Shipwreck we came across on the way home from Noosa
At the end of September we did a day trip to Moreton Island. There are a couple of really exciting things about this island... One being that Scooby Doo Spooky Island movie was filmed on the island!!!
We started the day with a snorkel trip out to where 15 ships that have been sunk in Moreton Bay to create a reef for the fish and shelter the waters for boats to anchor. We walked up the beach from the resort and swam out to the shipwrecks. The water was incredibly deep swimming out to the wrecks; looking down with our snorkel mask all we could see was dark blue... which was terrifying! Unfortunately due to a recent storm the water was a bit merky, the wind was blowing pretty good and there was a really strong current. The waves kept pushing us into the wrecks and Trev ended up getting a cut on his hand from one of the rusty wrecks so we decided to take a break from snorkeling until the bleeding stopped! We did end up going out again and managed to see some more fish and would love to try it again on a less windy day.
Arriving at the island
Shipwrecks
Snorkeling at the shipwrecks; the water is a bit merky.
Trev rescued a starfish stuck on the sand as the tide went out
We spotted my favorite bird.. a Kookaburra! Here he is enjoying the sun.
We got up close and he was not afraid.
That evening we planned to do the wild dolphin feed. For years wild dolphins have been coming to Morton Island at sunset for a feed. It started with fisherman throwing their fish bits into the water at the end of each day. There were concerns that they shouldn't be eating the poor quality fish bits that had been on the dock all day so a bucket of fish was kept on the dock to encourage fisherman to throw the it rather than their leftover fish bits to the dolphins. Later a proper program was put in place to ensure that professionals are assisting in the feeding. The dolphins are now only being fed a small small portion of their daily food requirement to ensure that they would still hunt for fish on there own and not be reliant on humans.
Anyway the wind picked up as the day went on, the waves got larger and by sundown we were wet and cold. We were told that the dolphins do not like waves crashing on their heads so we would be going farther than usual out into the water to feed them. At sundown several dolphins appeared near the dock, two of which were babies! We went out into the water and they swam around and took the frozen fish we held out for them.
Wild dolphin attendance for the week
Trev going out into the freezing water
Me feeding a wild dolphin!
Our next excursion was a day trip to Purlingbrook falls with Rachael, Sean, Trev and I in early October. We had visited the falls once before but did not have enough time to do the full hike at the time so we had been planning to return and were lucky to have Sean and Rach join us!
View from a creek at the top of the ridge near the waterfall
Trev standing infront of the massive rock face
Sean and Trev exploring the falls
Trev found the skeleton of a rat or lizard or something...? under the waterfall
Rach and the boys
Time to start the hike back to the top
looking down into the valley we had just hiked back up from
A couple other random photos from the last few weeks:
Unique looking bird I spotted at the Broadwater Parklands marsh area
Helm Bar overlooking the river
Big Black Swam we saw in the canel behind the mechanic's while waiting to have our car inspected.
Blue and yellow bee.
That's it for now.. next post will be on our trip to the outback!!!
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