Due to technical difficulties the Apr 7 stuff did not upload so, here it is now for all you fans.
It was a hot night in Port Douglas. We woke up to 28 C and really humid. No matter, we are off on a snorkelling trip to the outer reef today. We booked in with a company called Quicksilver and chose a trip to the outer edge of Agincourt reef. We caught the boat at 08:30. The ride out should have taken about 90 minutes but we spotted some dolphins and turned around to play with them. The boat turned a series of large circles and the dolphins jumped and played in the wake or along side the boat. Really cool!
The day was perfect, hardly a breath of wind. Sunny and 32C. First stop was Just Majic, a beautiful swim over a reef that was a relative constant depth of 3 to 6 metres. The water clarity was amazing and we could see over 100 feet through the water. They issued everyone mask, fin and snorkel as well as a lycra suit. The lycra suit is to protect against stingers as well as protection from the sun. They do not want anyone to wear sun block because it is bad for the coral!
Next stop was Izz's Wake (Pavone) followed by Turtle Bay. Both of these were on the same reef structure but at opposite ends. Pavone had a different kind of coral and was on the edge so the water dropped off to an unseen depth rather quickly. Turtle was the best spot yet, the coral was beautiful and full of fish. We also saw a large green turtle just off of the boat. You could swim between the coral flats, in deeper channel or, along the edge of the drop off. Again, fish of every colour and size. We spent the whole time just floating around in the warm water following fish, or whatever took our notice.
The drive back to port was pleasant, everyone was tired and we just enjoyed the beautiful sunny day, a real change for Diane and I after the amount of rain we have seen.
Back on land we hopped in the van and headed back to our campsite in Cairns. We have it booked for the next two nights to facilitate our snorkel trip that leaves from Cairns tomorrow. We also managed to get hold of the Bat Hospital in the Atherton Tablelands. We have an appointment to get a tour there on Thursday at 4:30. Should be pretty interesting
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Sounds amazing!!
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