Lady Musgrave Island is in the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef and surrounded by coral. The island itself is now listed as a National Park. Miss Pure Awesomeness and I reached the island on the second Wednesday in June by boat and hiked through the light forest and along the white sand.
This is on the north-eastern side of the island. The forest behind me is fairly new; years ago, introduced goats lived here and devoured all they could. (They were intended as emergency rations for stranded sailors.)
A friendly (but dangerously pasty) Brit' kindly snapped the pair of us on our loop around the island.
These birds visit the island for a feed and to make their nests in the trees. However, as the island is short on nitrogen, the trees have evolved a macabre tendency to ensnare the birds with sticky seeds in order to stop that precious nitrogen source from escaping.
We boarded our little tinny and headed back out to the moored boat for lunch prior to our afternoon of snorkelling on the reef.
Em and I prepared to go looking for starfish, turtles and sharks. I'll post a few photos from under the waves next time.
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