April saw us venture south and were we treated with some amazing conditions. No swell, and low tides in the late afternoons turned the inner reef into what can only be described as the world’s largest aquarium! The calm conditions allowed some new snorkel sites to be discovered, the standout would have to be "Turtle cove". An amazing experience where Luke counted no less than 17 different turtles and some truly amazing coral formations and displays of colour.
Venturing as far south as Pelican point, saw an amazing array of turtles feeding in the shallow weedy lagoons. The interesting thing here was the different array of turtles sizes. Small juveniles all the way to large mature adults were sighted via the Shore Thing’s tender, the “Green Thing”. There were turtles so large that they created their own bow waves as they hurtled through the shallow waters.
Once again Lannie served up a feast of freshly prepared healthy meals which was topped off by some of Western Australia’s beautiful local wines and once again some purely serene sunsets.
The journey back north towards Coral Bay saw a lazy sail in between some more snorkeling which saw 2 of our guests, Marie-Louise & Dianne, coming face to face with their fear of sharks. A brief encounter with a small reef shark sent the adrenalin racing and ended up replacing some of the fears with a new found respect and image of beauty for a misunderstood creature.
There was also yet another in-water encounter with a chilled out little local Green Turtle.
