180 Days

I woke up fairly early, i was super excited to go to the beach. I helped Neil (my aunts husband) load the truck with scuba gear -he is a diving instructor- for his student's open water exam. All his students were from the military and the government is funding them to do the PADI scuba diving course with the intention of saving some endangered species. normally this exam would be done in a swimming pool with a depth of 18m but we don't have that sort of thing here, so we just end up doing it in the ocean -its a really BIG swimming pool :) lol

Neil likes to dive at a site down the road (+/-2km) cos the water is very clear and the sea is not too rough. i quite like this place too, it has tons of history. on this site there is a ship that was fired upon and hit in WWII. apparently what they would do is accelerate and embank itself on the beach to try and save as many lives as possible. the wreck is about 10m out and a starting at a depth of 5m, its length is about 40m with its deepest point at about 57m. The amount of wild life on this wreck is phenomenal!

while all the students were doing scuba drills i was snorkeling and doing my own thing :p the water was a lot hotter than what i expected! its like climbing into a bath! I'm able to hold my breath up to 10.5m -was quite stoked about that. I'm sure you've all seen the movie "Finding Nemo?" -- Guess what---- I FOUND HIM =D fascinating lil bugga he is!

First day on the beach