Birthday Snorkel
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 28 Jun 2013 22:57
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In the Water for a Birthday
Snorkel.
I don’t remember ever saying out loud
that I would like to snorkel on my birthday. True, I never have before. After
our late lunch I thought we would settle to playing games, no, at four o’clock
my wetsuit was thrust at me and that was that - within minutes I was in and
within seconds we were exploring several large reefs. The sun was bright and lit
the yellows and oranges. Amazing
that these hard corals are communities of animals, best seen at night when all
the ‘hairy’ looking bits stick out when they feed. Neither of us fancy going in
in the dark, so we have to be content with what we see now.
One or two
fish.
Sea
cucumbers were everywhere in ones, groups and full regional
meetings.
We saw lots in purple tones and some weird shapes.
This chap was happy to
pose.
A new chap on us was the convict
surgeon, I would prefer to call him the Stripy Mr.
Fish – proper or Latin name - Acanthurus triostegus. They can be seen alone, in twos,
threes, hundreds or even thousands - that would be quite a sight - we just saw
them in small numbers.
Lots to
see.
One second we could see hundreds of tiny bluey-green fish, they saw us and
disappeared completely into the depths of this massive coral.
The oddest thing was to see Beez to my left and you-know-who to my
right. En route back we went to look at the
anchor, home to shower, games and a small libation before a nice sunset
and a couple of good films – a great day.
ALL IN ALL GLAD I WENT IN – IN THE END
VERY SUNNY
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