Second dive site of my time in Australia! We enjoyed out time at Julian Rocks so much that we signed up to dive with Unidive a second time. That dive was last weekend! We headed out to Cook Island which is a small island (like so small that it's too rocky for people to walk on it) that is just off the coast from Tweed River and Coolengatta. It has a bunch of reefs around the island and is actually a Marine Park, so it was a nice area. There were tons of fish and corals. Some of the highlights were tons of cleaning wrasses cleaning reef fish, heaps of puffers, and some huge groupers. In addition to the fish, we also saw some other amazing ocean inhabitants. The firstly we saw a couple of moray eels (below bottom). We saw a bunch of Wobegong sharks, but not as many as the Julian Rocks dive. We also saw a green sea turtle! I looked up and saw it chilling in front of us! We followed him for a bit, it was really cool to see him riding the waves (felt like something out of Finding Nemo). The highlight of the trip though, was the octopus (see above!!). He was hiding in a hole but we could see his eyes, and he changed color to fit in better with the rocks. It was really exciting because it was the first wild octopus that I've seen. After another great dive, I can't wait to go again. And I will be, this weekend at the Great Barrier Reef.
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