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Blogs from Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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May 18th 2013
From Flattery we moved on to Lizard Island We didn’t do much for the first 2 days as it was still very windy and raining. On the first night, we had sundowners with 2 couples off 2 other boats. Gary and Lyn from KicknBack and Bob and Helen from Makani Kai. Went for a walk to the other side of the island one day and just as we got to shore, a massive downpour happened. Luckily we hadn't started on our walk and we took refuge in the Marlin Bar. It wasn't open at the time, but still gave good coverage. The next day on low tide we went snorkelling again, Once again, excellent snorkelling. They have a section they call the ‘clam garden’ and it lives up to it’s name. clams everywhere. So many fish ... read more
Lizard island/Great Barrier Reef!
Published: March 13th 2013Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Lizard Island
March 13th 2013
This is the highlight destination of our trip! We arrived here on our 6 person prop plane! It was pretty amazing to see the Great Barrier Reef from above. We have been to 2 places that you can see from space - The Great Wall of China and now the Great Barrier Reef. We were met at the Lizard Island "airport" pavillion by some of the staff and were taken right to the resort where welcome beverages were waiting. Once we got settled in our room, we got our little boat, our picnic lunch and our snorkle gear and headed out around to Watson's Bay to get a look of the reef from below. There are a few pictures from our first snorkle visit below :) We are pretty happy with the underwater camera so far. ... read more
