This morning we had 2 more new volunteers arriving! We took the volunteers who arrived yesterday through the morning routine and then met the other two once we were back at the house for breakfast. We were all out on the boat this morning but the launch was delayed as three clients were late – grrrrrrrrrrrr!! We eventually got going and went to the site north of Dyer Island. We showed the newbies how to anchor up and then Adrian took them through lots of other stuff while we sorted out the cage. Jas was on data collection duty and we saw 5 sharks this morning, including a big female shark who had been in the wars – she had old and new bite marks around her gills and the top part of her dorsal fin was missing!! I went into the cage and she hung about for ages swimming close to us!! The newbies also had a go in the cage – it was a good start for them!
We had another trip this afternoon and I was on data collection duty. Our big shark came back as did another one we had seen this morning and we saw 7 sharks in all. I did seem to have a bit of a blonde/senior moment where I was mixing 2 sharks up completely!!!!!
This evening, Adrian and I took the newbies shopping – well, we took them to the shop and then we went to the pub for a swift beer! We have another 2 new volunteers arriving tomnorrow morning and 2 trips planned so it will be a hectic day!
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