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Spirit of Freedom - TRIP Gallery

Mon 19th December 2011 - Thu 22nd December 2011

Day 1: Coral Gardens on Saxon Reef is always a great little dive. Producing a couple of turtles, sharks and some playful titan triggerfish.

Day 2: The Cod Hole was it's impressive self with large amounts of schooling species hanging around. The massive potato cod snoozed in the protection of small coral outcrops weighting for the main event. The Cod Feed produced about 4 lively cod, including the large adult whom every other cod knows as boss. The feed was exciting made even more so with the arrival of a very curious grey reef shark. The resident green turtle was waiting for us at two towers where he sat in the bommie watching us lazily. Mackerel, GT's and other pelagic predators buzzed the bommies in search of food while a large olive sea snake foraged among the coral. Challanger Bay is always a macro feast. Pipe fish everywhere. I counted over 10 on the dive. Black lion fish, nudies, glass shrimp, shrimp gobies and shrimp, garden eels. And some bigger stuff, a beautiful moray, massive white tip and a very curious grey reefy. Challenger @ night was an absolute shark fest with the local grey reefies going off.

Day 3: What a brilliant morning. Pixie Pinnacle is always a great morning dive. Zero current meant that it was a nice relaxing dive to start off the day. Loads of macro was seen but it wasn't until the next dive at Lighthouse Bommie that everyone got their eye in for the small critters lined all over the bommie. Dozens of nudies, octopus, hawkfish, lionfish, clown fish and more were spotted all over the lighthouse. Rod's Rock was another macro extravaganza. It seemed that nudibranchs were the name of the day with heaps of beautiful specimens found. Snake Pit lived up to it's name sake. Olive sea snakes everywhere. The feather star gardens were as spectacular as always.



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