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Spirit of Freedom - TRIP Gallery
Mon 28th November 2011 - Thu 1st December 2011
After our afternoon check out dives at Caves on Norman Reef, we settled in for dinner and steamed north to Ribbon Reef 9 to start our day with 2 excellent dives on Pixie's Pinnacle. There was no current on the pinnacle and still we had clouds of fusiliers and snappers darting in and out of the coral as blue striped trevally shot in amongst them hoping for a catch. We found a Black Leafy Scorpion Fish at 7m, lots of Pipefish and several Nudibranchs while the Disco Clam (Flame File Shell) amazed everyone with the light pulsing light when illuminated by torchlight.
The incoming tide started running as we drift dived along the wall at Dynamite Pass where a school of 30 plus Bump Head Parrotfish cruised past the divers and several White Tip Reef Sharks were spotted in the depths. The current was still running strongly as we waved our way along the canyons and crevices at Cormorant Caves but presented us with schools of Fusiliers and Trevally hunting amongst the smaller reef fish. The current reduced to a standstill when we arrived at the Cod Hole for our afternoon dive with 5 White Tip Reef Sharks resting on the sand and several Potato Cod finding Frank's BCD very interesting for some reason! The Cod Feed started with the youngest of the Potato Cod being hassled and beaten to the food by the Red Bass before the bigger Potato Cod showed up to demonstrate their authority.
On Thursday sadly we had to say goodbye to Daphne, Scott, Michael and Nancy as they returned to Cairns while the remaining 16 passengers stayed on for the full 7-day trip. Well done to Scott for his improvement with his diving skills, more than doubling his number of dives, jumping in for the drift and night dives and having a great time. Congratulations to Daphne for her first ever night dive and thanks for the fun on our safety stops, good luck with the bubble rings! Michael and Nancy, we will miss the funny noises when coming up the ladder for the next 4 days, I hope you all have a safe trip home!
Nick Leigh (Trip Director)
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