Chief of the Reef

As this is my first blog for quite a while, I have lots to tell you, some of which may have already been covered so just bear with me, okay?

I would just like to say that at Michaelmas Cay, there were so many birds that all their squawking sounded like never-ending rain on glass. And when we went to the beach- P-U-the whiff was terrible. But the amount of birds was amazing, so a wavering thumbs-up to Michaelmas Cay from me!

Bally Hooley Steam Train

We then continued to Port Douglas Marina, where we did an outrageous amount of groceries. But at the end of our first day in the marina, we caught a steam train called, Bally Hooley. We got some good train photos. Thumbs-up to Port Douglas!

Our most recent anchorage was the Low Islands, which were very pretty. The small island was a coral cay with a lighthouse and surrounded by reef. The big island had lots of sea-pigeons. Yes, sea-pigeons.

One of our friendly turtles

While we went snorkeling, I saw a turtle and quickly called Cameron and Dad over (Mum's afraid of fish). This was the first turtle we've seen during snorkeling. It had a tag on a front flipper, reading K71087, resulting in the nickname K7. We also saw another turtle which we took some photos of.

Chief of the Reef

 Black-tip Reef Sharks are also a regular company, swimming right up to the back of the boat. When Dad took a photo, one swam straight up to the camera until it was barely two inches away. Thumbs-up for Low Islands!

We are now at Hope Islands and have visited the beach. We heard a strange humming noise, and anyone who can specify the animal it came from will be awarded $75,000*. There are a few sea-pigeons here, along with some Ramora. Dad hooked two Ramora this afternoon, one of which showed us the colour of it's blood, while Dad tossed the other mercilessly overboard.Thumbs-up to Hope Islands!

*This is not a real offer.