Location: Port douglas
Today is our first glimpse of the Great Barrier reef and on top of that we might even see the minke whales ( very unlikely though). The boat left the harbour at 8.30 touring to the Agincourt reefs ( very north great barrier reef). “The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres”. So fair to say that it is BIG!. You will recognise the reefs as big brown very shallow spots in the water. Finally the weather was actually working with us and we had perfect tidal changed so it all looked like perfect conditions.
And boy it was! We had a small group ( only 5 divers) and a guide that definitely knew his way around the reef. On the three dives we did that day we saw a shark, swam through many tunnels and caves, loads of Nemo’s, a serious amount of clams ( one was 70 year old), big ass cucumbers ( which you can do all sorts of things with). The pictures will show more!
After the second dive we came out of the water and had soe good news, the minke’s were here! Oh yeah! So no need to think twice we stripped of our gear and jumped back into the water ad snorkelled with the whales. One word: WOW. Amazing experience.
Port Douglas reminds me very much of Curacao, same vibe ad atmosphere and nice cafe’s and restaurants. We ended up drinking a few bears with the crew and ended up booking another day on teh boat to do 3 more dives. Because it was just Remco myself and Nick our guide, we were able to dive a bit longer and do drift dives which was very cool. Again I was amazed by the underwater world. Love it. Dive instructors have the best office of the world. Yes I AM JEALOUS!
Pics will show all!
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