Lizard Island
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Sat 18 Aug 2012 10:02
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14:39,7S 145:27.1E
After an overnight reef-dodging run up from Cairns
we are now anchored at Lizard Island, in Watsons bay.
This morning we went snorkelling on a reef called the clam garden. In the
afternoon we walked up to the highest point of the island, Cook's Lookout.
Captain Cook anchored here and walked to the highest point to try and work out
how to get out of the "labrynth of reefs". In the end he found a way out
(Cooks passage), sailed for a while outside the reef and then decided it was
better to be inside the reef and came back in through Providence
Channel.
Cook called this Lizard Island because the only
animals he saw on the island were monitor lizards. We were lucky enough to
see a lizard on our walk up the island.
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