Tuesday 15th December 2009:
Isobel and I started the next part of our journey, making our way over to Cairns, Australia. So sad to leave Asia, but excited about what comes next! Turns out Australia is expensive! Wow, most of the budget was going on accommodation and basic food, and that's without any excursions! Hmm. Going to be a tight one methinks. Anyway, we booked ourselves on a few trips and went from there.
A couple of days later we went on a boat trip to the Great Barrier Reef- if you're going to go to Australia you're going to have to visit the Great Barrier Reef- standard tourist. Anyway we boarded a nice big catarmaran, applied our sun cream and sat out on deck enjoying the ride. Turns out I do not take too well to a choppy sea. Oh dear, not to go into too much detail, but I was very very ill on that boat. That bloody boat. Urgh. However, when it came to our introductory scuba dive, I could not wait to g
et off the boat and into that water. I was absolutely petrified, having never dove before, but had to be done. So we got all geared up, stumbling around with a tank on my back and jumped in! We had a bit of a briefing beforehand and that was that, on with the dive! We didn't go very deep of course, but what a funny sensation, being underwater and breathing! Yes I know that that is the whole idea with this diving lark, but it is so incredible when you actually give it a go. Saw some amazing fish over the reef, though I think I was concentrating so hard on my breathing that I forgot to take in a lot of the scenery ha ha. Would certainly give the diving another go, am hoping to do a PADI diving course at some point in the near future; will wait until I go somwhere a little cheaper- Egypt perhaps. Great day though, and I wasn't ill on the journey back to Cairns. Yay!
et off the boat and into that water. I was absolutely petrified, having never dove before, but had to be done. So we got all geared up, stumbling around with a tank on my back and jumped in! We had a bit of a briefing beforehand and that was that, on with the dive! We didn't go very deep of course, but what a funny sensation, being underwater and breathing! Yes I know that that is the whole idea with this diving lark, but it is so incredible when you actually give it a go. Saw some amazing fish over the reef, though I think I was concentrating so hard on my breathing that I forgot to take in a lot of the scenery ha ha. Would certainly give the diving another go, am hoping to do a PADI diving course at some point in the near future; will wait until I go somwhere a little cheaper- Egypt perhaps. Great day though, and I wasn't ill on the journey back to Cairns. Yay! 
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