These limestone reefs are riddled with caves and ledges. Many fish find
shelter in them, particularly breaksea cod, WA jewfish and queen
snapper. In darker holes a stingray, wobbegong or port Jackson shark
may hide in the shadows. The interior of these caves are coated with the
colours of an abstract painting. Red sponges, blue ascidians, orange
tubastrea corals, yellow gorgonians and pink soft corals compete for each
square centimetre of space. Often scarlet red harlequin fish with iridescent
blue and yellow spots lie camouflaged among these sponge and coral
beds.
