Mintaka
30th August - 10th SeptemberDay 6 - Crab Army
We had breakfast overlooking Chalkies beach on Hazelwood Island, followed by snorkelling and some beach fun. The sand on Chalkies and Whithaven beaches is pure white and amazingly fine. After lunch we went to the breath takingly beautiful Hill Inlet at low tide to see the spectacle of stranded crabs and receding blue water. It was an impressive sight and the crabs were fascinating. Thousands of them made the beach look like it was covered in rolling pebbles, as they scuttled to find pools of water. |
| Playing ball on Chalkies beach |
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| Looking back at Mintaka from Chalkies |
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| The army of crabs |
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| Hill inlet at low tide |
Day 7 - No mackerel in Mackerel Bay
A day of more snorkelling, with breath taking drops offs at mackerel bay, but not so impressive in the fishing department!
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| Chilling |
Day 8 - Hand Feeding Big Fish
The wow factor today was not the snorkelling but the opportunity to hand feed some Humpheaded Mauri Wrasse and Giant Trevally! The shots below show the moment after the Wrasse took the prawn second by second, the look on my face says it all lol!! It sucked my whole hand into its mouth before taking the prawn!
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| Big fish around the back of the boat - I'm feeling brave and decide to feed the Mauri Wrasse |
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| It sucked my whole hand into its mouth!! |
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| I'm in shock! |
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| The face says it all! |
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| Not so flattering but pretty funny! |
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| Gotta love sport mode to capture it all! |
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| Here's the fish that did it!!Look at the size of that mouth!! |
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