Blogs from open water, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Oceania - page 10

I went out to The Great Barrier Reef today. I attempted to scuba dive but didn't like it and chickened out at about one metre! The water was so clear, I saw lots from the boat and I did a bit of snorkelling. Debby, from my dorm, also went diving today but on another boat. Debby met two American boys on her boat, Brian and Prashant, and we all went out for sushi tonight and then to The Woolshed. Brian and another boy volunteered for a strip game and lost badly...! ... read more

Well how am I ever going to beat this day, Rafting down the Tully river one of the fastset here, it was a full day, when I got thier I could not belive my eyes the Irish girls from Uncle Brians tour was thier so of course we jumped on the raft together, our guide was so out numbered with girl power bless Shaun he handled us well. This was fast and fierce all day. 1st part of the day the rapids were strong having to lean left and right to fit the raft through the smallest gaps, we were the only ones that did not get stuck on a rock, shaun said we had great bouncing rythem. I was up front all the way so I got the wetest along with my partner Clare. While ... read more

Aamulla oli taas aikainen heratys joten onneksi edellisen illan karaoke ei venehtanyt pitkaksi vaan pidattaydyimme vesilinjalla. Pikaveneemme Silversfift lahti Cairnsin satamasta kohti koralliriuttaa 8.30. Olimme ottaneet hiukan kalliimman ja paremman vaihtoehdon riutalle suunnatuista sukellusretkista, silla tata kyseista oli kehuttu paljon. Olimmekin erittain tyytyvaisia heti alusta alkaen. Varsinkin kun kaksoset olivat tuoneet Suomesta mukanaan matkapahoinvointitabletteja jotka ehkaisivat onneksi tehokkaasti pahoinvointia jonka sain edellisen kerran riutalle Teemun kanssa reissatessani. Me saimme sukeltaa kaksosten kanssa vasta toisella riutan kohteista, mika oli hyva, silla kaksosilla oli nain hiukan aikaa opetella veden alla hengittamista snorkkelin avulla. Ekalla riutalla he eivat kyllakaan uskaltautuneet kovin pitkalle snorklailemaan. Meidan piti sitten heti ensimmaisen kohtee... read more

Well I am currently in Sydeny, but am still catching up on my story telling, and I definitely want to catch everyone up on my REEF adventure.. so here goes.. The day after my exciting Skydiving experience I woke up bright and early again (I had to wake up at 6 30....) to get on my boat to head to the Reef. I went on Compass, which was actually the cheapest boat to go with, it was only 60 dollars which was a steal! (of course you then have to add reef tax, and it also costs to rent wet suits so you're warm in the water later on, but it does come with free snorkeling gear and free lunch.. which is pretty good if you ask me!) So I got up, headed out to the ... read more

Today we began our Scuba course, which is what we came to Australia with the dream of doing! We spent the first two days learning in the classroom and in a purpose built swimming pool. This was fun, but nothing compared to the third and fourth days! The course was an open water PADI course involving some fairly technical elements which made sure we weren’t going to make any mistakes under water. The fact that our crazy Japanese instructor Mitz (who looked like a graceful gymnast in the water!!) kept telling us we would DIE if we did anything wrong, made us very determined to get it right! We did all sorts of underwater and surface skills that we never thought about before the course. We also sat an exam at the end of the second ... read more