UP AT 630 COOKED BREAKFAST OVER A FIRE PLACE QUIET A INTRESTING START TO MOARNING. GOT HORSES SUITED UP AND HAD TO COLLECT EGGS FROM CHICKEN RUNS AND FEED THE CALFS. GOT ON THE HORSES FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS HAD TO GET THE COWS FROM ONE AREA OF THE FARM TO THE OTHER ON HORSE BACK GREAT FUN- ALSO HAD A GOOD RIDE ROUND THE OUTBACK AND GOT TO SEE LOTS OF KANGROOS ECT. AFTER HORSE RIDING GOT TO HAVE LUNCH - FEED CALF AGAIN THEN WE HAD TO TICK THE COWS AND GIVE THEM A EA...

GOT UP BOUT 9 ISH FINALLY A HOT SHOWER AFTER 4 DAYS NOT HAVING ONE- RAE LUKCY SHE BEEN HAVING ONE EACH DAY AT THE PASS SIGHT, HAD TO PAY A LITTLE FEE AS TURNING UP LAST NIGHT BUT HAD A HOT TEA AND SOME TOAST YUMMY HIT THE ROAD BOUT 830AM DROVE THROUGH MCKAY - JUST A SHOPPING CENTRE THEN CARRYED ON DROVE THROUGH ROCKHAMPTON MORE SHOPS THEN DECIDED TO GO THE THE FARM STAY. SO PHONED UP TO FIND OUT IF ALLOWED TO TAKE VAN ON SITE AND HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE. DROVE INTO...

UP EARLY BREAKFAST SHAWN TOOK ME DIVING FOR MY LAST LESSON FINGER CROSSED ILL PASS. HAD TO DO A SURFACE SWIM WITH A COMPASS DID THAT ALL OK AND PASSED. THEN HAD TO DO ANOTHER MASK REPLACEMENT AND REMOVAL - BOUGONCY CHECK - MY MASK REMOVAL DIDNT GO DOWN TO GOOD THISMORNING I REALLY PANIC UNDER WATER AND WANTED TO COME UP TO SURFACE BUT SHAWN HELD ME DOWN FOR MY SAFETY- MANAGED TO GET LOSE OF HIM AND SURFURED OK BUT HE HAD TO SLOW ME DOWN AS I COULD DO SOME DAMAGE...

UP AT 530AM AS NEEDED TO GET TO BARRIER REEF WEATHER CHANGED A LITTLE MORE CLOUDY TODAY AND WINDY- SET SAIL - INSTUCTOR SHAWN READ ALL MY DIVING BOOKS AND TOOK ME OUT TO THE BARRIER REEF TO DO TRAINING FOR MY LAST DIVE FOR OPEN WATER - HE HELPED ME GAIN CONFIDENTS UNDER THE WATER - FIRST THING WAS TO ROLL OF THE BACK OF BOAT WITH ALL DIVING GEAR ON- WAS PRETTY SCARY BUT DID IT OK DID UNDER WATER COMPASS READING- MASK REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT- CLEAR MASK- HOVER - P...

Today woke up early 630am, watched the sunrise while eating breakfast set a sail to the white haven beach finally arrive there bout 9am taken across to island on a small boat- taken on a bush walk to the look out point wow it was pretty amazing never seen water soo clear and blue and sand so white and soft- never seen straight throught the water either could see sharks and sting rays jelly fish fish miles away- excatly like the picture. Went down to the beach fo...