Hi Scrapnana, thank you for your trip report - I am really enjoying traveling along with you! About the flying fish, in early 2020 we were on a cruise around Australia. We were told there were flying fish but I couldn't see any. Eventually I did - they were quite small and close to the ship. They were dark coloured and didn't show up very distinctly against the water. It wasn't until I focussed that I could see them. There were hundreds!! Good luck seeing all kinds of sea life!