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There used to be crevasses overlaid with large pink plate corals just beyond the boat where you jump off into the lagoon at John Brewer reef, and so I never made it around to the reef front proper – at least not down the sandy front to a depth of 22 … [Read more...] about Part 4. Golden Gorgonians & So Many Fishes – John Brewer Reef, April 2024

There might be 3,000 coral reefs but what makes a special reef, what makes John Brewer Reef the jewel in the crown considering the central region of the Great Barrier Reef – something of greater value amongst other valuable things? This coral reef … [Read more...] about Part 3.  New Growth – Central Great Barrier Reef, April 2024

Last Wednesday, after diving Wheeler, Lynch and Chicken reefs we made it to Davies.  I particularly wanted to visit this reef as the Australian Institute of Science (AIMS) has a weather station here at Davies. Stuart put his drone up and got … [Read more...] about Davies Reef – Part 2, Central Great Barrier Reef, April 2024

The corals in the central region of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered through this last summer with some bleaching and also damage from cyclone Kirrily.   There are seasons under the sea, just as there are on land – and in life. Even though large … [Read more...] about Wheeler, Chicken, Lynch – Central Great Barrier Reef, April 2024. Part 1.