Ok, I know I said Lady Musgrave Island was the best day so far..... that got its arse well and truly kicked by Heron Island! We were expecting to just do a dive day trip, but someone told us that no-one offers that; you have to stay on the resort on the island and dive from there. Arse. The guide book said the resort was pretty expensive, so we rang yup and managed to wangle some sort of last minute, 2 night + ferry for $300 each which is about 125 pounds or 160 euros. The boat was a 2.5 hour epic, but the weather was lovely and the sea calm. Upon arriving we were completely blown away. The island is about 1km by 0.5km in size and, surrounded by a huge coral cay. There was white sand, crystal clear water and as we walked up the jetty, 3 stingrays swam underneath. Despite being on the pikey deal, our room was a lovely private chalet with out own bathroom and verandah. If anyone reading this ever plans on visiting Australia, then this is one truly incredible places worth sticking on the list!
White tip reef shark:
We found Nemo!
Circling manta's. We were very lucky to see these guys:
Heron Island used to be Australia's top dive site, so we signed up for a whole load of dives and saw more turtles, reef sharks, manta rays, moray eels, stingrays! Unfortunately the days flew past, but on the last day a big storm crept in for the next few days, so we were also lucky to be leaving! This did, however, turn the ferry trip into a 3 hour chunder fest! Lucky for me, Jess is organised and brought sea-sick tablets with her as the shop on the resort had ran out!! I feel sorry for whoever has to mop down the boat after we got back...... haha! Happy times :)
Little cheeky bird running off with the kiwi from Jess' cocktail!:
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