I dug this out today. It's a few years old and I've never posted it in full before - Internet speeds are a little bit better than they were when I took this :-). I'd like to say there was more but 'they' just appeared on my shoulder and it ...
Three days on Kiana sailing and diving - yee ha!
Went onto Kiana on the Friday morning and we left Airlie Beach and motored down to Whitehaven Beach. The weather was initially grim but by the time we arrived at Whitehaven beach it was fantastic.
Video of Whitehaven Beach (1085k)
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Tried all the dive sites to get onto a dive tomorrow but all were fully booked. Fortunately a late phone call due to a cancellation from Poseidon Divers saved the day.
Went out to Agincourt Reef and did three dives with them: buddied with a guy from just down the ...
After a brief, poor lunch during the surface interval we kitted up again to dive Shark Gutters.
A larger area for the site proved a better dive in terms of numbers. Saw a 'group' of around 8 or 9 Nurse sharks which was very impressive and one and twos throughout the ...
After going past their shop half-a-dozen tiimes over the last three days I eventually managed to find Cullen Bay Divers open.
Wanting to book on two or three dives today I was gutted when I was told that the next diving they do will be on the 14th and 15th ...
Been in Gladstone 11 days now and the worst part of it is that I haven't been able to go diving yet (aaaargh!).
There's a PADI dive centre in town, which I went into on my first day here with a view to dives of a weekend and lots of ...
Did my first diving since April with Frank De Bruynes, Whitsunday Action Divers dive centre at Abel Point Marina, Airlie Beach.
Was very impressed with the whole day operation and I was buddied with Linda for all three dives and, in addition to lots of different marine life, we also saw ...
Decided to drive over to Mount Gambier today to see if I could book myself on a Cave Diving speciality course.
Got to the address specified for the dive centre (in the Lonely Planet guide) only to find it is no longer there and is now a haberdashery! The guy who ...
Booked to dive with Merimbula Divers today but crooked my neck on a run yeesterday and had to cancel!
Phoned Ron Hunter at Dive Forster (Fishermans Wharf in Forster) and book a few days diving with him. One of the dive sites (the Pinnacle) is known for having large amounts of Grey Nurse Shark.