Today I woke up at 6am got ready left here at 6.30am to get to 1770 by 7.30. I got there in time and waited. Then I was allowed on this huge boat thing which took us 32 miles towards lady Musgrave. The most southernly point of the Great Barrier reef.
It wasn't the best day to go out because it was windy and a bit rainy. On the way there because it was so bumpy every one around me was throwing up so by the end I felt very sick and was on the brink of vomitation but I restrained. You know why because I'm a man hahaha. Any way once we got there we had tea and biscuits and all kinds of things like that. Well I did any way not too sure about the people that had thrown up.
First thing that we did was too feed the fish. They had this thing that went under water on the pontoon where you could see all the fish. I tried in vain to take some pictures but the glass was all scratched and useless. So I managed to get one fairly decent picture which you shall see later. After that they took us onto the island in a boat with a see through bottom (I can't remember what them call them) so we could see some of the coral and it also took us to lady musgrave. We had a tour around the island, its bigger than it looks. What really sucked is that we weren't allowed to take any thing, not even a small piece of coral. Which was my plan and would of made an awesome souvenir but you get fined 15000 dollars which I can't afford.
They eventually took us off the island back over the coral and then back onto the pontoon for lunch. Lunch consisted of a buffet which was: chicken, ham, beef, salad, potato salad, and various other things and for some strange reason they had some kind of pineapple in cream and mayonaise or something.... So lunch was good. I then went snorkelling around the lagoon for about two hours, which was amazing. You could see all the fish really close up and I saw a turtle. I took lots of pictures with an underwater camera I got for 25 bucks but I need to develop the film first, plus its resusable. That was such a cool experience loads of different fish, I even saw a sting ray but I swam for my life. I snorkelled for a good two hours before I decided it was time to get back on the pontoon for some tea and biscuits.
We then went on a little boat trip to see some turtles and stuff. We managed to find two turtles. It was cool. The turtles lay their eggs on lady musgrave and theres always a population there. After that we went back and I fell asleep for the duration which was good because it was a two hour journey of open water. So all in all very good.
Below are some pictures from the reef and around where I'm staying. woop woop.
The bush basher
The house
Some of the land
Calfs
Quartz mine
Magicarp, seaking
The boat and the pontoon
On the Island
Some kind of coral
Finally the lady
The bush basherThe houseSome of the landCalfsQuartz mineMagicarp, seakingThe boat and the pontoonOn the IslandSome kind of coralFinally the lady
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