Whitsunday Islands - Diving

These pictures were taken using the camera on the ship, the camera is named 'Frank the Tank' because it's a professional underwater camera and it's about the size of 4 cereal boxes! It takes amazing pictures though.


This first picture is Elvis and I snorkelling at one of the stops. The reefs here are still part of the Great Barrier Reef and probably the best snorkelling / diving sites in the world.

This is me (Keith) scuba diving through the reefs, the views are amazing and the 3-D view from underwater makes you feel like you're flying.
























I'm quite deep at this point - probably close to my limit of 12 metres - any deeper than that and you have to start thinking about nitrogen in the bloodstream (the bends I think it's called) - and we don't want any of that business!











This is about 5 metres down - heading for the reefs and some amazing shots (see the last pictures)



















Who said white folk can't jump? These pics were taken by the cook - she's very good with messing with your perspective - see the next picture also.










































This is Lewis and I trying to figure out a 'rope trick' - we didn't solve it by the way - and before 'some of you ask' no it wasn't an excuse to get tied up!






















A spot of kayaking around a gorgeous bay - we saw some 'baby' reef sharks hiding by the shore, they have to hide from their parent or they get eaten by them - we used to do the same thing when we were kids!

This is the full ships compliment (minus the crew)

This was just after tea - you can tell we've just been fed by the big smiles!

And these amazing shots were taken by the dive instructor while we were around the corals - could you imagine getting this close to these wonderful creatures?

This is a squid - there are heaps of these in the water and they swim very close to you.

I don't know if this is a manta ray or an eagle ray - you see these swimming around all the time, they often swim past you when kayaking.

I think these are named 'Clown Fish' the dive instructor calls them 'Nemo' fish

I actually dove right down to this hawks bill turtle and held onto it's shell.