Justine in the Muiron Islands

 

We made two dives yesterday at the Muiron Islands, and saw a leopard shark!

Biggest.. Fish.. Ever

 

We arrived safely in Exmouth yesterday to dive and snorkel the Ningaloo Reef. First on our agenda was snorkelling with whalesharks, and we weren't disappointed. We got to spend about an hour snorkelling with the beautiful creature pictured above. We'll post a full photo-report of our trip when we get back.

Justine Arrives

 

Justine just arrived in Sydney this morning and the three of us are flying off to Perth and then to Exmouth to dive the Ningaloo Reef. While there, we should see whalesharks, coral spawning, and hopefully some manta rays and dugongs.

Spelunking

Yesterday Tanya and I drove to Jenolan Caves to do some spelunking. We did the Plughole Adventure Tour, which involved some rappelling, walking, crawling, and squeezing through some very tight spaces. It was a lot of fun, even if our guide was a 12 year old girl who weighed about 95 pounds.

Before and after we walked around a couple of the show caves and took a few pictures.

Under the Sea

Today we used 2 for 1 coupons to see Under the Sea 3D at the IMAX. Even though it was narrated by Jim Carrey, it was still a lot of fun. Most of it was filmed in this part of the world, so we got to see places we've been diving (Papua New Guinea, the Great Barrier Reef and The Coral Sea), things we've seen (stingrays, wobbegongs, frogfish, and stonefish) and places we will be diving (South Australia) and things we will hopefully see there (great white sharks, giant cuttlefish, and Australian sea lions). It really got us looking forward to our upcoming South Australia trip.

Blue Mountains

Today Tanya and I went to the Blue Mountains. We did a few hikes: The Red Hands Cave loop, a walk around the Wentworth Falls lookout, and Govett's Leap to Pulpit Rock in Blackheath. The last one was an especially hard hike, but the views were worth the effort.

Here are a few pictures.

Diving in Port Botany

Today we made our way out from Port Botany for a couple of dives off the Seajohn, one of the club member's boats. The visibility was not great, but the geology of these dive sites is interesting and we saw a few nice sea-creatures. Here are today's pictures.