Yandina Wharf

After diving on the Folau Pinnacle, we returned to Yandina and tied up at the wharf where all the kids in town came to see us.  Many of the older kids and teenagers stayed to see us gearing up for a night dive near the wharf.  They watched every move as we attached regulators, computers, battery packs, torches and safety lights, tested power inflators, checked the cameras and slipped on our fins.

The bottom slopes downwards fairly steeply near the wharf which makes Yandina a good deep-water port. It is like a junkyard down there! Reaching a maximum depth of 30 metres, we saw a barge, three bulldozers, a flying boat wing float, a lionfish, two big sea cucumbers, tiny shrimp, a crocodilefish and a hermit crab.  While we were under the water, the kids enjoyed watching the bubbles and the light show as we moved around on the bottom.