We went to the harbour to check out the boat, and were a little dissapointed to sea how small it was and how old looking but we thought never mind its the diving that matters. We boarded that evening and met our comrades, Andy the kiwi instructor, Alicia our american Divemaster, mark the skipper and kieren the cook (well sort of). There were a few americans, dave the alaskan with dreads, Daniel the belgian who was so direct and at the same time naive, Some Dutc...

G'Day We arrived in Oz after only a 3 hr flight, to brisbane where we met up with Ste' and Zarina, we had lunch and a chat and then got another flight up to Cairns. We chose to stay a little out of town in a quiet small hostel called Ryans Rest, it was really nice, the owner is great and it has a little pool to cool off, the temperature is up in the mid-thirties and very humid. We spent a few days wandering around town, they have built a lagoon which is a b...