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Nimrod at Sudbury Reef
And of course we snorkeled. Some of the spots were a bit patchy but the highlight was seeing a variety of hard and soft corals. The attractive sarcophytons (soft coral) really caught our attention. Some are small, mushroom like, while others are huge with convoluted lobes and wavy polyps. Yet others look like bare leather. Sarcophytons are hardy warriors. They release chemicals into the water as a way to fend off neighbouring corals so they don’t encroach on their real estate! Here is the pick of our underwater shots:
Milln Reef (copied from Sv Anui)
Okay, we did not exactly go south on this one, but could not resist the straight sail out of Fitzroy Island. As it turns out, this was the one and only sail we had while reef hopping! We had been to Milln a few times before, so knew what to expect. We picked up the public mooring but would have been happy to anchor.
The reef is recovering well from storm damage and heat stress with thriving marine life. Milln is in a green zone and on the outer line of the GBR. It helps a lot! We had a beautiful snorkel up the gutters and around lovely bommies to the right of the boat in the photo. We had fun with a Bumphead Parrotfish who let us come very close and a little Remora which as usual was keen on investigating us. Have you ever heard people laugh underwater?
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