It’s a new year, and over two months since my Great
Barrier Reef trip. I figure I should pull my finger out and finish this story...
I started writing this post with the intention of summarising the rest of the
trip, but got stuck on this one, special dive…
The Adventures of Tassie Diver
Follow my thoughts as I continue my diving experiences...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - PART 5 - NORTH HORN WALL
And time flies…
GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 – PART 5 – NORTH HORN WALL
North Horn Wall – Deep Dive
GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 – PART 5 – NORTH HORN WALL
North Horn Wall – Deep Dive
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
SHARKS ALIVE! - GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - PART 4
GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - Part 4 –
Sharks Alive!
“A shark just chased me out of the water! I’m thinking there was no genuine threat, but a grey reef shark dropped its pectoral fins, waggled its tail and swam at me at full speed!
I expected it to veer at
the last minute, but it didn’t and kept coming until it ran into my strobe arm.
I left the water quite
quickly.”
– my notes
after diving at ‘Amazing’, Holmes Reef.
Monday, December 10, 2012
GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - PART 3
Okay, here it is – the long-awaited third instalment
of my Great Barrier Reef trip report.
In case you missed Parts 1 & 2:
GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - PART 3
We sailed from Cairns on the Thursday afternoon and
headed east for Holmes Reef. Spoilsport rode comfortably through the night with only an
unfortunate few succumbing to mal de mer.
Friday morning opened fine and clear [nautical terminology
that; it means it was a nice day]. Our
first dive was at Nonkie Bombie. Like
the first dive of most trips, the crew were checking out the divers to see who
needed hand-holding and who was safe to roam.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
THE BENDS - MY STORY
THE BENDS - MY STORY
Last week I gained
membership to a club I didn’t want to join.
I got bent.
As a diver, decompression
illness, or ‘the bends’, is something that happens to someone else and if you
do everything right you don’t have to worry about it. Right?
Wrong! Even if a diver does all
the right things, follows all the guidelines and adds extra conservancy, it’s
still possible to get bent. I knew all
this, so when it happened to me, I accepted what it was and sought treatment. I’m one of the lucky ones. There should be no permanent problem, but it’s
an experience I’m happy not to repeat.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - PART 2
GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - Part 2
I'm back from the most amazing dive trip. The week on Spoilsport went so far beyond what I expected, I'm having trouble grasping the magnificence of it all.
Where to start? How about a checklist:
- Comfortable boat with everything a diver could want.
- Fantastic crew for whom the word 'No' doesn't exist.
- Awesome bunch of divers from all over the world.
- Perfect weather.
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