The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.
[password]LR110
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position: 10 43.521s 142 25.602e
date: 15/07/2014
image: Good morning Wroonga Point!!!
We made it, just the walk to the very tip and it's a tick on the list!!!! Sand, sun, clear blue water and ya can't swim. Looking forward to stopping at fruit bat falls on the way back for another swim there!!!![END]
[p]LR110 [s] Campd at Canal creek, swimin at fruit bat falls 2dy, goin ova
on jardn ferry 2mrw, dp watr crosns 2dy p: 11 23.692s 142 24.345e
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[password] beavis
[position] 15 40S 168 07E
[status] Anchored at Batnavni Bay, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. Beautiful spinnaker run today!
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[password] VJN3212
[position] 13 14S 163 06W
[speed] 00 kts
[heading] 000 M
[status] Auto update
[weather] 00 kts wind @ 000, 000 % clouds[END]
[password] Allegre$$e
[position] 36 44 S, 174 51 E
[speed] 6.0knts
[heading] o42T
[status] Finally - on our way again! Very foggy but keeping a look-out and using all resources. Heading for Levuka, Fiji.
[weather] 5knots S. light swell.
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[password]waiknot
[position]18 38.548S 174 03.895W
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Having a whale of a time! The Humpbacked whales have arrived in Vava'u from their feeding grounds in the Antarctic. They come here each year at this time to breed and calve. We caught our first glimpse of one of these magnificent creatures today. Have also been doing more diving and snorkelling, discovering more and more fish species every time we get in the water. Have now identified 140 different kinds of fish in Tonga. More about our travels in the blog.
At the northern tip of Umuna there is a sand spit leading west. Walk out to the end of the spit and you will find an extensive coral landscape. Tremendous bushes of coral with different kinds of fish in front of you everytime you blink. Spotted a Turkeyfish amongst the coral, a pretty sight but best left alone!
From the surface this looks like just another coral garden. But the top of the coral reef is sitting on several towers of rock that plummet 15m down to sand. Swim through tunnels, into large caves and around towers of rock encrusted with coral. Visibility more than 25m, pretty coral and schools of reef fish of all different shapes and sizes.
Take the dinghy across the inner reef north of Faioa Island at between 2 hours before and after high tide. Dive the drop off between the inner and outer reef. Excellent visibility, lots of coral growing on the rocks and teeming with fish. Spotted a huge Emperor Angelfish!
