Wednesday 28 July We went for a quick snorkel and returned to Imagine 4 hours later. We had piled into the dinghy with all the snorkel gear and the new speargun and headed to the inside edge of the reef. Interesting bommies and fish on the inside edge, kept us amused for an hour. But the outer reef was calling.
With Sue and Andrew in the dinghy and Lydia being towed behind we headed across the reef, stopping a few times to check things out. There was still pretty coral but fewer fish.
When we got to the outer edge, while Lydia was busy checking out the coral and the fish life, Sue and Andrew saw a couple of whales playing only 100m away. Lydia could hear the whales while she was free diving the reef shelf.
Lydia tried a few times spearing fish on the outer reef but couldnt get any. When we moved back to the inner reef she tried again. This time with success. A large silver snapper. Within seconds it was gone. A 2m white tipped reef shark took it. The shark then hid back under a rock shelf waiting for Lydia to catch the next course. Not happy about feeding the shark and getting cold, we decided to return to Imagine for lunch.
Lydia
You just be careful young lady or you will end up being shark bait.