{"id":4789,"date":"2022-08-25T14:45:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T04:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fourwornsoles.com\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2024-03-02T00:41:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T14:41:25","slug":"lady-musgrave-island-snorkeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fourwornsoles.com\/lady-musgrave-island-snorkeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Musgrave Island snorkeling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Snorkeling off Lady Musgrave Island was turtley awesome and def one of the best places we’ve ever snorkelled!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what a great start this was to our van life adventure from Brisbane to Emu park!.. It was such a fun holiday and we got to see some beautiful parts of Queensland along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our first stop was the charming little town of Seventeen Seventy…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which was Captain James Cook’s second stop in Australia and the first in Queensland in the year 1770.. Hence how the town got its name. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And not far off shore is one of the most southern parts of the Great Barrier reef!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So where is Lady Musgrave Island?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

You will find Lady Musgrave Island, sitting about 58 km off the coast of Seventeen Seventy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now this is the closest land point to reach the island, where a boat trip to the reef\/lagoon takes about 90 mins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, you can also reach Lady Musgrave from Bundaberg, but expect a two-and half-hour trip each way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We weren’t keen for a six hour return journey, so we booked our tour from 1770 through Backpacker Deals<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Savings tip – If you book directly with them, you receive up to 10% cashback to use on another tour. Plus you can save 5% off with our discount code FWS5<\/strong> \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless lets get back to our turtley awesome day out at Lady Musgrave reef!..<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Even though the weather changed dramatically as we approached the island with this massive storm front (AKA cyclone Seth) starting to form out at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It seems even the dolphins were trying to outrun this storm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But to our luck the storm blew out by the time we reached the Lady Musgrave lagoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fun fact:<\/strong> It’s actually better to go snorkeling in overcast weather as the corals open up more and more fish come out as they think it’s approaching night time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where we anchored off where there were two bommies – One to the left and one to the right. With a reef wall in-between. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And I was totally unaware that I was about to experience some of the best snorkeling I’ve ever done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bommie on the left was home to more predatorial fish and lots of little colourful fish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the bommie on the right was a popular turtle cleaning station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I spotted a sting ray just chilling at the bottom of the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next a reef shark swam beneath me! So I followed him for a bit…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And this is where things got amazing! <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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The first turtle I spotted was at the bottom of the ocean. So I took a deep breathe and dived down to say g’day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then at the cleaning station another two were enjoying the full benefits of the reef spa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I dived down again one swam back up to the surface with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One thing I didn’t realise earlier was that there were heaps of jellyfish near the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This just so happens to be one of the green turtles favourite snacks! And luckily for us these particular comb jellyfish don’t sting you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The turtle just started cruising around and casually started to snack on the jellyfish. He was like the pacman of the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out this video to see the turtles in pacman mode \ud83d\udc22\ud83d\ude06\ud83d\udc47<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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