This is a Wobbegong Shark of which we saw a few during our two dives. These sharks spend most of their time sitting on the ocean floor blending in with their surroundings.

On Friday at 5:45 am, we walked to the next marina, East Coast Marine, a 1/2 mile walk from our boat to get on a dive boat for a two-tank dive. We carried with us our masks, fins and thin dive skins, and also a few whistles, a dive knife and a dive sausage (a 3' orange vinyl tube that is inflated to attract the attention of the diveboat if we don't make it back to the boat). Australia has the strictest safety requirements for diving, probably because the movie "Open Water" was based on a true story where 2 divers were left behind while diving off Australia. After a one hour ride we were outside the bay entrance in the open sea at a place called "Flat Rock". Even with our full length wetsuits, the 73 degree water felt icy. We saw minimal coral (some dark purple soft ones), a huge grouper, a very large black bull ray, two lion fish and two Wobbegong Sharks very similar to the above photo. Upon our return, we were very pleased that the diveboat let us off at the slip directly behind our boat. Thank you, Mates!