool pics. Second dive was in the lagoon which was much shallower so visibility and colour was much better. Saw a lot of butterfly and angelfish as well as a barracuda. The dive wasn't that long as the boat needed to head back to the mainland. I really hope we get a few more days like this! Tomorrow we have a wreck dive planned and then we are catching a boat to Heron Island to stay for a couple of nights. Heron looks amazing too except we get to stay longer than a day which will be awesome!
Clown fish and a loggerhead turtle:
Loggerhead turtle:
Wobbegong Shark
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