Coral Bay

Beaut!

Scary snappers coming to get us!

Everyone knows the Great Barrier Reef, over by Cairns on the East Coast, but few people know the Ningaloo Reef by Coral Bay. It's apparently one of the best ones around and is great as the reef starts close to shore and all you need is a snorkel! We went out on a glass bottomed boat and saw lots of big fish and coral and then us three and three Frenchies and a Jap went out to snorkel. The first one was good because we saw loads of nice and colourful fish and then we got back on the boat and were taken out to another spot to do some more snorkelling. This spot was called the 'Snapper Hole' where loads of huge snapper fish hang out and we were plunged into it! We were advised that the Snapper 'shouldn't' hurt but if you keep your hands out you could be pricked by their spines on their back. Oh good. We cautiously got in but after about 5 minutes of swimming with potentially painful fish the fun was over. Dave swam in to the boat and as I watched under water just as he got back on the boat the fish went mental around his legs in some frenzy and as he got on the boat he had one of these fish sat on his lap and had to bat it back to where it belongs! The next second me and Nic are wondering what the hell happened and next thing we know tonnes of these fish coming swimming head first at a million miles an hour at us! Ah! Again we had no idea what was going on but we looked back at the boat to find the 'oldies' that hadn't gone swimming were filming us! Not wanting to be made a fool of I dashed back to the boat and sure as anything these fish went nuts just as I got in. I was so keen to get back that I grabbed the boat and launched myself head first to the floor landing somewhat like a bikini clad beached whale as I could feel the fish snapping at my feet! Nic then tried to come in buy by now we realised the guy in charge was throwing food at us and that's why the snapper were snapping! This didn't stop him though as when Nic tried to get back on the boat she was within about a metre of the boat for around 5 minutes as as soon as she tried to get closer he would throw food and she would get a face full of fish battering her about! Ha ha! She made it in the end though and we were pretty certain that we deserve a cut of the money when we make it to 'You've Been Framed'!