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Old December 12th, 2004
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Diving the Great Barrier Reef

I spent a glorious 15 days on a tropical island, camping under trees laden with nesting birds.

So I got shat upon a lot!

But never mind, the diving made up for it. I spent a lot of time hunting with my camera, as well as spearing Coral Trout for the table. The island we camped on is called North-West Island and is a National Park. Which means it has no infrastructure other than a composting toilet. Everything had to be brought with us, including all water. This came in 15 x 270L barrels which were a complete pain to roll up the beach. Man, we slept well that night!

Nights were pretty cool, especially when the moon was full. Green turtles nest on the beaches, and each night revealed hundreds of these ancient animals crawling up to lay their eggs. Magic stuff.

Heres some pics...
(Not the pics are low res)

First: Beaked Leatherjackets. About 10cm long, real spooky little guys that needed a lot of coaxing to come near the camera.
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