Great Barrier Reef
Diving on the Great Barrier Reef Our first day in Cairns I made arrangements to dive the next week at the Pro Dive shop where I took classes and went on […]
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Fitzroy Island
Fitzroy Island Our last Great Barrier Reef adventure was spending two days on Fitzroy Island thirty kilometers from Cairns. We were blessed with another warm sunny day with puffy clouds over […]
Walkabout Cairns
Walkabout Cairns We spent two weeks in and around Cairns, which included two dive trips, and a four days in Herberton at Heather’s ‘tree house’ in the Atherton tablelands. The […]
Leaving Great Barrier Reef
Leaving Great Barrier Reef Night dive Our night dive was spectacular. We put on our gear — stinger suits, weight belts, BCD’s, tanks, regulators, fins and masks — under spot […]
Underwater photography on the Great Barrier Reef
Underwater Photography I made three dives with an underwater camera to take photos and videos of coral and tropical fish on the reef. One was with an instructor to get […]
Adventure Diving on the Great Barrier Reef
Adventure Diving The Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI) administers several certification programs for divers and dive companies. Divers begin with the basic open diver certification, classroom study, supervised instruction in […]
Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef One of the natural wonders of the world is the Great Barrier Reef, a 2800 kilometer long group of 3000 reefs, quays, and 900 islands in the Coral […]
Agincourt Reef
Agincourt Reef A day after we arrived in Cairns, we took an early morning bus to Port Douglas and boarded a boat for a day diving on Agincourt Reef, one […]
Australian Aboriginal Art
Australian Aboriginal Art Sydney’s Australian Museum in Hyde Park has two interesting exhibitions, one on Indigenous Aboriginal life and Living Dangerously, a display of the dangerous insects, reptiles, animals, and marine life […]
