Best days at the Outer Reef
What a difference calm weather makes at the Undine and Mackay Reefs! Time for some fun in comfort.
Castaways on Coral Cays
We visit a few coral cays for a change of scenery, and are very taken by their bright white sand and graduations of colours, as well as a few other surprises.
Leisurely Days at Lady Musgrave
Welcome to our second post in the series about the Capricorn and Bunker Group, part of the stunning Southern Great Barrier Reef. As soon as we unclipped from our mooring at Lady Elliot, the spinnaker went up and we had another cruisy run for 20 miles to the second link in the chain of reefs:…
Bird Photography Challenge #24: Eastern Reef Egret
Easter Reef Egrets (Egretta sacra) have been a feature of our cruise around coral cays of the Capricornia coast these last two weeks. We had never seen them before and we thought it fitting to make these beautiful and secretive waterbirds the focus of our #24 Bird Photography Challenge.
Deserted Masthead Island
Our third coral cay on this trip, Masthead Island, offers a different seascape again. A long strip of Pisonia forest with a thin beach of crushed coral all around and reef exposed at low tide, you can only access the island with ease at high tide. At low tide the fringing reef makes it impossible…
Stunning Lady Musgrave
We are continuing our exploration of coral cays in the Southern part of the Great Barrier Reef. From Lady Elliott, we motor-sailed to Lady Musgrave. This cay sits on the rim of a navigable lagoon. You get that same view of a strip of land as you approach, but this time the reef extends for…
Our first coral cay: Lady Elliott Island
When you have been at sea for hours, with nothing but ocean as far as the eye can see all around you, arriving at a coral cay is quite an experience. We reached our first coral islet last Thursday. We have been out of internet coverage, so for the next few posts we are playing…
