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Lizard Island Slideshow
Lizard Island
Travel Blogs from Lizard Island, Australia
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Cod hole..roller coaster...
This is a top pick! ... : To cheer ourselves up after selling Larry we booked onto a four day diving trip on the Barrier Reef. We flew at 300m up to Lizard Island then did 11 dives on our way back to Cairns. We completed the PADI advanced course, did a dive to 30m and 2 night ...
A whale, Marina, right behind you !!!
This is a top pick! 5 dives are planned today. I am not going to do the 5th: I do not like night dives. Certainly after 3,5 to 4 hours diving, it is time for VB. Dr T leaves his options open. 06h: wake up. 06h30: small breakkie. 07h: first dive. Yesterday, we got a ...
The Dwarf Minke Whale
This is a top pick! The highlight of our live aboard: we dove with the Dwarf Minke Whale!!! This 'new' species is found here 12 years ago and since 10 years an organization protects them: www.minkewhaleproject.org Little is known of them yet; they are here 2 months a ...
'Abort the dive' sign ...
This is a top pick! ... second worse sign (after: out of air) a diver can give/receive. (Crossing your arms in front of your chest, Mic) We get up at 5h and go in at 05h30. It is still dark! We go down and down and then ... it stops. My ears won't equalize. The left side ...
Life on the Ocean
... the viking who had given up plundering for photography. On the final morning, we were dropped off by tender to Lizard Island beach before Gary brought us around the island filling us in on captain cook and the history of the island. ...
Lizard Island and a low flight down the QLD coast
At the end of the diving days we stopped at Lizard Island and went ashore. The island is the location for a sad early settlers story. A small family arrived with some Chinese servants and set up a business processing sea cucumbers (something of a ...
Liveaboard Dive trip in the GREAT BARRIER REEF
... ; We could see so much of the reef and massiveness of the area. We had a great time watching the area the whole way to Lizard Island where we picked up the boat to go diving for 3 days. The airport was just hysterical. It was literally a shack ...
What is so great about the Great Barrier Reef?
... all the way! I was pretty amazed. It began with a short and scenic flight up to our bay of departure off Lizard Island and onto the diveboat Spoilsport. Spoilsport turned out to be one very huge catamaran. (We learned later that Spoilsport ...
Cooks Look und Matilda die Meereschildkröte
... Zurück am Strand erwarteten uns gefüllte Croissants. Den Rest des Morgens verbrachten wir mit Schnorcheln am tollen Riff von Lizard Island. Daniel sah u.a. einen Lagoon Ray und viele riesige und farbenprächtige Giant Claws. Regula hatte mehr Glück und ...
Cairns - Cooktown - Lizard Island
... ) to outpace Alpha into the anchorage. It was a great topic of conversation at the beach drinks where we all met each evening. Lizard Island is truely beautiful and the anchorage is safe from the prevailing SE winds. It gave us a chance to relax, do a ...
Second Stop: Lizard Island
... on our first night... but did quickly discover that although we ate bugs in Byron Bay bugs were getting their payback and eating US in Lizard Island. On our first full day in Lizard Island it was a bit rainy to start so mom and I went to the gym then ...
Lizard Island
Efter morgenmaden tog vi en lille jolle og sejlede om på den anden side af øen hvor Lizard Recread center lå. Her studerede man dyr og fauna i nationalparken, vi bade og dykkede i lagunen resten af formiddagen. Efter at vi havde tjekket ud af vores ...
Lizard Island
Jeg var tidligt oppe i dag fordi jeg skulle på en ½ dags dykkertur til et koralrev. Da jeg kom til dykkercentret viste det sig at jeg var eneste dykker på turen. Så jeg havde en dykkerguide helt for mig selv – det var fint. Vi sejlede ca. en ½ ...
Journee pique nique
La journée commence tristement: le ciel est gris et la pluie menacent. Nous nous laissons toutefois pas décourager et décidons d'aller pique niquer sur une petite crique. Nous empruntons un petit bateau à moteur, un dingy, afin de rejoindre une ...
eine Woche auf dem Schiff ....
.... nur zum Tauchen Zu Berichten gibt es: 1. Sascha hatte einen sehr nahen Kontakt mit einer Seeschlange. Sie war sehr neugierig wer da kommt und hat ihn genau untersucht .... da war die Luft schnell weg. 2. Wir hatten eine Walhai direkt beim Boot. 3. ...
Lizard Island
... guide hed Billy begge havde fisket i området i mange år. På vejen ud til ydere revet som ligger en times sejlads fra Lizard, fortalte de hvordan dagen skulle gå og viste os billeder af de mange marlins som de havde fanget over årene. Den største de ...
Lizard Island – Øgleøen
... han tog billeder og opdagede ikke at flyveren hoppede et par gange. Godt for ham! Men så nåede vi frem til denne paradisiske ø - Lizard Island. Efter vi havde fået morgenmad blev vi guidet til vores hytte. Hele øen er et naturreservat og der er en ...
Lizard Island
Vi skulle på en heldags dykkertur i dag med 2 dyk. Men ved morgenmaden havde Kirsten ikke alt for godt og havde ikke lyst til at tage af sted. Derfor blev Mark og Kirsten på land og jeg tog som planlagt af sted. Mark og Kirsten blev tilbage på land. ...
Let's Dance
... , set out on a journey of adventure and exploration, set to travel from Australia to Thailand and all of the lands between. Before leaving Lizard Island we had one more thing to do, actually Dive the GBR. So we made a day trip over to Cod ...
Lizard Island
Beautiful coral island and our first snorkelling session. The sun has come out so we are having to cover ourselves with sun cream. Snorkelling over the Great Barrier reef is one of the best experiences we have ever done. Huge variety of corals and ...
Journee sur la grande barriere
Nous sommes à 8h30 au club de plongée comme convenu. Nous ne sommes que 4 a participer à la ballade sur la grande barrière: Crisitina et Javier, un couple venant de Barcelone nous accompagne. Christie, une des monitrice, tient à la main une ...
Shark Frenzy
Last night we pulled up anchor and traveled all night to Osprey reef. The trip took all night and we traveled about a 150 miles or so. Osprey is well know for big fish and abundant sharks. The highlight of the day is when we did a shark feed. What ...
Arrivee a Lizard Island
Départ ce matin pour notre derniere escale: Lizard Island, une petite ile située au nord de la grande barrière. Après avoir rendu notre voiture de location à l'aéroport international, nous nous rendons en taxi a l'aeroport domestique, situé à ...
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