Dive Team

The Great Barrier Reef!

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June 23rd 2009
What an awesome 5 days! It started on Friday, 7am pick up to start my Open water scuba course to get me qualified in the open water, aka THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. Two days of theory / classroom work later (won't bore you all with that bit) then Sunday arrived. 0615: Hostel pick up then to dive shop to pick up scuba gear - then to the boat. 3 days / 2 nights. We were on board by 9am a quick bi ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » open water

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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