Blogs from Oceania - page 2

After Tuesday's blog entry we took the dingy for another trip. Before this I was in the toilet and opened up the ceiling hatch to say hello to Alex as he was roaming overhead - he replied by dropping a dried bird turd on my head! Headed south to Bullock Point, the spot where the Fraser Island ferry ties up at night time. Alex's toy boat accompanied us as usual and this time he got to trail the boat behind us in the water, though Naomi seemed to enjoy doing this more than him. Went to look for an old pier that was on the map but didn't find it. Got back to the boat as night fell just in time to put on the anchor light. Yesterday we woke to a grey day with light ... read more

Quite simply we have discovered paradise in the South Pacific and we are quickly getting used to the pace of life as we entered weeks 2 and 3 on Rarotonga. The local Polynesian folk are lovely and invariably wear a flower behind their ear and a smile on their faces. We had settled into 'Are Moe' bungalow.... Absolute heaven... just a few seconds from the beach on a remote Island. The sea around the lagoon is amazing .... a calm and spectacular blue but the fierce Pacific Ocean outside of the reef sends waves crashing against the rocks in the distance. Initially we thought that four weeks on one small island would be too long, in fact people's reaction had been, 'what are you going to do there for a month' .... but we were loving ... read more

TUESDAY 21.5.2013 Day at Sea between Sydney and Brisbane - after leaving Sydney and going out of phone range we find we have hooked back in and can see land all the way along the coast as we sail and have phone range. For some reason we are on the late dining which is 7.45p.m. but still had time to catch the show before we went to bed. Comedian and the dance group - quite entertaining! Had our sail away party last night with a great band could have listened to them all night. Have a welcome aboard party to go to in the Wheelhouse Bar today at .400p.m. put on by Cruiseabout so that will be fun, don't know how many free drinks we will get though. As always there is so much nice food ... read more

It's has been about a month since I completed my Instructor training here in Sydney, and I have been loving every minute of it. My friends and I had some time off to hang out and take a trip to the Blue Mountians and so all the touristy things we have been wanting to do. I have found out that I am also really enjoying teaching. I've taught everything from Open Water, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Navigation, Search and Recovery, and a few other specialties. I really enjoy planning out each of my courses to fit to a layout that I like, and running the classes how I see fit. It is strange, however, when I teach people who are significantly older then I am. It's like telling my dad what to do, and correcting him when ... read more

Hi All, just a blog test run as I hope to create another blog for our 2 or 3 months in Australia starting in 3 weeks starting in Perth, and travelling sort of diagonally, then horizontally across the middle!... read more

Today was a long day of driving. We set off from Dubbo and drove to Narromine and then on to Trangie and to Nyngan. We stopped at Nyngan and had lunch at a lovely rest area which was situated beside the Darling River. After lunch we continued on to a free camp ground called the Florida rest area. We stopped here for the night. This is the first time that we have camped without access to water and power. The Florida rest area is 50km's east of Cobar. We had a lovely evening here and Steve lit a nice warm fire. During the night the weather changed and it poured down rain.... read more