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| Bushranger Bay, South Coast, NSW |
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| Stephen |
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| Giant Cuttlefish |
Its another sunny day and its time to head down the coast for some snorkelling. We arrive at the chosen spot a new place Stephen found on one of his bike adventures. He tells me we are taking the short route from the car park. I steady myself for a 5km jaunt up and down dale. What’s this we start with a wooden staircase, no scrambling down the side of cliffs? After 200 metres we are at the spot. Now that was a short route, I like this place.
The beach is just about deserted, its hot and time to don snorkels and flippers and see what is out there. Stephen jumps in with vengeance, I think I will just glide. The water is cold but not too bad. Stephen is off and racing heading out to sea over rock beds, weed farms and through hundreds of fishes. I wish I had an app in my goggles that identifies them. There is a little purple one, now three big black ones. Finally I catch up with Stephen as he is diving up and down chasing some rock cod. Now we go across the bay and its much more murky and harder to see all the beauty.
Back along some rock ledges and Stephen is pointing madly and diving down. Rrrr, rrr, rr he says through his snorkel. It’s big, about a metre long and reddish all over. Low and behold it is a giant cuttlefish. Its seem pretty unperturbed by us diving down and around and goes on about its business. The first great find for 2015.
