Powerplay, rays and total awesomeness! Well the title rather says it all. I have just had the most amazing 3 days on a lovely boat with an awesome crew and lovely company. The first day started with the usual safety briefings etc etc over a lovely lunch (which was the start of a lot of food over the 3 days). It took about 2 hours to get to the first site and we all had a snorkel and then had a dive. As the only certified diver on the trip apart from the 2 div...

So its been an amazing few days on magnetic island. I travelled with a German girl called Julia to magnetic island which was rather dull (not Julia, the journey). We arrived at the port and we were joined by an English girl called Jen. The hostel was lovely, it is made up of lots of little cabins all tucked away in between the trees and right next to an animal sanctuary. The first evening we walked to the beach and watched the sunset before heading to the town in...

Sun, sea and Vegemite fines! After one more day of theory and skills in the pool we sat our exam and passed with flying colours! That evening I chilled out with friends at the hostel and packed ready for my 6am start. 6am came around rather too quickly and I was up and checked out ready for my 6.30 pickup. After a short detour via the dive shop we headed to the harbour. We were all strongly advised to take anti sickness tablets as the sea was roughy due to 25 kn...

Well I'm glad to say my bag has arrived...it was like Christmas had come early! I have had a good few days with a spontaneous trip to Cape Tribulation thanks to a nice guy with a car called Tom who drove me and two others up there. The weather wasn't amazing which was a shame as we didn't get to see it at its best but it still made for a nice day which ended with a cheap meal out in Port Douglas en route home as we were all starving. Yesterday the weather picked...

Fasten you seat belts, were about to hit some turbulence!!! So things got off to a nervous start when the woman at the check in said im sorry, i will have to deboard you for now as you dont have a visa sorted for Australia.....hang on what now?! No one had mentioned anything about needing a visa for Australia. Despite nearly having a heart attack, thankfully it was easily remedied on the internet with a quick form, something like those little slips of paper yo...