"The beach" in Cairns

Fish sculpture at the beach

Australian flags

Mangrove swamps at Cairns

Supersport: my home for the next 4 nights

Reminds me of Brew-thru

Cook Island dances

Dive buddy David (red filter on camera for underwater photos)

Me at a safety stop (taken by Emma)

Pixie's Garden

Cool coral formation

Feathery starfish (black)

David taking pix

Gill from "Finding Nemo" (okay, not really)

Anemones and coral

Entering the water at Challenger Bay

Sea cucumber

First "land" we saw (Sat.?)

Part of the reef from above

Only other people anywhere nearby

My gear

Keith's 60th birthday

The sundeck

Dynamite Pass drift dive

Butterfly fish

Cod feed at the Cod Hole

Large potato cod

Sea cucumber (without red filter)

White-tip reef shark

Table coral

David and Richard at sunset

Sunset over the ocean

Lizard Island

Me and David

Yuki, Carol, David at the prawns and bubbly party

Danny (red) regales the passengers with stories of the fish that got away

Carol, me, Jeannette

My little cabin

Lizard Island at sunrise

The passengers: (back, l-r) ?,?, Keith, Katie, Richard, Theo, David; (front, l-r) Polly, Eric, me, Jeannette, Carol

The crew (back, l-r): Brad, Pauline, Emma, Neil, Danny, Laurence; (front, l-r) Tasha, Ambrose, Amara, Yuki, Damien

Leaving the boat

A last look at home on the sea

Lizard Island beach

The walk to the airport

The "airport"

"Baggage claim"

'Nuff said.

My ride back to Cairns

David (pilot) giving a safety briefing

Island near Lizard Island

The Reef

Shipwreck on the reef

Check out the horizon

Schoolkids performing