22nd - Spent today in the Cape Range National Park. Snorkeled at Torquiose Bay. Current was a little strong. We had to start up the beach and travel down with it. Ewan was a little panicky about it. Managed to buy an underwater cover for my camera, so spent a little time testing it out. D's birthday today so his choice was to not snorkel, but play on the beach with his birthday present. Went to dinner at Pinochios. Sumptuous pasta and prawns Paul had pork ribs. Very tender.
23nd - Today was the day to swim with the whale sharks. What an experience! Started the day off with a practice snorkel. Hard pressed getting D in but eventually he got in.
We had morning tea whilst we waited for the spotter plane to find a whale shark. We headed out to the whale shark and the boat dumped us out in front of it. We put our heads in and waited for it to swim past us. Then we had to swim along side it and look in awe. When we couldn't keep up with it anymore, the boat would then pick us up and we would do it all over again. The ocean was very choppy. Swells were about 3m high. D didn't get in at all. E did it twice and J did it the times. By the 4th P and I were exhausted too.
It was a wonderful experience. I would definitely recommend it to anyone ;-)
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