Blogs from Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 13

G'day mates, Today we got up at 4:45 am. Sigh. The guys from the dive centre picked us up at 5:45 am, but was almost half an hour late. Great, we lost half an hour extra in bed. So at sunset, we were in a mini van, picking up people from different hotels, to go to the boat for a 3 day dive trip. With only a backpack full of clothes.. When we arrived at the dive shop, I had to sign some medical stuff, because I wanted to do the Advanced Open Water dive course. At the question 'Do you have sea sickness?', I answered yes, because I have just a little tiny bit of motion sickness. Not a good idea, because the guy at the counter turned out to be less flexible then I ... read more

Hi again, So day two of the dive live-aboard began early, because the morning dive was at 7:30 am. The water was 22 degrees, and the sight was again 25+ meters. Beautiful conditions. A dive of 44 minutes and saw some great fish: morray eels, picasso trigerfish, cornetfidh and a napoleon wrasse! The last one, is an enormous big fish. It is about a meter in width and a little more than a meter long. But so beautiful to see such a big creature that is actually not so shy and really friendly. The second dive was already at 11:00 am, after a great breakfast. 41 minutes bottomtime and 25 degrees celsius water. This was the best dive so far because I saw a green sea turtle! It came out of a dark rock area up ... read more

Nach diversen Nachtschichten mit spielen, schunkeln und in der Tiefgarage Runden mit dem Buggy zum Einschlafen drehen, hat sich der Jetlag nun langsam verabschiedet und wir sind heute morgen alle drei gut ausgeschlafen aufgewacht. Zum Start in den Tag: die des Nächtens ausgelassene Kullerbuch-Vorlesestunde nachholen. Die Rasselkugel in der Mitte quietscht schon : ) Und danach auf mit der Fähre zur Fitzroy Island. Eine der unzähligen, wunderschönen Great Barrier Reef Inseln. Das Bild zeigt, wie es dort bei Sonne aussieht. Wir hatten heute leider kein Glück mit dem Wetter. Die Schnorchel sind im Rucksack geblieben. Morgen starten wir unsere Camper-Tour. Wir sind gespannt! ... read more

Winter in Cairns: Sonne, 25 Grad, leichter Wind, kurze Hose, T-Shirt. So lässt es sich aushalten. ... read more

Hello everyone! We have now been a little more than 2 weeks in Australia and are currently in Richmond, Queensland visiting Jamie and Gayle. We spent the first week in Cairns which offered heaps of sun and loads of nostalgia for us. We started the week by getting ourselves some Australian phone numbers and opening Australian bank accounts. After all that was done we stayed two days in Cairns to get rid of the jet lag and to just take it easy for a little bit. Unfortunately the communal pool (lagoon) was closed for renovation during the total period of our stay so we had to enjoy the sun without cooling of in the water. The first two days contained of walking around in the city and visit familiar places such as "woollies" and "the wool-shed" ... read more