As we returned to the boat and sat down for lunch we
bid farewell to Norman Reef and headed to Saxon Reef
and the Wall of Burkie. This proved to be my favourite
diving spot of the trip. As its name suggests the reef is
a tall, vertical wall full of breathtaking corals and anem-
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living in the anemones. I truly don't believe any descrip-
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beautiful this reef is.
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concentrated on some of the smaller organisms in the
wall, such as nudibranch (brightly coloured sea slugs) and
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and debriefed from our dive, we were certainly ready for
some rest from another action-packed day in the water.
