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hi guys i decided that my last blog was long enough and so im going to start a new one!
On the 14/11/07 i woke up with a very bad head!! but decided i couldn't stay in bed all day and the girls out of my dorm were off to the botanical gardens so i asked if i could tag along!! we got the bus there and went for a walk round the salt water and fresh water lakes i saw some turtles and loads of tiny little frogs hopping around which were really cute! we saw all the cool plants and it ended up being a good day. in the evening we went to the woolshed for dinner, where you can get free dinners with a voucher from your hostle, the postions are small but its nice and its free! bonus!!!
the next day 15/11/07 i met up with toke (or tody he goes by both names! his really name is toke but tells people its toby as its easier to remember!) he was going back onto Ocean Quest to do some volunter work so we walked to the office to check everything was still on and to see if it was possible to go on to at the same time toke was on. when we got there about 2.00pm they said the only days they had was the following friday which was over a week away so i said that i didnt really want to hang round cairns for another week with nothing to do. they said they new of another boat mike balls dive experditions which was looking for volunters to leave tha day for one week!! so i went to the office and signed up!! i then spent the rest of the afternoon running around trying to get myself packed i had to be on the boat for 5.00pm so i only had 2 hours by this point to get ready!!! the guests arrived at 7.00pm and we left at 8.00pm the first night was ok and the crew cabins were ok except ours was right next to the engin room so it was really noisy all night!!! i was sharing with lawrence the camera man and Idan the other volunter, they were ok.
the next day 16/11/07 i had to be up for 6.00am to set up for breakfast and after that it consisted of washing up, washing up and more washing up!! i got 2 dives a day which was basically my break times and i felt so tired!! i was working from 6.00am till 10.00pm it was a long day!! this basically carried on all week some days i got a lie in and was up at 6.30am but that was as good as it got!! i spent nearly all day in the kitchin washing up and if i wasn't washing up the i was setting up for breakfast, lunch and dinner, or making or changing beds!!! i haven't worked so hard in months!! the only good thing about the week was the dives i got to dive at omr great sites and different reefs to the ones i'd dived on ocean quest while doing my trainning. i saw unicorn fish,loads of different wasses, angle fish, butterful fish, loads of turtles ive prob seen about 8 turtles now!! loads of sharks, lion fish, clown fish (nemo) barracudas, sting rays, moray eels which are really scary looking things with really sharp teeth, speaking of teeth the tigger fish has big teeth and attacted toke, he must have been swimming over there nesting ground cause that get aggressive if you go near the breading ground!! parret fish, surgeon fish. not to mention all the fantastic coral, giant clams, hermit crabs. its just so amazing on the great barrier reef!! my longest dive to date is 54 mins and my deepest dive is 28m. it was worth the money! after that really hard week on the last day we had so much to do on the last day after the guessed got off loads of cleanning and restocking i got off the boat about 1.00pm and to top the week off nicely we got no tips!! only the permenant crew got the tips!! how unfair is that you work your ass off all week and prob do more than most and you dont get included in the tips!!! and i recon the rest of the crew got about $300 or more each!! americans are big tipper!! once off the boat i went back to the hostle to get really to get on Ocean Quest the next day!!
The next day 23/11/07 i was up early again!! and was at the office for 8.00am we got onto reef quest which is the day boat to take us out to the reef, about 11.00am once we'd got to the reef i dinggy came over from ocean quest the live aboard boat to collect me and two other crew and some supplys and took us back to ocean quest where i saw toke!! yes a friendly face!! it was ok no where near as hard as the other boat, but still hard work, washing up, changing beds and cleanning bathrooms!! but we could do up to 4 dives a day, the first day i did two dives the 4.00pm dive and the night dive, i was diving with toke which was great but we only lasted about 30 mins as toke likes sucking air!! the night dive was great my best night dive so far we saw loads. two turtles, loads of sharks, shrimps, and an octopuss it was really cool and toke hadn't seen one before so it was great to be able to point one out.
the next day 24/11/07 i did the 6.00am dive with toke but gave the 9.00am one a miss as we was so tired!! toke left the boat to go back to cairns that afternoon leaving me with a new guy called masa from japan. it was a master diver and had over 100 dives so i wasnt to worried about not nowing where i was goin cause i thought he'd be a bit better than me at navigation!! we did the 4.00pm and the night dive we managed to find the boat which was good!! the night dive wasn't very good my touch was s*** and i didnt see anything!!
the next day 25/11/07 i slept in till 7.00am and missed the morning dive, but we did the 9.00am dive which was good then in the afternoon it was time for me to leave thank god i was so tried!! id arranged to meet up with toke and marie his friend for dinner as he was leaving austraila the next day going to singapore for 4 days then back home to denmark. so we met up at the rattle and hum for and drink about 7.30pm and then went for a mexican which was good, we only stayed out till 10.30pm as we were falling asleep at the table!!! so we said good bye and we went back to our hostles.
yestaday 26/11/07 i got up really late at about 1.00pm went and got my visa stamped in my passport sorted out accomadation in innisfail and a job banana picking which i will prob start on saturday. i leave cairns tomorrow morning at 7.30am to go to innisfail with is only about an hour away! i dont no how long i be there for if i can hack it i may stay for christmas and work, i'll see. anyway thats about it from me. it might be a while till my next blog as im going to be working and will have nothing interesting to tell you, but keep me posted on whats going on at home as its nice to hear from you. i hope everyones well.
Take care
Ke xxx
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