Australia
North Muiron Island

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    • Day 94

      Snorkelingtour Murion Island I

      March 3, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      Today we had to get up early as we need to be in the town center at the Exmouth Diving center at 7.30 am for our Murion Island and Outer Reef snorkeling tour.
      So after a quick breakfast, we packed our bags and left drove to their place.
      We checked in and got our equipment for today and then could take a cup of tea while waiting for the last people to arrive.
      We are a really small group. Only 3 people snorkeling and 6 divers. So that’s pretty cool to not be so many people on the tour today. As everyone arrived and checked in we jumped into a bus and drove about 5 minutes to the marina. Our skipper was already waiting for us and as we were all super motivated we helped the crew to unload the trailers and carry all the tanks and the equipment to the boat. So we were done fast with it and could leave early! Nice!

      The cruise to the Murion Islands took a little bit more than one hour. We got some cold pizza to snack on the way and refreshments were always available for us!

      Everyone on board was enjoying the beautiful weather and perfect sea conditions for this trip!
      We saw a couple of dolphins passing by not too far away from the boat so the day is starting really well already. 🥰

      We first went to the north Murion Island and stopped on the west coast of the island at the dive site called The Maze.
      First, the divers got ready and into the water and then it was our turn to get ready and jump into the water as well.

      The reef here is definitely having more color then the parts we saw so far. I had to ask, as people may think from my pictures that the Ningaloo Reef looks dead, but it is not!!! It's very healthy and alive! The mostly brown color is from the hard corals. Here are not so many soft corals and that's why the reef is not as colorful as you may expect it to be!

      We saw a lot of fishes. Also, a lot of fishes we haven't seen before! It was just amazing and so much better to be out here than snorkeling close to the beaches.

      After almost one hour it was time to get back to the boat do drive to our next snorkeling spot.
      I was pretty tired from this trip as the current is partly pretty strong and snorkeling for almost one hour in the open ocean without a break is not as easy as I was expecting.
      So the break was nice.

      It was around 15 min to drive to the Whalebone, where we will enter the water one more time.
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    • Day 94

      Snorkelingtour Murion Island II

      March 3, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Also at Whalebone, the divers got in first and we got in after them.
      Here we are a little bit further away from the reef as it's not so high. It's also not so close, more like islands around the ocean floor.

      Pretty fast we saw a turtle 😍
      This one was really cool and calm. Just swimming around under us without calm and easy.
      So cool to see a so relaxed turtle! 🥰
      The guide even saw a shark but it disappeared before we could see it.
      I started to get tired after a while and even feeling a bit cold and as I was thinking to ask if I can go back to the boat already our guide spotted a group of dolphins, so there was no thinking about going back to the boat anymore. It was a bit hard to locate them again but when we found them we could swim over them as they stayed die o the ocean floor.
      We followed them for quite some time, the even had too little once around. It's bottlenose dolphins ad they are known to be shy and not coming up to humans so much. But it's so nice we saw them, it's not happening so often regarding to our guides that you see them when you are out snorkeling. So we really had an amazing day out!! 🥰

      We ended up a fair bit away from the boat and I was so exhausted by then that the guide gave me the recuse tube he has with him all the time so I could hang on it while we swam back.
      I was feeling terrible when we reached the boat and even had to throw up, but after that, I was feeling ok and not strange at all. So I think it's just because I was so exhausted.
      So I took it a little bit easy for a while but never felt strange again. When everyone where back on board we were driving alongside the island to our picnic spot. The water here was crystal clear and we saw a few sharks passing by and a ray. The other once were enjoying a nice lunch while I was just eating some fruits as I was not feeling to eat in more jet.

      After a nice lunch break, it was time to drive back to the marine, which took us around one hour.

      I got the change to eat a sandwich a little bit later what was nice!

      When we arrived in the marina we all helped again to unload the boat and carry the stuff to the trailers. Around 3.30 pm we were back at the base a said goodbye to everyone and just stopped fast in town to buy bread and I even got some sea sickness medication, before we went back to the campground to chill for the rest of the afternoon and take a swim in the pool as well as it's so hot today 🥵
      We didn't notice it while we were on board but it's extremely hot and the air is standing still.
      So even after a swim in the pool or a shower you just start sweating again straight away!

      So after dinner, we tried to sleep early as we were super tired from the day and the heat.
      And I gonna have a super exciting day tomorrow as a dream is coming true for me!!

      I booked another tour with Exmouth Dive while we were waiting for the last people to get their equipment.
      It's gonna be only me as they had only one spot free on the tour and it was also to experience for Kara but she really encouraged me to do it anyway, but I still feel a little bit bad about leaving her alone for the day.
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