nicolaoutdoors

Another Easter in a share house with our friends, Rod and Vanessa.

We had hoped to surf on Friday, but the swell was huge and so we all took a walk around Cape Woolamai. Later we attempted a snorkel but the swell had stirred the bottom and I couldn’t even see my own feet! The bad ‘vis’ also put paid to the night dive that Rod and Vanessa had hoped to do. Bad for them but good for us as, instead, Vanessa cooked up a huge feast of Blue Grenadier.

Saturday we paddled a little, snorkeled and cooked a Greek feast of αρνί κλέφτικο, Γεμιστά, χαλλούμι and salads. Sunday, we got up early to catch the 8am low tide to dive at Smith’s beach. We had a great dive, the highlight of which was four Port Jackson sharks sleeping on the bottom.

After cleaning the abalone we had collected that morning we returned to Smith’s beach to play in the surf for several hours until exhausted :) Monday we all rose early again and drove to Inverloch for two dives with S.E.A.L dive services. The first was not so spectacular (almost all the divers missed the main wall) but the second had a good, low wall and plenty of large crays (unfortunately just out of reach; though several were caught by others). Also unfortunately the swell had picked up and a very, very strong surge at the bottom made photos impossible. We stopped at a few beaches close to Inverloch but plagues of biting flies drove us away quite quickly. Tuesday, Ross and I snorkeled and played in the surf until it was time to pack up all our toys and come home.