Friday, June 22, 2012

No. 7 MER ISLAND (MURRAY ISLAND)

Church onshore

Brothers, home from boarding school in Townsville.
Tritons were/are common near Murray Island.  Not so elsewhere on the Great Barrier Reef.
 Tiger shark at night - strobe was underwater.







Ben Cropp made two documentary films featuring the culture of Murray Island


Turtle stew

Stewing turtle pieces. When asked what was the preferred food - fish or turtle the answer was a very definite 'fish'.






Murray Island reef lobsters.
Young men of Murray Island were home from boarding school in Townsville - pictured here aboard Ben Cropp's Freedom III








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