Quest Marlin Cove Resort Trinity Beach

... on the second dive, as well as a marine flatworm (gorgeous little colourful thing). We definitely have the scuba bug...can't wait to get into the water again, although the next time will probably be down in New South Wales so hopefully we'll see lots of new stuff!

Enjoy the pics! We will send another update once we're settled back into our apartment in Wollongong. Brian works there for another 6 weeks (and I've applied for some temp work...fingers crossed as ...

... that he's going to buy me a beachcomber though! :)

Anyhow, this is becoming a novel so I am going to sign off! No huge plans for us this coming weekend...I think we're going to go into Cairns and explore the shops and walkways if it's not too rainy. No diving though as the visibility will be poor due to rain...so hopefully next weekend we'll make it out to the Great Barrier Reef!

I hope this finds you all well! Take care and enjoy the weekend!

Jill (and Brian)

... to me. You could go on a glass bottom boat tour, or in a semi-submersible, or do an introductory dive. You could also book a helicopter flight over the island or para-sailing. And of course there is a pool and a spa and a hotel, and a beach. Something for everyone. I was only interested in snorkelling since that was included in the ticket to the island. The coral was almost non-existant around the island, but there were ...

... our own - thats how friendly everyone is!

However i leave Cairns on the 19th July for Fiji to do the island hopping, i leave Fiji on the 28th July for Darwin for my trip down to the Alice Springs and then arrive in Perth on the 8th August!

The plan is going very well and i am looking forward to meeting even more people!
Big kisses to you all i am missing you all very much!

Loads of love

Suzie

... trip to get there took about an hour and a half and unfortunately my self along with half the boat felt a little uhhh sea sick. Lets just say that out of 3 toilets i managed to wreck 2 of them by chucking EVERYWHERE haha. of course i cleaned up after myself though...

After my stomach had finally emptied and nothing more could be thrown up we finally reached the outer reef! It made the last hour or so of being sick worth every moment to see the stunning views and clear ...

... it's doen't cram every animal under the sun in there so you start yawning after an hour, it's really fun and interactive plus most of the animals are from Australia. they have got in asian elephants now and some tigers and it's great. they do some cool shows here and when you go see the kangaroos you can sit and chill with them before the hop off and leave you.

we got to hold koalas too!! they areally docile and soft and cuddly and so so adorable you ...

... an hour out to sea. As I was watching my intro to scuba diving video, I started noticing many people run out of the room with little white bags...later on, I went to the back of the boat and everybody was getting sick! Kathleen and I were super stars and held our breakfast in our bellies! So, I had a great time scuba diving! I had a little trouble at the beginning with my breathing ...

... a crew member laughing and applauding our brave but inopportune effort. He had in fact been an instructor and there were some rescue dive students out there performing a search pattern for their mock rescue training. Both birnie and I, as well as the crew got some good laughs over the incident and we were quickly nicknamed Chris Cross - saviors of the deep. Even though we lobbied hard to get our rescue certification for our heroic efforts, the dive crew on the ...

... although still a little cloudy the rain had cleared so we took the opportunity to head into the town and wander down through the main street. Time now dictated that we should start our homeward journey towards Cairns, which took approximately one hour. Having dropped the car back to the hire company we wandered back through the streets of Cairns to the esplanade and then meandered our way back to the ship. Tahitian Princess sailed out of the harbour promptly at ...

... than the air space in your ears so it compresses it. To combat this you pinch yer nose and blow and it expands the air inside your ears (sounds more complicated than it is). Anyway I didn't have any problem and neither did anyone else. The visibility was much better as we went further down and you could see all the coral and bright coloured fish. Some of the fish were the size of my arm from finger to elbow. Tina had a plastic bottle of some kind ...