We went to Mooloolaba so that I could dive (it was too cold for Monique) the HMAS Brisbane. Mooloolaba is a cute little town with a beachfront main drag of shops and cafes. But the main reason to go there is to dive the Brisbane. It’s a destroyer that was used in the Vietnam and Gulf Wars before being decommissioned in 2001 and sunk as an artificial reef in 2007. It’s already attracted fish and soft corals to it.
During the dive I saw little clown fish, a couple of octopi, some kingfish, a few porcupinefish, and a couple of other fish of note. The dive itself was around and over the outside for the first dive and then through the middle for the second. There were consoles and toilets and silos and cannon still in place. A very nice dive.
Unfortunately, I can’t show you any of this stuff because my camera stuffed up. In fact, the photo at the top is the only one I got before the camera decided not to cooperate anymore. How annoying.
After Mooloolaba we drove to Noosa which didn’t impress us at all. It was too expensive, too pretentious, and the pies tasted awful. Seriously. Worst pie EVER.
After a stroll around there for an hour or so we decided to leave the pomp and circumstance and go to Rainbow Beach to get ready to go to Fraser Island. On the way we got routed onto a 4wd track by the navigation system and passed some controlled burning. -jp
Gallery but no diving photos:
http://gallery.me.com/the_np_bat_man#100672
Mooloolaba is here.
…schick,schick