During the Pro Dive Course I met a guy from Denmark called Jan. We hit it off straight away (same silly sense of humour!). We both wanted to dive a shipwreck off the Queensland coast called HMS Yongala. Aparently it was purposely sunk in the 90's and is mean't to be in the top 10 dive sites in the world. We both wanted to dive the wreck and Jan had a car so we sent off from Cairns and made our way down to Magnetic Island for 1 night. It took us about 5 hours to...

So on Tuesday 12th Feb, I embarked on my Padi Open Water Scuba Diving Licence with a company called Pro Dive in Cairns. The course consists of 5 days training, 2 days classroom and practical pool training (also a medical) and 3 days on the Pro Dive boat on the Great Barrier Reef. Over the first 2 days we did exercises that included mask removal, regulator recovery, putting the scuba equipment together and generally having fun. We were lucky in our group because...

I set off from Darwin at 11.30am to Alice Springs. I took the Greyhound bus (a 22hr journey) all the way with several stops on route. Luckliy some of the people who had been on the Kakadu tour were on the bus too. I got into Alice Springs at 9.30am on Sunday, feeling tired and hungry. First jobs were to find the hostel, then get some breakfast and then sleep! I had been recommended a Tour to do by 3 people I had met in Darwin (Steve, Hollie and Jay). The tour w...

So Wednesday we set off for Kakadu National Park with our guide Andy. A real life Crocodile Dundee. More on that!. I got picked up at 7am and we made our way out to Kakadu (which is roughly 200 miles from Darwin). After stopping to buy some alcohol we eventually stopped again at a picnic site just outside Kakadu Park for some lunch. After lunch we made our way out to Bowali Visitor centre, which gave us an insight into what we might see over the next few days. Ne...

Hello again, so what did I do on day 2. Well I didn't get up till midday!. I was drinking with the 2 David's that I met the day before till midnight!. Not a wise idea!. But what the heck!. So my objectives for the day were to buy a hat (to save me from the worst sun burn ever), buy a phone (my number again is 61488711809). For those who are interested, I got a Nokia 6070. Nice little phone and only 40 english pounds (sorry but this bit is boring!). For your info...