Friday 17th
We headed to the coral reefs and out of the land of technology signal. First we came to the blow holes which were pretty spectacular and we could see how they could easily claim a life, which they had in the past!
The water comes up under the rock and gets forced through this hole in the rock and it easily got double the height that is in this picture. Behind you can just see little bubbles of water through smaller holes with not so much pressure. We watched from a distance for ages. Manning's holding on tight to big brother Baylee.
After that we drove around the corner to Point Quobba to start snorkeling.
This is the Point Quobba beach and in the distance is an island that Tim, Baylee, Kimberly, Ethan and Josiah snorkeled over to. The water was warm, warmer as you got deeper! Different to the beaches we normally swim at.
So the dark parts of the water in the picture before are the reef and this is what you see under the water, all these blue fish. It really was like swimming in an aquarium! We got to see nearly all the fish off the movie "Finding Nemo" and they weren't scared of you. As you swam around they just went about what they were doing. It was a good beach for all the kids to see the fish.
There were a lot of clams.
The water was just full of fish and as you swam you just hoped you didn't hit one. A lot of these yellow and black fish.
Tim found a clam shell when they swam to the island.
Ethan's pile of clam shells.
It was very hard to pull ourselves away from this beach but we had to head for our next camping spot on the North West Coastal Highway.
Our camp spot with very red dirt, flies, and clothes dried in what felt like 5 min!
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