Monday 9 March 2009

Moreton Island

Moreton Island is a bit of mixed blessing. Moreton Island sits between the ocean and the Brisbane shore. Because of that, the water at the Brisbane shores has no waves and is a bit brown coming from the Brisbane River. You have to drive north or south to find beautiful beaches and the true Pacific Ocean.

Moreton is one of the larger sand islands in the word and we decide to visit it. Emmanuelle, Estelle and I are off on a tourist trip to the island. The day is hot, very hot. The boat trip to Moreton takes about one hour. Once we've arrived, we snorkel around a couple of scuttled ships. The lunch is pretty good, and just after lunch I go 'boom netting'.(see picture for that). A little later we get a chance to spot turtles. I'm sure I've spotted 8-10 different turtles in a few minutes.

Lovely Moreton Island has 249 species of birds, a large population of turtles and some dugongs (unfortunately we missed those). We will be back here, because it's just a fabulous place and sooo close to home.












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