Heath's Travel Blog

I was offline for a few days and just got off a lovely 23 hour bus ride from Airlie Beach to the final stop of Byron Bay. Damn Australia is huge! The pix below are obviously from my stay in Airlie Beach. Had a fantastic trip cruising around the Whitsundays for a couple days and nights. Took my 2 first scuba dives and what could have been a better place the the Great Barrier Reef? Well...maybe somewhere with a bit better visibility. The dives were still an incredible experience though. To be honest I wasn't sure how my mental capacity would handle it with the last time being in the depths of the ocean was when I had my incident in '95. Going under was quite frightening at first as I began gasping for air through the little hose. Once I realized how fantastic the tank of air was on my back I relaxed and wow! The experience of swimming with fish is like no other. I and definitely hooked! I stayed another night in Airlie Beach and the decided to make my way down the coast rather then fly. I heard Byron Bay is a beautiful chill place so we shall see tomorrow. Might learn to surf or might just lay on the beach and do nothing.

I am gona shower and grab so food...tchau

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