Yongala

Went for a dive on the Yongala wreck yesterday, unfortunately the vis was only 10-15m, but worse than that, the fish kept getting in the way. The wreck (100m+) lies in 30m of water and is covered in fish and at the moment there are heaps of glass fish as well. Here are some pics.

Taken on D200 with Tokina 10-17mm fisheye

Hey Gary, just missed ya there, we did 33 dives on it and left the day you came down.

Good work, yep there are sure lots of things to take pics of down there.

Did you enjoy the RIB?

It sure beats a 6 hour boat trip

Yeah Wagsy the rib is heaps quicker, the 4WD trip down to the beach was also entertaining with 12 guests packed in and "around" it for the short ride

Yes it was a laugh and I think that 4x4 had abit of rust in it too

On a few days I just went with the crew and sat in the Rib from the shop to the Yongala and Back...talk about door to door diving.

Did anything big swim by you on the dives?

Had three Bull sharks and a couple of big Queensland Grouper make an appearance, but they wouldn't let me get close enough for a decent shot. Here's a crop of one of the bulls, it a crap shot but show the amount of muck in the water

Thanks for posting photos from the Yongala. I was lucky enough to dive there during college, and I was blown away by the quantity of life. Glad to see the wreck is still teeming with corals and fishes.

That shark in the photo doesn't look much like a bull. Bulls are a lot thicker through the "shoulders" and head. And their dorsal fins are broader at the base, more rearward sloping at the front margin, and sharper at the apex. Blunter snout, too. I think you were buzzed by a different carcharhinid. Gray reef? Blacktip?

Some bulls here:

The Yongala shark pictured in this thread looks like C. limbatus (Blacktip)

mpo

Thanks for the Yongala photos, they really brought back memories! We dove the Yongala about 16 years ago, and I still think it is the best wreck I have ever dived. I still have a photo of the first class mens room in my own guest bath.

Our "visitor" that day was a very large tiger... well over 18 feet. It patrolled the wreck our entire dive... made swimming up the water column back to the dive boat a little stessful.

Loved your images!

Fletcher