OK, I’m actually sat in Peter Pan Travel in Brisbane to book those bus trips. The wait’s about half an hour so they just said to jump online for a while. Bwahaaha! Wonder if I can hack their machines as easily as the ones in Brisbane central library…
Anyway, I’ve been dishing the web page address [...]

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OK, folks. I have started booking flights and buses. Take a look to the right hand side for dates and a link to my Google calendar (you’ll need Javascript enabled to see all the bumph).
Essentially, I leave Brisbane on the 8th of November to spend a couple of days in Cairns where hopefully I’ll be [...]

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Back in Bris, folks! I don’t have a lot of touristy stuff organised for the (indefinite) duration of my stay, so don’t expect too many posts. I’m seeing some friends over the weekend which will likely just involve drinking and falling over which I won’t bother to report on!
However, I just got an email from [...]

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Well, my last day in Cairns was fairly uneventful. I woke up stupidly early, probably as my eyes were glued shut and my subconscious didn’t like that very much. I gave them a wash, and the pinkness was definitely reduced compared to the night before. Likely something I’d just picked up in the water. I’ll [...]

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Well, OK. Not quite. But the risk was there. For my last day trip, seeing as I can no longer dive until I’ve taken my flight, I decided to chuck myself down a river on an inflatable lump of rubber with several other mentally challenged individuals. Well, as it turned out, four Irish girls and [...]

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Well, today was to be my last dive for a while as I’m flying on Thursday and don’t want my ears to explode. Not the best of starts when the bus forgot to pick me up, so the hostel had to ring them to remind them. Still, I made it to the boat in plenty [...]

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More diving… As I mentioned, I booked myself a 1-day, 3-dive trip with another company called Deep Sea Diver’s Den on their Reef Quest vessel. At $160 (plus taxes) it was the cheapest I could find, but once the journey got underway I couldn’t figure out how they managed it.
The staff were superb, the food [...]

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Well today was pretty good but I have a lot of homework to do so I won’t rattle on too much! Another early rise to get to the boat for the trip out to the Reef. Today’s course was to be part one of my Advanced certification, part two being on Sunday. By itself, this [...]

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At the end of my initial “rent” period and with Kerry no longer in the same room, I decided to swap into a cheaper dorm. I am now in The Aquarium which overlooks the pool, saving $4 a night. As a result, I don’t have a fridge in the room and the lavatory/shower is a [...]

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I didn’t opt for the additional day’s Adventure course after all. Mainly as the other alternative was a night out with everyone from the Open Water course to celebrate our 100% pass rate. I had a huge KFC with Kerry (who opted for a Chinese instead) and then she returned to the hostel as I [...]

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