Me about to dive

Diving

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June 6th 2010
So today I finally qualified as an Open Water Diver. It means I can dive to 18 metres and don't need an instructor with me. It seemed like it took ages to finish, because I did it over a month or so when I wasn't at work. There were exams and skills to do in the pool first and then on the reef, which you had to do to show the instructor you could do on your own. Things like removing water from ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Port Douglas

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more