One of the dive sites was an old clam fishery.
Some of the clams got really big.
They are all the same type, the differences in colours are due to the bacteria growing in symbiosis with the clam.
If we got too close they would close a bit.
If we went from the side we could get really good views.
Or if we stayed high enough to prevent blocking any light.
The closer you got to the reef the more things you could find. Like this crab.
These barnacles found a nice home on the mooring line.
If you look close you can see the pipefish and the worms on this coral.
This one is a big easier to find.
All I saw was the antennae and I pointed the camera in that direction. Turns out it was a shrimp.
Here’s a nudiebranch.
Here were some crabs that came out at night.
Here’s another nudibranch, they get really colourful.
Again at night the crabs were out and we surprised this one.
These are christmas tree worms that very rapidly disappear back into their hole if you get too close.
One of the dive sites were were at was Cod Hole. This is where potato cod come and hang out as they have been fed for years.
They are pretty big fish.
They swim right up to and around you.
Which Kerri didn’t like.
They are really just checking out if we have any food with us.
They were really funny looking.
And would sneak up when you weren’t looking.
This is where the crocodiles live. Can you see them all?
We went looking for them on a boat where we would be safe.
We got candy as well and Matt was enjoying his while searching for crocs.
Before we found crocs we saw some birds.
There was the first one.
They blend in really well and wouldn’t have been spotted without being pointed out.
Every croc has a different type of pattern on them.
All the spines and scales help reduce turbulence when stalking prey under the water.
This was was sunning itself as the tide was coming in.
It was slowing getting submerged as the water rose.
Keeping away from the water’s edge in northern Australia is a good idea with all these guys around.
On our way north to the Daintree we stopped at a wildlife park in Port Douglas.
There were many birds wandering around.
This is a stork, although we saw several in the wild before seeing one in captivity.
This looks like some kind of goose.
Here’s another flat billed bird.
Unlike the birds the lizards were just staying still.
As we had seen a little already, the birds have very bright coloured feathers.
They would check us out sometimes as we wandered around.
This owl glanced at us a bit but was really just trying to sleep.
Matt is not pointing at nothing. The whole area above him is a mass of canopy spiders.
They look like this.
They had one big male croc.
Importantly they had cassowaries. We probably wouldn’t see them in the wild so we were glad to be able to see them somewhere.
They are really cool looking birds and given their size, beak and claws we didn’t really want to see them in the wild.
There were a few chicks wandering around in the open enclosure.
They looked pretty funny.
The roos came by to see what we were up to as well.
The wallabies were interested too.
