Rainbow Reef

Nachem ich jetzt schon 1 Jahr unterwegs bin um ja eigentlich die Welt zu bereisen ... stecke ich immernoch in Australien fest ... und nicht nur das, sondern hab mich auch selbst wieder an einen Job gefesselt ... die Fesseln sind allerdings nur aus " ...

My epic adventure that took me to Hong Kong then on to the land down under. I spent most of the trip in Queensland but sneaked in a trip from Alice Springs to Melbourne before jetting off to China to extend the trip home a little, but thats another blog ...

Today I went diving on Rainbow Reef - supposedly one of the top 5 places to dive in the World! I thought that it was too good to miss, despite worries about my tooth from the last time I dived in Australia. It was definitely worth it! I was a little ...

... to our first rainy morning today, but not to worry Muriel from Taveuni Dive was picking us up at 8:30 to go diving on the rainbow reef.  The fish don't care if its raining there will still be lots to see.  Julie was still nervous about the ...

... like having our own charter. This meant less waiting and a more relaxed schedule. Back at the boat we did our first dive at Rainbow Reef (Sams Point). The visibility was exceptional with about 30m. Almost as good as in the Grand Cayman which so far still ...

... all of the windows are closed due to the weather, but we are a little bored and well, there's little else to do. (We are in Rainbow Beach by the way...heh heh. It is named that for the 72 different colours of sand. It is quite cool. Huge sand dunes ...

... of the most unique and fascinating coral i've ever seen in my life. the fish were not plentiful, but there were a few clowns and rainbow fish, and some other little schools of goodies. i was the only one to see a huge rainbow fish, about half a meter ...

... re staying in one of the cabins used for the Olympic Village in Sydney, now transported to overlook the ocean. Unfortunately, while Rainbow Beach looks like being a pretty enough seaside town, it seems, like the majority of places on the East Coast, to ...

... ingen og korte det sidste stykke til Rainbow hvor vi har nogen dage inden vi skal paa Fraser Island. Der er ikke noget saerligt i Rainbow eller noget specielt at lave, det er bare gateway til Fraser Island. Rigtig lille by med faa butikker og et lille ...

... was still a good dive. We went out to Knuckle Reef and enjoyed a 50 minute dive where we saw some amazing coral, lots of rainbow cod, played with sea cucumbers and mucked around. We were in a dive group of 4 plus dive leader and despite the one French ...

... because of not going to Carnarvon Gorge but were limited to watching movies in the hostel bar and the subsequent carnage that is jaegerbombs... Rainbow was to lead us on to Fraser Island for a 2 day guided 4x4 tour. I was expecting a little jeep so ...

... for a good look - probably never seen legs as pink before! We saw so many different fish but our favourite was a big rainbow coloured one that seemed to dominate the others - its colours were amazing. Even just swimming over the coral was an adventure ...

... water are so much better now) and am really looking forward to my next dive which I am planning to do in New Zealand and dive the wreck of the Rainbow Warrior. Provided we don't run out of money I will hopefully see some more sharks in French ...

... spinning dolphins kept us entertained for 15 minutes or so.  They would jump up over and over again.  Someone then spotted a rainbow in the horizon.  We thought our luck was over for the day, BUT the night dive was incredible as ...