Up early and off to Port Douglas after a few slices of vegemite toast for brekky.
We boarded the boat, Poseidon, and, once we were under way, we were briefed about dive safety and began to kit up. We arrived at the dive site and were put into groups for the first dive. I was to be diving with Alicea, Mark and Anna with a dive instructor called Danny.
We tumbled into the water and gathered by the anchor rope and then inched our way down it a metre or so. After a brief pause while Anna had second thoughts and popped up to the surface, we all (including Anna) practised removing the regulator and clearing water from our masks and then we made our way down the rope to the bottom of the reef and began swimming.
My ears were fine and the dive was great. We had photos taken as we swam by the boat's photographer, including one holding a sea-cucumber. There were some very colourful fish swimming around.
We returned to the boat after about 20 minutes and I noticed my air gauge had just moved into the red.
Back on the boat, we were counted and signed in to make sure no-one was left behind and the boat left for the second dive site.
Once we arrived we tumbled back into the water and descended to the bottom of the reef once more. There were more fish at this site and we swam about a lot more. We had also hired an underwater camera that Mark was using to snap pictures of everyone.
Once again, the dive was great fun and we returned to the boat where a lunch of meats, prawns, salad and bread was waiting. I decided not to go on a third dive and Alicea decided that she would snorkel at the next site.
I stayed on the boat while Rob, Mark, Steve and Anna went for a third dive and Alicea snorkelled over the reef. She said that you could see a lot more while snorkelling than you could while diving.
Once that dive was over, the boat began the return journey to Port Douglas. I managed a snooze on the way back, and once back on land we did a bit of shopping and booked a table at a restaurant called On the Inlet that we had been recommended for dinner.
Dinner was great, the food was wonderful (I had a really good fish curry) and the service was excellent.
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