28 December 2008

Australia


My brother and sister-in-law are in Australia diving. They are now both certified scuba-divers. Here's a note he sent our family today. Obviously, he's a little braver than me.

Hey everybody,

We're checking in. We just got back from our live aboard dive trip. It was amazing! We are now officially certified. Words cannot describe how beautiful the reef is. We saw a couple dozen sharks - one over 10 feet. Many of them swam within 5-10 feet of us. We also saw huge turtles,barracudas, lots of sting rays and eels, the most beautiful fish and fluorescent colored coral. In all we completed 9 dives on different locations on the reef. We also experienced our first night dive which was spooky to say the least. Imagine jumping into a black abyss with sharks literally circling you.

P.S. I've attached a photo from one of our dives.

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Any other scuba-divers out there?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

cool. I have been snorkelling on the reef (Lady Elliot Island and off Port Douglas and in the Whitsundays) but am not game to scuba dive