Hurrah, Open Water Scuba diving qualification done! So now if Barack wants to use my sandals on Iraq I can swim then in underwater (assuming they don't boil the Gulf before I get there). Just spent the last 2 days out on the Reef, in the words of the yanks on out boat... "it was awesome, man!!!" It was good, no denying that the GBR is a special place. Some amazing fish, and the coral is so colourful it puts the Crown paints colour chart to shame. Anyway, we are both alive an well, Rach has managed to burn her finger cooking (any excuse to get out of her married chores), but she is ok. Off to Cape Tribulation tomorrow before flying to Ayers Rock on Saturday (another early morning, this is so not a holiday
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