Moreton Island, Australia

Moreton Island is the third largest sand island in the world. Today we were at anchor in the Coral Sea and the ship’s tenders (large lifeboats) would shuttle passengers to shore at the Tangalooma Island Resort. All the excursions the ship offered took place at the resort. Brian had booked a snorkeling adventure for the morning which he enjoyed quite a lot.

The resort had sunk some ships a number of years ago hoping to build a reef. Brian said there was coral growing of the metal hulks with lots of fish swimming around. He had to wear a thick wetsuit to protect him from the sharp edges of the metal.

He also enjoyed watching the many birds on the beach.

I stayed on board in the morning doing some chores (and writing my last blog post). There seemed to be lots of issues with the tendering over process. Shuttles were having mechanical problems and, since it was a 20 minute ride to the resort, folks were delayed getting over.

Brian was back around 1:00 and told me there wasn’t much to do or see over there, and since sun and laying out on the beach is something I don’t do anymore because I’ve had melanoma, I decided just to remain on the ship.

We spent the rest of the day doing what we normally do…a whole lot of relaxing.