Hi Everyone,
Well what a day we had today, we went out on a tour boat called Magellan to do some snorkelling on Ningaloo Reef. The day started at 7.20am when we were picked up and taken to our boat based on the reef. We took our own snorkeling gear and borrowed some of their flippers.
Once on the boat we took a short trip to part of the reef to view some of the coral and fish. We all had a great time watching the wonderful marine life, but this was just the beginning!
We had some morning tea on the way to the outside edge of the reef in search for some Whale Sharks, the biggest fish in the world. We quickly caught up with one and we entered the water to swim with these gentle giants. The first whale shark was about 7 metres long and the boys could not believe the size of the fish and how slowly it moved through the water, we were able to keep up with it and get some great photos and some video.
After our first encounter we found a 9.5 – 10 metre whale shark, the biggest the crew had seen this season, but it dived before we could get a good look at it and we can’t dive to depths of 1500 metres like they can. But then we found a third whale shark for the day and we enjoyed another great swim with the magnificent fish. Check out the photos below, it was amazing.
After our experience with the whale sharks we headed back to the inner reef. Along the way we managed to see a dugong with it’s calf, some turtles and a big tiger shark. The crew dived in to follow and film the tiger shark only to discover that it had a turtle in it’s mouth. The professional videographer filmed and took photos of us all day, including the whale and tiger sharks, and we will pick up our DVD tomorrow.
We have been on a high since coming back to the van this afternoon and will be doing some more snorkelling tomorrow as we have a day to drive around and see more of this beautiful Coral Coast of WA.
Check out the photos, and we have added some more to the previous posts, and if you ever have the chance to come over to this part of Australia between April to June make sure you do a cruise and see these beautiful fish and reef.
Until the next post, bye for now,
Tom, Karen, James and Matthew.
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