Great Barrier Reef WARNING LOTS OF PHOTOS! - Page 2

blureef1 · 01/04/2007, 04:39 PM

Great Pics.

I did a Mike Ball live aboard trip in August. Had the time of my life. Absoutely stunning!!

em805 · 01/04/2007, 05:49 PM

All I can say is Wow! Thank you for sharing

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edr42 · 01/06/2007, 10:59 PM

Ok, due to popular demand, i will post some more photos.
There are also some movies here, and if you click on the link, it should take you to the photobucket website where you can play the movie.
Enjoy, and let me know if more are wanted, i have thousands of them!

edr42 · 01/06/2007, 11:06 PM

and some more....

edr42 · 01/06/2007, 11:13 PM

And some more photos:

edr42 · 01/06/2007, 11:15 PM

I have some movies as welll as a heap more photos if people want to see.
Let me know!

SERVO · 01/07/2007, 11:29 PM

This is awesome! Thanks for all of the fantastic pictures!

Angel*Fish · 01/08/2007, 12:11 AM

Edr42, I can honestly say those are some of the most beautiful reef photos I've ever seen- Thanks so much

Hope you won't mind an off topic question: do wallabies wander around the streets there? I ran across some photos for Townsville (in my quest to determine if Townsville needs me to move there and open up a Tex/Mex/Cajun restaurant) and it was mentioned that there were wallabies right outside the dorm.

edr42 · 01/08/2007, 12:45 AM

yup, the wallabies are all over the place
They mostly come out at dawn and dusk and just sit in the shade during the day, but they do wander about.
Any sort of restauraunt would go down well in Townsville, and if you aim at the uni (JCU) there will be no shortage of customers at all. Incidentally, about a third of JCU is American exchange students, and the first thing they all do is look for the local mexican place, of which there is only one.

karm40 · 01/08/2007, 12:23 PM

Great photos! How is the overall health of the reef there? I'm wondering if you are seeing any dead/dieing corals? Diseased corals? Crown of thorns out of proportion? It seems from the pics that everything is looking pretty good.
Thanks again for the photos.

edwing206 · 01/08/2007, 07:44 PM

WOW. It is so cool that you live so close to the reef. it must be temting to grab stuff and take it home, huh?

drummereef · 01/08/2007, 10:28 PM

Amazing pics. Thanks for posting such beauty.

edr42 · 01/09/2007, 06:01 PM

The reef is really in pretty good condition. Australia has much more resources to spread around to protect the reef, so there are literally millions of untouches (and unseen) reefs that are protected from exploitation. Some of the inshore and tourist reefs are run down, with broken up and bleached corals, but the vast majority are just like the photos. Just make sure you take a dive boat that goes away from the usual spots.

If you have the appropriate licences, you can just wander out and collect your own specimens, there are howere very strict bag limits and impact prevention measures that make sure noone goes out there with a trawl net and pick axe to collect fish and corals. I am always very careful when i go out collecting.

edr42 · 01/09/2007, 06:07 PM

A couple more photos and movies:

This is my usual dive spot, not bad is it?

Does anyone have an ID for this clam?

A curious sea snake

This is the hull of the SS Yongala wreck, the diver gives a good idea of the scale.

RELAD · 01/09/2007, 06:17 PM

Wow I have dove all over the Carribean and in South America and seen a lot but haven't made it there yet.. I am jealous... Nice pictures

Angel*Fish · 01/09/2007, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by edr42
yup, the wallabies are all over the place
They mostly come out at dawn and dusk and just sit in the shade during the day, but they do wander about.
Any sort of restauraunt would go down well in Townsville, and if you aim at the uni (JCU) there will be no shortage of customers at all. Incidentally, about a third of JCU is American exchange students, and the first thing they all do is look for the local mexican place, of which there is only one.

It's hard to imagine wallabies all around -- I'd have to go to the zoo to see one.

Only one Mexican restaurant? That's hard to imagine, too. Here in Houston there's almost literally one on every corner - lol.

rafael13 · 01/09/2007, 06:53 PM

wow!!!
Thanks for the great pics

Rory3 · 01/10/2007, 01:18 PM

Absolutely stunning photos, thanks for sharing! And thanks to melev for letting people know about this thread

Angel*Fish · 01/10/2007, 05:46 PM

Quote:

This is my usual dive spot, not bad is it?

It's ok, if you like that sort of thing -

I feel like I'm getting to know that big parrot fish. Do you see any of the same fish when you go back to the same spots?

edr42 · 01/11/2007, 03:06 PM

Some of the more recognisable fish (like Elvis the giant barracuda, and VW the Giant Grouper) are definately regulars, and a lot of the other smaller fish are too.
The clowns don't stray too far, and the turtles can be identified, and it is very likely that most of the fish are residents, but there are just too many to keep track of.

edr42 · 01/11/2007, 03:07 PM

dammit, leaned on the keyboard.

edr42 · 01/11/2007, 03:19 PM

On the subject of regulars, these are some regulars that i play around with down in Sydney, where i'm currently spending the summer break.

Giant Cuttlefish setting up an ambush

The same Cuttle 30 seconds later, incidentaly this is just before he came over and tried to grab my mask, very curiuos creature.

This is Bluey, my wild pet Blue Grouper, he likes a pat and a sea urchin every now and then.

This is just an interesting nudibranch.

A friendly Banjo ray that lets me pat him now.

Truncate Coralfish, always in the same area, and always in pairs.

Waratah Anemone (it just looks nice)

Juvenile White Ear damsel (gotta catch one of these for my tank!)

edwing206 · 01/11/2007, 06:08 PM

VERY nice pictures.
you are sooo lucky to live there. it is one of my goals in life, to dive in the Great Barrier Reef.
have any more?

melev · 01/11/2007, 08:13 PM

Wow! This thread gets better and better. So the grouper can bite down on an urchin with all those spines?

Thanks again for all the eye candy! You've got some excellent shots. Could that water be any more blue!

edr42 · 01/11/2007, 08:17 PM

Bluey seems to love chomping on sea urchins, and gets quite excited when i give him one. Those thick rubberoid lips are super tough and fishes mouths are largely thick, insensitive tissue.
There are plenty more photos, i'm still sorting through my photo album, so more will be posted.
At the moment i'm off for a dip, might go say hello to bluey...

01/04/2007, 05:49 PM	#27
em805 Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Santa Maria, CA Posts: 311	All I can say is Wow! Thank you for sharing . __________________ Temp-78-79F pH-8.2 (seachem) SG-35ppm (hydrometer) Calcium-435 (pinpoint) Ammonia-.0 (AP) Nitrite-0 (AP) Nitrate-<5 (AP) PO4-0 I-.04 Silica-<1 Alk-4 meq/L Mg-1440 Current Tank Info: 112G Shallow REEF CUBE Bare Bottom/60g Corner Reef Tank DSB

01/08/2007, 12:11 AM	#33
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	Edr42, I can honestly say those are some of the most beautiful reef photos I've ever seen- Thanks so much Hope you won't mind an off topic question: do wallabies wander around the streets there? I ran across some photos for Townsville (in my quest to determine if Townsville needs me to move there and open up a Tex/Mex/Cajun restaurant) and it was mentioned that there were wallabies right outside the dorm. __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums Last edited by AngelFish; 01/08/2007 at 12:34 AM.*

01/08/2007, 07:44 PM	#36
edwing206 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Shoreline,Washington Posts: 4,518	WOW. It is so cool that you live so close to the reef. it must be temting to grab stuff and take it home, huh? __________________ The name's Luis. :) Current Tank Info: 50G cube

01/08/2007, 10:28 PM	#37
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Amazing pics. Thanks for posting such beauty. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

01/09/2007, 06:53 PM	#42
rafael13 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: sacramento Posts: 1,104	wow!!! Thanks for the great pics __________________ Dr Chipotle Jr. son of Dr. Chipotle Senior: Evil Scientist PBITAWA would you like to sign my petition to abolish seal clubbing? hey, who am I to judge how seals like to spend a night out?

01/04/2007, 04:39 PM	#26
blureef1 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 194	Great Pics. I did a Mike Ball live aboard trip in August. Had the time of my life. Absoutely stunning!!

01/06/2007, 10:59 PM	#28
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Ok, due to popular demand, i will post some more photos. There are also some movies here, and if you click on the link, it should take you to the photobucket website where you can play the movie. Enjoy, and let me know if more are wanted, i have thousands of them!

01/06/2007, 11:06 PM	#29
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	and some more....

01/06/2007, 11:13 PM	#30
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	And some more photos:

01/06/2007, 11:15 PM	#31
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	I have some movies as welll as a heap more photos if people want to see. Let me know!

01/07/2007, 11:29 PM	#32
SERVO Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Keller, TX Posts: 1,305	This is awesome! Thanks for all of the fantastic pictures!

01/08/2007, 12:45 AM	#34
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	yup, the wallabies are all over the place They mostly come out at dawn and dusk and just sit in the shade during the day, but they do wander about. Any sort of restauraunt would go down well in Townsville, and if you aim at the uni (JCU) there will be no shortage of customers at all. Incidentally, about a third of JCU is American exchange students, and the first thing they all do is look for the local mexican place, of which there is only one.

01/08/2007, 12:23 PM	#35
karm40 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 604	Great photos! How is the overall health of the reef there? I'm wondering if you are seeing any dead/dieing corals? Diseased corals? Crown of thorns out of proportion? It seems from the pics that everything is looking pretty good. Thanks again for the photos.

01/09/2007, 06:01 PM	#38
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	The reef is really in pretty good condition. Australia has much more resources to spread around to protect the reef, so there are literally millions of untouches (and unseen) reefs that are protected from exploitation. Some of the inshore and tourist reefs are run down, with broken up and bleached corals, but the vast majority are just like the photos. Just make sure you take a dive boat that goes away from the usual spots. If you have the appropriate licences, you can just wander out and collect your own specimens, there are howere very strict bag limits and impact prevention measures that make sure noone goes out there with a trawl net and pick axe to collect fish and corals. I am always very careful when i go out collecting.

01/09/2007, 06:07 PM	#39
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	A couple more photos and movies: This is my usual dive spot, not bad is it? Does anyone have an ID for this clam? A curious sea snake This is the hull of the SS Yongala wreck, the diver gives a good idea of the scale.

01/09/2007, 06:17 PM	#40
RELAD Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Haymarket VA Posts: 80	Wow I have dove all over the Carribean and in South America and seen a lot but haven't made it there yet.. I am jealous... Nice pictures

01/10/2007, 01:18 PM	#43
Rory3 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Africa Posts: 14	Absolutely stunning photos, thanks for sharing! And thanks to melev for letting people know about this thread

01/11/2007, 03:06 PM	#45
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Some of the more recognisable fish (like Elvis the giant barracuda, and VW the Giant Grouper) are definately regulars, and a lot of the other smaller fish are too. The clowns don't stray too far, and the turtles can be identified, and it is very likely that most of the fish are residents, but there are just too many to keep track of.

01/11/2007, 03:07 PM	#46
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	dammit, leaned on the keyboard. Last edited by edr42; 01/11/2007 at 03:21 PM.

01/11/2007, 03:19 PM	#47
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	On the subject of regulars, these are some regulars that i play around with down in Sydney, where i'm currently spending the summer break. Giant Cuttlefish setting up an ambush The same Cuttle 30 seconds later, incidentaly this is just before he came over and tried to grab my mask, very curiuos creature. This is Bluey, my wild pet Blue Grouper, he likes a pat and a sea urchin every now and then. This is just an interesting nudibranch. A friendly Banjo ray that lets me pat him now. Truncate Coralfish, always in the same area, and always in pairs. Waratah Anemone (it just looks nice) Juvenile White Ear damsel (gotta catch one of these for my tank!)

01/11/2007, 06:08 PM	#48
edwing206 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Shoreline,Washington Posts: 4,518	VERY nice pictures. you are sooo lucky to live there. it is one of my goals in life, to dive in the Great Barrier Reef. have any more? __________________ The name's Luis. :) Current Tank Info: 50G cube

01/11/2007, 08:13 PM	#49
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Wow! This thread gets better and better. So the grouper can bite down on an urchin with all those spines? Thanks again for all the eye candy! You've got some excellent shots. Could that water be any more blue!

01/11/2007, 08:17 PM	#50
edr42 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Townsville, (on the Great Barrier Reef) Posts: 355	Bluey seems to love chomping on sea urchins, and gets quite excited when i give him one. Those thick rubberoid lips are super tough and fishes mouths are largely thick, insensitive tissue. There are plenty more photos, i'm still sorting through my photo album, so more will be posted. At the moment i'm off for a dip, might go say hello to bluey...