Friday 03/08/2012 Day 40: Tourist Day Coral Bay.
Cool overnight and windy. Checked
the windscreen and the crack has grown 1cm again. I hope to get to Geraldton
before it makes it across to the other side! Beanies & Jackets this morning
as we went down to the water to wait for our tour. There were 16 on our boat we
were the only ones under a 100. The tour of the reef here at Coral Bay was
indescribable. This sure beats snorkelling. It was worth every penny. We saw
many different species of fish and coral. The Ayers Rock and Lavender patch
were the best. The snapper follow the boat looking for a quick feed. We saw a
turtle, giant clam, sea slug and sea cucumber. The hour went very quickly. Our
skipper and deck hand were very informative. A quick lunch and then a brisk
walk around past the 5 knot sign for Ryan to have a fish. The Coral Bay fish
are smarter than the Exmouth fish. Ryan was unable to land any fish but fed
them well. The garfish were teasing us and swimming around us. Amy wanted to
snorkel. We went back to Bill’s Bay and the kids snorkled from 14:30 to 16:00.
They were rounded up by the hungry snapper at 15:00 looking for food. The kids
got more adventurous and swam a lot further out where they saw Parrot Fish,
Trumpet Fish, Blue Damsel Fish, Snapper, Wrasse & a Flounder. They manage
to communicate talking through their snorkels. They swam around the glass
bottom boats and fed the snapper at 15:30. The water was pretty cold at 23
degrees C. With the wind it was freezing.
Daily Stats:
Distance: 0km, Duration: 6hrs30min, Weather: Windy, Night Cool
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