Day three: Saturday 14th April
2012
After a little confusion regarding boat
time (7am not 8am as yesterday!) we had some breakfast and then headed
downstairs to get our gear ready and head out.
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THE Divas! (L-R Jen, Em & Bec) |
The seas had dropped since yesterday so the
journey out was much quicker and as we were on the dryer boat (and the dry
side) we didn’t get wet at all! It felt like a matter of minutes till we were
moored up alongside Fish Rock.
DIVE ONE
Grey Nurse Shark and his little friends |
We were going to dive with two gentlemen
and our DM would again be Mike. We were the first in and again the visibility
was awesome – YAY!! We descended and headed for the Blind Gutter again, just
before we dropped into the gutter I counted 14 GNS in the gutter!! Bec and Jen
soon got into position to take pictures whilst I just gazed at these amazing
creatures. I was very lucky to have one swim 1.5m round me and I must admit to
holding my breath in awe!
We also noticed that there was Black Coral
around this area, something which I haven’t seen before and it was nice to see
it growing so well here.
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GNS and Black Coral (yes its white!) |
There wasn’t just GNS around the gutters
either, not to be outdone there was a large (2m) Wobbegong lazying on a ledge and
didn’t seem to be bothered by Bec taking a portrait of him!
A super close up (no zoom used!) - Bec was not harmed in the taking of this! |
After heading back across to a shallower
ledge we had a mooch around checking out the other fishes and Dive Diva
Smurf (DDS) made lots of new
friends! As DDS has had an array of
adventures she will have her own blog – coming soon!
Total dive time 56 min, 28.9m max depth and
23c.
DIVE TWO
Diving with the same guys and DM as before
but this time we would be heading into the cave again. There was a strong
current getting to the caves deep entrance but we made it through and with the
Divas at the back we made our way in.
Again seeing huge camera shy lobsters and
wobbegongs we made our way slowly through the cave, stopping to gaze up at the
Black Cod; all very camera shy today!
Star War Fish Rock style! |
As we made our way towards the exit looking
back I turned forwards to see a HUGE Turtle
(1.5m long) swimming towards us in the cave, it headed straight to Bec
who was obviously in his way and got shoved out the way by this beautiful
Turtle. No time for the bubble cave today as we’d been taking lots of pictures
there was a group fast approaching so we headed out into the light.
A HUGE Turtle in the cave |
We made our way towards the little drop off
and got hit by a huge current, fighting against it to get round the corner we
soon turned and drifted with the current back towards the boat. Along the way
we saw another turtle (a smaller one) on his way up for a breath of air.
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Turbo turtle power! |
Then back to the boat for our safety stop
and some more bat fish feeding – I love these strange looking guys.
Bat fish having their lunch - Thanks Jen :) |
Total dive time 55 min, 24m max depth and
again a lovely 23c.
Another AWESOME days diving and we
certainly had HUGE smiles on our faces. The only sad point is that we only have
one more day left – it’s flying by!
Once back at the shop; gear clean and
showered, and as it was still only 1pm headed to a local café for a yummy lunch
and coffee. Back to the dive shop where we set up our gear for the next day and
then sat down (with a glass of vino of course!) to go through the photos and
re-live the dive to fill you all in!
After another 'interesting' meal last night
we’ve decided to try the pub tonight and have some traditional pub grub! Nom
nom
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Those silly Divas! ;D |
We are so very lucky with the amazing dives
this weekend and are being looked after so well, the accommodation at the dive
shop is excellent with plenty of room and lovely hot showers at the end of the
day. What more could three lucky Divas need?!
Diving Divas Australia J
Pictures by: Rebecca and Jennifer
Words by: Emma
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