Great Barrier Reef WARNING LOTS OF PHOTOS! - Page 7

edr42 · #**151** 05/15/2007, 02:49 AM

and more:

Yes, that black mass is all fish.

Boo! A McCullocks Clown, endemic to Lord Howe Island.

A Galapagos Shark, quite a nice little fellow. They get quite large.

Feeding time.

edr42 · #**152** 05/15/2007, 02:54 AM

This is a curious photo; the stripeys (black and yellow) are temperate to cool water, and the butterflys are tropical, yet they swim together over the corals. Very cool.

Some very hungry looking Kingfish. This is why fish shouldn't be fed bread all the time.

edr42 · #**153** 05/15/2007, 02:59 AM

Battle scars

Inquisitive Drummer

A surface feeding wrasse.

edr42 · #**154** 05/15/2007, 03:04 AM

Just one more lot befor i turn in;

A McCullocks and a six line

Nap time

GSMguy · #**155** 05/15/2007, 08:27 AM

keep em coming i love this thread.

Lordhelmet · #**156** 05/15/2007, 12:49 PM

I've got to get to australia some time

JokerGirl · #**157** 05/15/2007, 02:58 PM

That's so awesome. Hopefully once I'm done with school and have some money, my boyfriend and I will be taking a trip to Australia. We went to hawaii a few years back and I couldn't get him in the water past his waist.

I told him that if we go he is being forced to go snokelling. You can't go to the Australia and not go snorkelling/diving at the Great Barrier.

Thats almost as bad as our friend in Hawaii that keeps a black sheet over his windows.

Anyways!! Great photos!

Angel*Fish · #**158** 05/15/2007, 04:24 PM

Those are beautiful - thanks again, I thoroughly enjoyed them.

melev · #**159** 05/16/2007, 01:20 AM

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Originally posted by edr42

A surface feeding wrasse.

That first picture shows a lagoon-like area. Did you visit that area? It looks like a wonderful place.

The second picture has a tree growing upside down. Or did the wind do that?

The last one is a wrasse?! How big would you say it is? I love the stunning colors even through the rippled water.

Thank you again for updating this thread often.

edr42 · #**160** 05/16/2007, 01:55 AM

Melev:
The lagoon shown in the 1st photo is a great spot, just watch for the sharks at night

I never even noticed the tree upside down! Mustn't have been anything spectacular.
That is indeed a wrasse in the last photo. It was about 40-50cm long, and quite thick. It is pretty amazing to see those colours through the water surface, they all caome to the beach and get fed bread twice a day.
I'll put up the rest of the photos soon.
If anyone ever has the chance to visit Lord Howe, i very strongly recommend you go! It's the southern most reef in the world, and has a unique biotope and mix of species.

JokerGirl:
You'll LOVE australia if you make it down here. Maybe that boyfriend of yours needs a push in the right direction

The whole thing with people being afraid of the ocean or never going swimming is so strange to me. I practically grew up underwater, it's my second home down there.

JokerGirl · #**161** 05/16/2007, 08:45 AM

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Originally posted by edr42

JokerGirl:
You'll LOVE australia if you make it down here. Maybe that boyfriend of yours needs a push in the right direction
The whole thing with people being afraid of the ocean or never going swimming is so strange to me. I practically grew up underwater, it's my second home down there.

Oh I know what you mean. I grew up in Northern Canada, so there was always an availability of wonderful lakes to be in although it's nothing like being in the ocean.

I feel that his fears of the ocean have actually been reinforced. When we came back, there was a report of a 14 year old surfer girl who lost her entire arm to a 14ft Tiger Shark. She lost it in the same bay that our hotel was on. It's such a shame too cuz the reef there was pretty nice.

If we do go to Australia at some point, he is being forced into the water whether he likes it or not *evil grin*

GSMguy · #**162** 05/16/2007, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by melev

The second picture has a tree growing upside down. Or did the wind do that?

i think everything is upside down there

melev · #**163** 05/16/2007, 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by GSMguy
i think everything is upside down there

Good point.

drives300 · #**164** 05/23/2007, 09:29 PM

schwing!!!!

snappedbigfoot · #**165** 05/26/2007, 03:10 AM

wow im moving to the outback. great pics

JohnstonAtoll · #**166** 05/27/2007, 07:50 PM

Very cool, thanks for the pics

edr42 · #**167** 05/27/2007, 08:07 PM

Alright, time for the next installment:

edr42 · #**168** 05/27/2007, 08:09 PM

Some more:

edr42 · #**169** 05/27/2007, 08:13 PM

Oh darn, it seems i've double posted some photos.

edr42 · #**170** 05/27/2007, 08:16 PM

ozadars · #**171** 05/28/2007, 07:03 PM

Gorgeous photographs. I snorkel in Turkish coastals of Aegean Sea but we are lack of color. You can see some very interesting and colorful fish but you need scuba. As Aegean Sea is between Asia and Europe, its also hard to find a place that is not touched.

By the way, I sent you a mail.

green_frogspawn · #**172** 05/29/2007, 11:07 AM

i just went through all the thread.. just found it!
love the pics mate

i think next year ill be visiting the GBR for sure!
got any video's of some tang schools?

drives300 · #**173** 05/29/2007, 10:55 PM

Probaly one of my favorite threads of all time. Thanks for sharing

Anthony

GT2NV · #**174** 06/05/2007, 12:26 AM

wow amazing photos, as soon as i finish my degree i plan on spending a month in aus... would you mind messaging me some less disturbed snorkle/dive spots such as these

Kennyboy1984 · #**175** 06/06/2007, 02:54 AM

Simply spectacular! Paradise on earth.