Friday, August 24, 2007

under the sea

While in OZ I actually managed to see a whale breaching the surface in the most spectacular way. I was standing on an immense cliff next to an old lighthouse when someone noticed it. The guide I was with took out some binoculars and I managed to find the exact spot at the right time. It was a spectacular thing to witness.

We also saw some wild dolphins jumping beside us while we were driving on the beach. But I wasn't able to take any photos of those.

So, here are some pictures from snorkeling/diving instead. We went to Moreton island, which is basically like a paradise of beaches, forest, and activities you can do.

There were a number of wrecks off the shore and we snorkeled around them. The broken ships were really interesting and I took as many pictures of them as I did of the fish.



Some coral shielding us from any big, dangerous fish.

I took this picture as I emerged from the water. There was some kind of cactus growing on the loading mechanism of this wreck. It's interesting that a cactus can grow so far from shore. But I guess in a country where it rains about every 2 years, that kind of thing is possible. (Yes, actually they have pretty severe water restrictions in effect in Brisbane and you can only take 4 minute showers...and then some people save the shower water to water their plants.)

Here's a deeper dive, with a flipper in the background. There were so many fish. I think it was a feeding ground because they weren't even afraid of us. You could literally grab a fish if you wanted to. Like swimming through a cloud of colourful fish.

8 comments:

akikohashi said...

I really like the water smudging affect!
Very Pirates of carribian!! (spell?)

Anonymous said...

Hey Sonny
You have had a very interesting journey through OZ....nice postings.
Pa

sQ*eeky said...

Thanks guys. It was a beautiful trip. Very nice to get away from the 40ºC heatwave in Japan.

she said...

i like the first picture. how magical!

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