Tag: diving
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Wet Rocks
Sinkhole diving was an unexpected find for us. While doing a house sit in Adelaide we were chatting with the home owner and he mentioned that he had grown up in the Mount Gambier region and had explored sinkholes when he was younger. He told us of some of the sites and lo and behold,…
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Diving New Zealand
As we settled into our final house sit here in New Zealand we could not deny the fact that one of the top dive sites in the world was a 40 minutes drive from our house. Jacques Cousteau rated The Poor Knights as one of the top 10 dive sites in the world, who are…
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Fiji Shark Dive
For my birthday Karen took me on a shark dive out of Pacific Harbour on the south coast of Viti Levu. The area we were diving in is a protected marine area. This of course is great for the aquatic life that lives there, however it obviously is a problem for the local villagers who…
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Diving Bali
Our primary purpose in coming to Bali was to experience the diving here. We had heard it was fantastic and were not disappointed. We booked in with Blue Season Bali for a 12 day tour of the island with a total of 16 dives. I covered the first week of our trip in a previous…
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West Bali National Park
We signed up for a 12 day diving tour around Bali with Blue Season Bali. All I can say is they set the bar very high with our first accommodation at The Menjangan. It is an eco jungle resort that is way above the normal pay scale we would sign up for. But what a…
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Diving Koh Samui, Thailand
We did a couple of days of diving while we were in Koh Samui. We had delayed our Thai diving experience until we got here because of its’ proximity to Koh Tao. We had heard the diving there was excellent. Our first day of diving was to a site called Sail Rock. Because it is…
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Perhentian Islands, Malaysia
The reason we travelled to the Perhentian Islands was for diving. During our time on Langkawi Island whenever we mentioned to someone we were looking for a place to possibly go diving, everyone suggested the Perhentian Islands. The embarrassing part for me is I had never heard of them. But after some frantic internet education…
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Diving Vietnam
As our time here in Vietnam is winding down we finally took care of an unfinished piece of business. Back in December when we were passing through on our initial tour of Vietnam we went diving in Nha Trang with Sailing Club Divers, www.divenhatrang.com. The dive company was awesome. Great staff, good, reliable equipment, and…
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Diving Cambodia
While we were in Sihanoukville, Cambodia we took the opportunity to do a couple of days of diving with Scuba Nation. We were lucky enough to be the only two clients on the first day and were joined by two other divers on our second day. Both days we were guided by Max with Alison…
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Working and Diving on the Great Barrier Reef
In mid August we were fortunate enough to be able to return to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef to spend a week on the live aboard “Reef Encounter” The company has an awesome program where once you have been a paying customer on the vessel you can either stay on, or return later to…