At the edge of Agincourt Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef in Far North Queensland
Snorkelling at Agincourt Reef, Far North Queensland
What to do with a break from wildlife-iewing? Perhaps go wildlife-viewing!
I had a meeting of the Rainforest and Reef Research Centre to attend in Cairns, and since it was close to both Christmas and our wedding anniversary, this time Denis came with me and we spent a couple of days after the meeting in Port Douglas and one day out from there to the Great Barrier Reef.
Our first morning atPort Douglas was breakfast with the birds at Wildlife Habitat – more on this later
We also booked a full-day tour with Quicksilver which took us to three locations on Agincourt Reef (level with Cape Tribulation) on the Great Barrier Reef
Here are some photos with the digital camera we hired:
Not sure what this big fish was (below the coral) – maybe one of the groupers?
Hello, Big Fish!
We saw a a variety of corals at Agincourt Reef
Some of the coral was very colourful
Blue on blue
a unicorn fish
Moorish Idol: quite a common fish but always lovely to see
Some of the group went scuba diving
but Denis and I stuck to snorkelling this time (this photo was obviously NOT taken by me)
Denis snorkelling
a sea-star
a white-tipped shark (not a dangerous species – although some small fish may disagree)
a black-tipped shark (ditto)
a clam
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Can you understand why we found it hard to leave the water when time was up?
