GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - PART 5 - NORTH HORN WALL

And time flies…

 

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…

 

GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 – PART 5 – NORTH HORN WALL

North Horn Wall – Deep Dive

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.

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 1

 

GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - PART 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.

GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - PART 1

GREAT BARRIER REEF 2012 - PART 1

It's happening.  Almost two years in the pipeline and now it's here...  I'm en route, in the air, on the way.  The Great Barrier Reef, here I come!

23 months ago (to the day), I turned 40.  My beautiful wife gave me a piece of paper with a coded message.  Crack the code, discover your present.  I admit, I needed some (big) hints, but eventually worked it out...

Dive the Great Barrier Reef on Spoilsport, Mike Ball Dive Expeditions premiere liveaboard!

Now here I am, bound for Cairns...