Lizard Snorkel
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Tue 5 Jul 2016 22:47
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Lizard Island Clam Field
Snorkel
   Just to the right of the anchorage is
a huge reef that we had been told held a huge amount of clams and giant clams,
planted by a research project many, many years ago. We simply could not leave
Australia without being able to say we had snorkelled on the Great Barrier Reef,
so off we went. We tied Baby Beez to the thick tether left by the
National Parks people and began at the ‘dead edge’. Soon chunks of the usual suspects came into view.
         Lovely, healthy
coral, sadly no Nemo homes.
  Worms to
keep me happy.
   The best entertainment was watching
this chap take a shower. Busy cleaner fish bringing a
smile to his face.
    His pleasure was brought to an end as
a bully shoved him out of the cubicle.
 The biggest, fattest cucumber we have ever seen.
   Clams
everywhere.
            Fish of all shapes and
sizes.
         The clams
kept most of out attention.
 The second they sensed us near they
closed up, how close they live to their
neighbours.
  The clams were mostly in the blue range and averaged six or seven
inches across.
  The great-great-grandpa of them all. Such a
pity I didn’t have ‘my trusty beautiful assistant’ nearby at the time, to put
his hand near this old chap for perspective - you’ll just have to take my word
that he was just shy of a metre across and been here for well over a
century.
    I loved being photo-bombed.
 Our last little
lady packed up for a sleep, time for us to nip home for a shower and meet
everyone on the beach for sundowners.
ALL IN ALL A GREAT
SNORKEL
SPECIAL FOR THE GIANT
CLAMS |