I was so happy to leave the Bundaberg Marina and get some fresh air, there was lots of air pollution from the sugar cane field burning. Our first Great Barrier Reef (GBR) stop was 55 miles offshore, Lady Musgrave Island, a coral sea atoll. We left in morning darkness around 5am to ensure upon our arrival we would have enough sunlight to navigate the coral reef and shallows.
It was a thrill to enter into the lagoon, in the distance we had huge white capped roaring ocean waves crashing against the outer coral reef as we navigated through a narrow channel engulfed in bommies (coral heads).
Lady Musgrave island is uninhabited, a 35 acre sand island with a dense forest canopy and lots of wildlife. The island was formed as a result of parrot fish eating coral and pooping coral sand over the centuries. The perimeter of the island is all sand and full of white intact corals as well as giant clam shells. The birds were teeming, we witnessed scores of Black Noddys fly into to the pisona trees to roost at dusk.
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| Dead turtle. When they come here to lay their eggs, sharks time their visit here to feast on arriving/departing turtles. |
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| Lady Musgrave Island |
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| Black Noddy |
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| Gary Fish |
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