So, as you can see, I'm no longer in Cairns. I' just down the coast (6 hours down the coast) in Townsville. Now, initially, the plan was to take a day trip out to dive the S.S. Yongala and complete my advanced diver course, however my arm has been twisted, and I'm now set to head on a 3-night 3-day liveaboard dive trip. Yes, another one. I justify this by the fact that it'll be a while before I get to dive in conditions like this again, and I'm on holiday, so why...

Well, here I am. It's been a long time coming (years and years, in fact) but I've arrived in Australia. Actually, I arrived a week ago, but it's been an incredibly busy week and this is seriously the first time I've had a chance to sit down at the computer for a few minutes. Even now I have a million things to do, but we'll get to that. So, what have I been doing? Scuba diving. Yep, I've just completed a 5-day course with ProDive (top quality company) and I am no...