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We board the plane
Doug onboard
Wing of the plane
Views as we fly over bundaberg 2
Views as we fly over bundaberg 3
Views as we fly over bundaberg 4
Views as we fly over bundaberg 1
Where the river water meets the ocean
Views of lady elliot island from the plane 2
Views of lady elliot island from the plane 3
Views of lady elliot island from the plane 4
Views of lady elliot island from the plane 5
You can see the reef drop off of the lagoon
North end of the island as we fly in
Map of the snorkeling zones
blue water
Colour of the water on monday
Daily activities board
Coral beach 2
There's our boat
On board ready to snorkel
Back of the boat
View from the boat
A brown boobie sitting on the basket 1
A brown boobie sitting on the basket 2
view through bottom of the boat
birds on the roof of one of the other glass bottom boats
Looking through the glass bottom 6
Looking through the glass bottom 3
Looking through the glass bottom 4
Welcome sign
yet another that first day
another turtle on the first snorkel
sea cucumbers on the ocean floor - sign of a healthy area
weird coral
our first clam
a really fat sea cucumber
turtle on the first day
reef shark
A noddie on the pandan tree
A noddie on the branch
The desalinator machine
Huge banks of batteries 2
Huge banks of batteries 1
Getting fresh water from condensation
Our patio view
Our unit - no 18
Our room
Our private bathroom
The resort pool
The lagoon at low tide 2
The lagoon at low tide 1
Turtle nesting site signage
the island is made of coral
View looking north on the lagoon beach
All this coral is exposed at low tide 1
Coral on the beach 1
Coral on the beach 2
Coral on the beach 3
You can see the coral layers that made the island
Coral on the beach 5
Flock of frigates
We took a walk along the water s edge 2
We took a walk along the water s edge 3
We took a walk along the water s edge 4
We took a walk along the water s edge 5
another possible turtle nest
maybe a turtles nest
The airstrip
Huge exposed coral that is now just rock
sea cucumber barely in the water
shells on the rocks
foot for size perspective
We took a walk along the water s edge 11
We took a walk along the water s edge 12
We took a walk along the water s edge 1
Pandan tree 1
It has tiny thorns
The airstrip 1
The airstrip 2
On walk to the lighthouse 3
Welcome sign
Pandan fruit
A rail
Lighthouse buildings 3
Lighthouse buildings 4
Lighthouse buildings 5
Lighthouse buildings 6
Lighthouse buildings 1
Don t think we re going to get much of a sunset
Cheers
Happy hour at sunset first day
Our view at sunset 1
Our view at sunset 2
Our view at sunset 3
Our view at sunset 5