Hi Whale Shark Enthusiasts,
Today is the last full day of our whale shark adventure so we have nominated it a fun day. We went as a group for a snorkel at Lakeside, a beach within the Ningaloo park reserve. The day was perfect with the sun sparkling through the water, bouncing back off the golden sand and highlighting the colors of the multitude of fish. What a multitude there was; lots of stingrays, thousands of tiny fish all painted by a clown with a crazy sense of humor, a huge cod that lived under a ledge at the bottom of the coral who put his head out to say “Hi!”, and a reef shark that came out from hiding and was too big and too close for comfort or for my liking. An octopus was exercising his limbs but curled up and submerged into the reef as I passed by; it’s not his fault he not so good looking. We swam for ages, sharing our finds with each other and generally enjoying splashing about in the beautiful clear water but two things were missing, Tommy Tortoise was definitely out of town – sad, and most of the “Jellies” had gone to annoy the whale shark swimmers out beyond the breaking waves – hurray. It was truly a magic morning.
Now we are in the lab again doing the final “dotty bit” and sharing memories of the beautiful whale sharks we have been privileged to be ‘up close and personal’ with before our final picnic watching the sun go down across the ocean from the lighthouse. I feel sure each one of us feels very privileged to have been a part of this important project.
Today is the last full day of our whale shark adventure so we have nominated it a fun day. We went as a group for a snorkel at Lakeside, a beach within the Ningaloo park reserve. The day was perfect with the sun sparkling through the water, bouncing back off the golden sand and highlighting the colors of the multitude of fish. What a multitude there was; lots of stingrays, thousands of tiny fish all painted by a clown with a crazy sense of humor, a huge cod that lived under a ledge at the bottom of the coral who put his head out to say “Hi!”, and a reef shark that came out from hiding and was too big and too close for comfort or for my liking. An octopus was exercising his limbs but curled up and submerged into the reef as I passed by; it’s not his fault he not so good looking. We swam for ages, sharing our finds with each other and generally enjoying splashing about in the beautiful clear water but two things were missing, Tommy Tortoise was definitely out of town – sad, and most of the “Jellies” had gone to annoy the whale shark swimmers out beyond the breaking waves – hurray. It was truly a magic morning.
Now we are in the lab again doing the final “dotty bit” and sharing memories of the beautiful whale sharks we have been privileged to be ‘up close and personal’ with before our final picnic watching the sun go down across the ocean from the lighthouse. I feel sure each one of us feels very privileged to have been a part of this important project.
Robbie
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