Hamilton Island Resortside Apartments Great Barrier Reef

Today we continued to do 3 more regular dives and 1 night dive on Osprey reef. Night dives really freak me out. We did get to see some big turtles. One of the guides informed us that some of the bigger ones are 150 years old. After the night drive we motored all night long back to the Ribbon reefs. This ride was much calmer.

... von ca. 10 anderen, die einen Schnupperkurs gemacht haben)! Also hatte ich den Guide ganz für mich allein – gar nicht schlecht, denn etwas aufgeregt war ich ja schon vor meinem ersten Meerestauchgang! Dann ging’s auch schon ins Wasser und runter auf 18 Meter! Die Sicht war super, auch wenn der Guide der Meinung war, dass man richtig schlecht sieht, weil der Wind in den letzten Tagen ziemlich stark war! Aber ich, der nur einen ...

I did not really sleep last night. Probably a combanation of nerves and a rough see. We had a light breakfast and started our first dive around 8:00am. A group of newbies like myself were required to do a skills review before they turned us loose. We all gathered in a circle at the bottom and one at a time did our thing. While waiting my turn I noticed a good sized fish out of the corner of my eye. As it came closer I realized it was a shark. It wasnt all that big maybe 4' but still it ...

... as you could practice on just sat in the shallows and gradually go in deeper til they were confident. There were a few things to entertain us while we sat on the beach, Ryan one of our dive instructors was kitting up one of the girls who was sat on the side of a little boat. He had put her weight belt and cylinder on her back and then started working his way through the group when the first girl just lost her balance with the extra weight on her back and fell ...

... fish. Saw a big moari wrasse and followed him for a bit. Followed a shark rigth at the end too! Good lunch before heading to the fish bowl. Awesome diving at the fish bowl. Tons of fsih everywhere. Saw sharks, clown fish, puffers, and a moray eel. Good night dive at the same spot with puffers and a shark.

... the future of the German economy ;-)...<br><br>Finally we were ready to get onto the boat and have our first dives in the ocean. The boatride was a bit shaky and both Annemieke and myself were incredibly pale when we reached our destination, but managed to not feed the fishes our dinner from the previous night. Btw we did our course with Deep Sea Divers Den, very professional outfit, but also fun. Recommended!<br><br>Diving is great ...

... unfortunately I wasn't allowed to dive due to my asthma (boo), but James decided he was up for it. We sailed out to the islands which took a couple of hours, the weather was perfect, lovely and warm and not too rocky either. We arrived at our first dive spot which was on the north side of Hayman Island where the boat set it's anchor and we all donned our wetsuits (for protection from the stingers/jellyfish) and hit the water. The water was freezing even in a ...

... for Hunter valley wine cruise!<br><br>Was a brilliant day Brookes dad very kindly drove us ther and back and Lou and others met us in hunter valley where we had a truly wine and fun filled day.. not forgetting the chese our amazing lunch and night drinks in newcastle! The day after we flew to Whitsundays saying goodbye to brooke and ben :(<br><br>arrived in porsepine bout 5pm... had a quiet night in our huge hostel and met the girls we were sharing with! arranged our ...

... you go to Australia you have to visit this beach. After being to Hawaii and seeing their beaches it doesn't even compare. Only had an hour until we were back on the sail boat and eating lunch. We stopped to go snorkeling- it was pretty chilly and windy so I chose to stay on the boat and get some sun. It was pretty relaxing. <br><br>As we headed back to the resort I started to feel ill again. I think ...

... official meet at 9am.<br><br>Downstairs, we meet and go to the airport. We also met this nice ---- US couple. At the terminal, we check in and bid farewell to Salli. I had to convince the group to give Salli a tip for her hard work, so 5 of us give her $30.<br><br> We board a modern Jetstar Airbus A320 for 2 hour flight to Hamilton Island in Whitsundays. This is a tiny ...