After a 13 month absence, travelling the beautiful country, I jumped into the water at Cabbage Tree Bay again with dive buddy Peter.
The welcoming party made me wish I had brought a camera as we found a weedy sea dragon, Shelly the green turtle with a radio transmitter, parrot fish, a gaimard wrasse, a big bull ray, and the following day three juvenile pipefish, yellow finned damsel, eastern frogfish, and juvenile weed fish hiding in seaweed fragments drifting around the bay. Wobbegong sharks are in abundance to celebrate their mating season, with barely a rock unoccupied where they can squeeze under.
The weedy sea dragon was great news as the local population just disappeared overnight about 4-5 years ago now and they are seldom seen these days. Hopefully this is a sign of a comeback in the population.
Yellow-finned damsel (Chrysiptera flavipinnis)
Fish of Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve, Sydney 
Seriously … you galavant around the country and as soon as you blow back into town you jump in the water and immediately land on not only a weedy but a gaimard’s wrasse to boot!
Welcome home! 🙂
~steveW
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Steve I couldn’t believe it. I forgot to mention the mangrove jack too. Hope to see you in the water soon
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