Lady Musgrave Reef is one of the largest and most popular of the reefs in the bunker group. Its picturesque island is home to many sea birds, and the protected lagoon offers calm relaxing snorkelling, perfect for when conditions outside the reef are not ideal.
Outside the lagoon, on the reef slope, Lady Musgrave offers impresive diversity of reef structure. With deeper reef slope on the south side, large coral bommies on the north-west, and shallow snorkeling tucked in nearer the island. We often choose to snorkel in the reef slopes, where you can expect to find pristine coral, turtles, and beautiful reef fish in the shallow, to pelagic megafauna such as Manta Rays and reef sharks as the reef slope drops off.
Diving can provide similar sites with large bommies from 5-20m depths. Hosted amongst the sand and bommies is a range of life from colourful nudibranches and moray eels, turtles, crustaceans, reef fish, as well as attracting schooling fish such as mackerel and surgeonfish that are often seen swimming overhead. Manta Ray sightings are frequent, and if you’re lucky, there is also the chance to see Humpback Whales during the migration season.
The Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang, Bailai and Taribelang Bunda peoples are the traditional custodians of the Sea Country around the reefs we visit. Evidence of Great Barrier Reef Sea Country connections dates to more than 60,000 years. When you visit the Southern Great Barrier Reef, consider that you’re travelling through Sea Country that has spiritual importance.
