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The perfect swim; flat, warm and sooooo many fish. Today had serious WOW Factor !!!!
There where garfish, massive schools of yellowtail, stingrays, dusky whalers, luderick, batfish, groupers to name just a few. Then there were a couple of new beautiful fish: they were purple, about an inch high and long, very thin and with beautiful long purple tentacles (like jimbles’ tentacles) flowing behind them. Jane where are you when we need you… Any idea what they are ???
What’s going on in the B&B, it’s all happening:
Simon Ingram got engaged on Saturday, congratulations 🙂
Anthony and Michelle Yeates are expecting their first baby, due on 30th November which means Anne Lemon will be a Grandma !!!! Congratulations 🙂
Mum sent through a lovely photo of her and Dad so I couldn’t resist including it in the blog :-). Keep up the great recovery Dad, can’t wait to see you in August xox
Water Temperature 23.1 degrees.
Sunrise 6.09am.
Sunset 5.48pm.
High Tide: 9.37am.
Low Tide: 3.36pm.
7 comments
Linda
April 4, 2011 at 8:33 am
WOW one of the best swims ever, sooooo many fish, it was like being a mermaid.
Christy
April 4, 2011 at 8:44 am
Beautiful swim today:) Linda I think you are part mermaid!! 🙂 xoxo
Michael [EX CI]
April 4, 2011 at 11:23 am
What a great swim! Warm water [23.2c], flat and clear. I even saw a small whaler shark this morning. Usually everyone else sees 20 or so and I don’t see any. I must have been in the right spot today!
These conditions are going to last I think. The offshore temp is staying aroung 22-23c and the swell is completely from the South for at least the next week! So “make hay while the sun shines.”
Michael [EX CI]
April 4, 2011 at 4:48 pm
BTW Roberto and Len are doing swims to Queenscliff early on some days. I’m not sure which. How about blogging it the night before guys??? That way anyone else interested would know when to turn up and have company.
Jane
April 4, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Hi Jules – Ive asked Mark at the OzMus what the beautiful new fish might have been. I have some ideas but he’s the expert. I’ll keep you posted.
Jane
April 4, 2011 at 5:13 pm
Mark’s reply re the new fish:
It sounded like a lovely swim.
As far as the fish goes, how does this grab you? http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Pennantfish-Alectis-ciliaris-Bloch-1787
If this is the right species, I’d love one of the B&B group to make a comment on the page indicating where they were seen.
Cheers,
Mark
Pacific Jules
April 4, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Thanks heaps Jane and Mark, they were indeed Juvenile Pennantfish. I have just put a comment on the page on the Australian Museum website. How exciting 🙂
Also, whilst we are talking about exciting, the ladies one piece hot pink swimming costumes have just arrived and they look terrific 🙂