The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

Before and after the whale shark snorkelling we got to check out Ningaloo reef. There were many types of coral we hadn’t seen before.

This example of brain coral was impressive.

Even though it isn’t jellyfish season this area traps the jellies and there aren’t enough predators to cut down the population.

They do sting but you can swim around pretty easily. They are very relaxing to watch swim by.

A few people did get stung but it only lasts for about an hour or so.

Their tops don’t sting so the guides were pushing them around by the top towards each other. This one got lifted out of the water further showing why they have the name jellyfish.

After 12 hours of driving through the rain and waking up to pouring rain at 4 am we made it out to Ningaloo reef to search for whale sharks. After waiting for a bit the spotter plane found one and we got to get in the water.

He was just a small guy at 5m in size.

They say whale sharks are solitary but he had a whole bunch of friends hanging out with him.

Some of those friends were us for the day.

The other fish are hanging around to clean the whale shark, or feed on the plankton as well.

The spot pattern is unique to each whale and can be used to identify the different individuals.

His tail is really big and even though he barely moved it he cut through the water very quickly.

Sometimes he would turn to get a look at us.

It was totally worth the effort to get to see such a cool animal.