We are now further north in Coral Bay. A highly recommended stop by several of
Sean’s teacher friends. We got in late
and had a stressful drive full of kangaroos, goats, cows and birds on the road
– driving at night is not fun here – we got out with only killing one
bird!!!! We ended up going on a boat
tour to swim with the Manta Rays. There ended up only being 8 people in
total on the boat so we got lot of attention! We started with a snorkel on the coral reef –
which was amazing we saw lots of different fish and coral formations. Our second snorkel was swimming with a giant
Manta Ray – it was an amazing experience we will never forget. We then headed out further into the ocean to
look for Humpback whales and we were not disappointed. We saw several playing in the water no more
50 to 100 metres away from the boat. We
then went for a third snorkel and our guide took us to see the reef shark
cleaning station – this is where the reef sharks go to get cleaned off by fish
that live in the coral – kind of like a shark car wash!!! What a day.
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| Getting ready to go snorkeling |
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| Ready set go! |
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| Our boat |
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| Some fish under the sea |
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| The Manta Ray |
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| Krystin swimming with the Manta Ray |
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| Kade chasing the Manta Ray |
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| some more fish |
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| Some of the coral in Coral Bay |
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| More fish and coral |
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| Coral |
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| A reef shark - we did not take this picture but we saw them when snorkeling |
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| Swimming in an aquarium |
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| More fish |
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| Boys enjoying the boat |
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| The boys in the water |
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| The family enjoying the water |
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| Matthew |
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| A Humpback Whale swimming by |
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| Matthew & Sean snorkeling |
The next day we went snorkeling at the beach right in Coral
Bay and saw lots more coral – including the big brain – a coral formation that
was big and looked like, you guessed it, a brain. What a beautiful place.
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| Snorkeling around the big brain |
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