Sealife

Over the weekend when the tide was out we went exploring the shallow pools of the reef. We saw heaps of sea urchins, (we had to be very careful of our footing even with protective reef-shoes) some with 2cm long orange spines, others with 10cm long blue/blk spines. There were clams as big as a fist, they were an intense blue colour. There were orange and black sea slugs and sea cucumbers. Crabs and shrimps. A lion fish. A squid. And a large blue starfish.

Later when we were safely out of the water we saw these white with black spotted things gliding through the water that looked like sea-snakes—but with our handy sea creature chart we were able to identify them as eels. Phew! There were also a couple of stone-fish.

I’m not sure if I will go out there again too often. All the spiny things freaked me out but Chris had a great time.