The Yongala would be the highlight of any dive trip. She sank in 1911 with the loss of many lives. Well, read about it here, this internet café charges by the hour and I can’t type very fast. The plan is to remain here for one and a half days and dive the heck out of this wreck. I can live with that! No going inside is allowed (by law)….grumble….oh well. She lies in about 95 feet of water and is in unprotected waters, so the currents and seas can get pretty extreme. Not for us, however! We had a bit of current in the mornings, but the afternoon and night dives were current free.
The most difficult thing about diving this wreck is not straining your neck trying to see everything that confronts you on a typical dive. The sheer variety of life is stunning. Multiple types of sharks, rays, turtles, sea snakes, Cod the size of volkswagons. And that’s just the big stuff. Also, every dive is unique. I spoke with people who have been on this site over 100 times and they never get bored.
What’s amazing is that this site is in the middle of nowhere! Its 80 miles from anything that could even remotely be described as a reef. Sandy bottom all around.
Enough yapping. Here are some pictures in the continuation
That was a nice maori Wrasse. Here's a 6 foot zebra shark:
This one won me the trip's photo contest...a clean sweep!
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