Taking the Plunge

Hi All,

Well after having a fantastic day out with Gus we fancied something that promised slightly warmer waters! Another early morning as we needed to get down to the local marina to catch our boat to the Great Barrier Reef.

We had a small panic initially as we couldn't find the boat or check in desk! However a quick chat with a skipper of another vessel put us back on track. We were first on the boat, seated and kitted out, soon to be joined by a friendly girl from the US who had been eying up our stir fry from the previous days cooking back at the YHA.

After basic instructions and techniques it was time to take our first dive. The two other people with us couldn't get to grip with the basic techniques once in the water so it was just me and Mike. Excellent fun if not a little short (only 10 mins or so after the delay) . Then a good 30 mins of snorkeling and back to the ship for lunch.

After the first experience we were keen to get back into the deeper waters and booked a second dive, this time we were under for a good 30-40 minutes. Absolutely great fun. Carried on chatting with Ashley (the girl from the US - Texas) on the way back to the mainland, and decided to go out clubbing in Cairns that night with her friend Casey. This turned into a more interesting evening as we grabbed a few beers and a bottle of vodka and were chatting for ages at the hostel even before hitting the city. The first club we went into started a dirty dancing competition about 10 mins after we arrived, which was a little bizzare :/

Then on to the Wool Shed and several large pitchers of beer and a lot of rather 'enthusiastic' dancing to some acid house music (well that's what Mike calls it anyway. Personally I like to call it, bad music) . We did have a great night though, and certainly made some new friends that shall be remembered for some while to come.