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Thanks to a birthday gift from Mom and Dad :-) I spent the first week in January learning to dive on the Great Barrier Reef! I can't imagine a better way to do it. The first two days were spent at a dive center in Cairns learning technique and taking tests. This is the wet season for Cairns, so the weather is usually pretty bad. Thankfully the first two days were sunny. Pool diving would have really sucked in thunderstorms. The training and tests went well and everyone in the class was heading for the reef. Wednesday morning started off really [View Full Entry]

Dawns adventures in OZ - Dawn Beachy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 16th 2009 | 228 Views | [diary=363904]

Bird Wrasse
Squid
Chocolate Dipped fish

Fish Feed
Fish Feed
our dive master feeding some of the fish
I arrived in Cairns January 1st. The flight was uneventful and I arrived well after dark, but the humidity slapped me in the face as soon as I stepped out through the airport doors. Even in the middle of the night it was shocking. All I wanted to do while I was in Cairns was dive. It had been my big dream in life, for as long as I can remember, to go diving in the Great Barrier Reef and I decided that I was going to spend my last 10 days completely in the water - no partying, no late [View Full Entry]

annie the nomad - Annalisa Rasmussen | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 31st 2009 | 88 Views | [diary=369028]

Giant Travelli
Nemo
Sea Turtle

On Christmas Day, I was fortunate enough to go on this Christmas Cruise to the outer reef with a few of my friends, Shellie, and Nieve. We were on a massive yacht and we went to a pontoon on the Outer Reef that surrounds Knuckle Reef. We definitely had a blast on that excursion, but I will admit, my other two water adventures were way better when it came to what you were able to see while snorkeling. The pontoon had everything from snorkeling, to scuba lessons, to a glass bottom boat, and even a massive water slide into the ocean! [View Full Entry]

passecj - Chandra P | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 1st 2009 | 73 Views | [diary=359138]

Photo 2
Photo 3
In the submarine thing

We leave Singapore at 10pm aboard a Jetstar plane, the budget airline subsidiary of Qantas. It’s basic but comfortable, though we have to buy any alcoholic drinks to go with our food. We decide to indulge after our travel traumas (amazing how far you can stretch a story like that!!), C having some red wine & a Jim Beam, while M has a red label scotch whiskey (which he the proceeds to spill all over himself - what a waste!) We fly into Darwin and have to get off because of the strange customs/security arrangements but it does give us a [View Full Entry]

michaelandcaroline - Michael Blake & Caroline Proverbs | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 25th 2008 | 685 Views | [diary=356988]

Boozing after a hard day snorkelling the outer Barrier Reef on cruise Whitsundays
Aboard the Cruise Whitsundays ship to the outer Barrier Reef - Airlie Beach in the background
At White Haven Beach, Whitsunday Island

Also ich kann es gar nicht in Worte fassen wie toll das Gefuehl ist, wenn man schwerelos zwischen Korallenriffen schwimmt und alles ganz nah beobachten kann, aber glaichzeitig man auch weiss, dass das Ueberleben von einem kleinen Mundstueck abhaengt auf das man so fest beisst, dass einem am naechsten Tag der ganze Kiefer weh tut.... Wir sind morgens um acht gestartet und haben um zehn unseren ersten Tauchgang gemacht. Wir wurden in die neueste Kollektion von wet suits gesteckt und sahen alle sehr sexy aus. Parallel ging es fuer einige zum tauchen und die anderen konnten so viel schnorcheln bi [View Full Entry]

MelliAussi08 - MelliAussi | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 5th 2008 | 110 Views | [diary=351462]

Fuer das Bild habe ich mich extra schoen gemacht!
Snorkeling, yippie!
David auf Tauchgang

We strolled off the plane bleary eyed at Brisbane International Airport to greetings of "G'Day, Welcome to Australia: Home of the Convicts" (just kidding, it didn't mention the convicts). With six hours to kill before our connecting flight we found some food and then the best leather sofa in the airport and curled up for an hour's sleep. That was the plan but we didn't really wake up until about two hours before our next flight! When I politely asked the closest check in attendant where we catch our Virgin Blue flight to Cairns, he replied "Well the first mistake you've [View Full Entry]

Morgan Fell World Tour - Ian Morgan | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 6th 2009 | 222 Views | [diary=354396]

Green Island
On the Ocean Free
Aboard the Ocean Free

Quelle journée incroyable! Ce matin on a embarqué sur un gros voilier qui nous a amené au Grand récif de barrière de l’Australie (Great Barrier Reef )! On a fait deux arrêts : 1) Paradise Reef et 2) Michaelmas Cay. À Chaque endroit, on a fait de la plongée en apnée - Wow!!! Les couleurs du récif sont incroyables ici et il y a une grande variété de poissons. Parmi tout ce qu’on a vu, à noter sont : poissons clownes (Nemo!), moules géants (tridacne), « blue spotted ray » (raie), requins des récifs, tortue, méduses (pas celles qui sont très [View Full Entry]

lemieuxmartel - Jean-Michel et Nadine | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 30th 2008 | 118 Views | [diary=349937]

Gabriel et Alize avec leurs "stingers suits".
Lunch sur le bateau.
Michaelmas Cay an arriere-plan.

Wandelen in Albert Park
Wandelen in Albert Park
Genieten van een eendje met haar 10 kindjes
Nou, dat is alweer een flinke tijd geleden zeg sinds de laatste update. Dan zou je bijna zeggen dat er zoveel is gebeurd dat het er neit van gekomen is, maar dat valt best mee!! Qua werk is het namelijk flink rustig, en is er niet al teveel te doen. Positief is wel dat ik eindelijk mijn commissie van Visy heb uitbetaald gekregen. Daarnaast hebben we ook al het geld terug van de ziekenhuisopname van Jacq van onze Amerikaanse ziektekosten verzekering, dus we hebben gelukkig weer een beetje overzicht over onze financien. Eigenlijk dus niet al teveel gebeurd. Zijn bezig met [View Full Entry]

tunnie - Jackie & Robin | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 10th 2008 | 344 Views | [diary=343390]

Wandelen in Albert Park
Heli naar Heron
Heli naar Heron

Yesterday we just relaxed and practiced some swimming ready for our snorkelling the day after and rented a digital underwater camera so we can show you what we saw. Had to get up early to get the boat to the reef. once we had signed in and got on the boat there was a ride of about an hour before we got to the first of the two places we would be snorkelling. During this we were mostly sat on the deck of the boat which was cool. Once we got there it was time to go snorkelling. We were both [View Full Entry]

cloud72 - Dave and Kirsty | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 29th 2008 | 119 Views | [diary=339466]

kirsty
kirsty
dave

Fourth and Fifth Grades Standard: Objective: Students will develop observation skills. Materials: Fourth: Aquarium Soil Plants Fifth: Procedure: 1. Show video clip, "What Skills Do Scientists Use?" 2. Discuss how scientists in the video collect data and why. 3. Discuss how scientists carefully observe and record data in order to draw conclusions about topic they are studying. Fourth Activity: 4. Students will create a terrarium in order to observe changes over time. 5. Students should measure plant growth, temperature, and any changes they observe. 6. Students ma [View Full Entry]

Michell - Michell Carter | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 21st 2008 | 48 Views | [diary=314419]