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We have done a fantastic dive at Cape Banks Caverns and
then headed across Botany Bay to the whale watch platform. Our
last visit here we had followed the wall around to it's end to the NW.
Here the wall ends in several crevices which are too small for us to
swim through. We were keen to explore this area further so we
anchored further NW, around where the wall turns abruptly on an L shaped
corner. When we descended were anchored on a smaller wall about
20m East of the main wall, adjacent to a large overhang. Here were
thousands of fish. We followed the wall NW to it's end and then
kept going. Below us were boulders of all sizes and again lots of
fish around them. A large black bull ray came from behind us and
kept on heading northwest. Even though it was gliding slowly, I
could not keep up with it. Having see enough of these boulders we
turned around and headed back towards the cave. Outside the more
northerly cave, on a small sandy patch sat the turtle, facing us resting
in the sand. We took some photos of it before it turned and swam
away.
We've seen this turtle on every dive here - we certainly
hope that it hangs around.
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