mikoosnooj > The view from my hotel room at the Rydges Tradewinds hotel, Cairns, Australia -- facing northward on the east coast of Australia
mikoosnooj > The Upolu Cay.  When we landed, it was hardly exposed.  Later in the afternoon, much more was exposed.

"Upolu Cay and Reef are named after the schooner Upolu owned by William Pitts of Sydney, which struck reef on Easter Sunday 25th April 1886.  The crew salvaged stores picked up the day before in Townsville and ferried them to a sand cay 3 miles away, where they spent the night.  The crew set sail for Port Douglas in a lifeboat on 27th March and was eventually picked up by the Bulimba off Cape Grafton on May 4th"

http://www.oceanfree.com.au/upolucay.html

Not mentioned here is what our guides told us -- that the passengers on the ship could not swim and all perished.  Only the crew survived.
mikoosnooj > Dive instructor Alessia
mikoosnooj > Finding Nemo, 16 February 2007 photo
mikoosnooj > 30 minutes underwater = lots of pruning
mikoosnooj > Finding Nemo, 16 February 2007 photo
mikoosnooj > Finding Nemo, 16 February 2007 photo
mikoosnooj > See the camouflaged fish?
mikoosnooj > Finding Nemo, 16 February 2007 photo
The view from my hotel room at the Rydges Tradewinds hotel, Cairns, Australia -- facing northward on the east coast of Australia
mikoosnooj > The view from my hotel room at the Rydges Tradewinds hotel, Cairns, Australia -- facing northward on the east coast of Australia
The view from my hotel room at the Rydges Tradewinds hotel, Cairns, Australia -- facing northward on the east coast of Australia
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