Early in the morning we sailed to Tongue Bay in order to reach Lookout Beach. Once the anchor was lowered in Tongue Bay, we were taken to the island with the dinghy, and I was the first of the day to land on the island.
Our boat in Tongue Bay
From the beach I followed the trail to the look out to see the beautiful landscape.
View of Whitehaven Beach from Hill Inlet Lookout
Once the photos were taken, I went to the beach known for its amazing white sand. On the beach, many small blue crabs were running in all directions and ended up buried in the sand. The morning was unfortunately cloudy with some rain but after a while the sun came out.
Blue crab
Lookout Beach
After a few hours on the beach, everyone returned to the boat where lunch awaited us. In the afternoon, the boat sailed towards a protected cove for snorkeling and diving. I was the only one on the boat to go diving, and it was also my first diving experience. They took me away to another boat with other divers from various boats, I have been asked about my health and they made me sign a waiver in case I remained underwater forever. The handling of the respirator is complex but not difficult and I managed breathing with the mouth piece. As this is the first time I’m trying diving, the maximum was 5 meters deep. As the first diving experience, the Great Barrier Reef was a wonderful place to start with, with plenty colorful fishes and corals. After diving, I joined the others who were snorkeling. Finally I saw a lot more interesting stuffs while snorkeling than diving, including a small clown fish I immediately named Nemo (really smaller than in the movie). After snorkeling, the boat took us to a beach with coarse sand for cocktails accompanied by two rainbows in the sky. Then back onto the boat for sunset.
Double rainbow