It's been a little harder to find time to post since we got to Port Douglas. Not as much downtime as in Sydney.
Anyway, yesterday Thanh, Mom, Dad, and I took a trip out to the Barrier Reef with Quicksilver Tours. They have a floating pontoon out at the reef (about 1.5 hours by boat from Port Douglas) and from there you can dive, snorkel, or ride in the semi-submersible vehicle. I did a dive and then later snorkeled with Thanh, while the others rode the semi-submersible and saw some of the reef from the Pontoon. I wasn't crazy over this dive company, it's really overpriced for diving, but for a way for non-divers to experience the reef, it's a great option.
Today I went out on my own to do three dives with Calypso Tours. It was advertised as the smallest dive groups, and indeed my group was only five divers. However, the whole boat was about 35 people, including another dive group and a bunch of snorkelers. The dives were excellent, but the dive experience (meaning on the boat) is not quite what I've gotten used to. Still, on my three dives I saw a turtle, two sharks (reef and whale tip reef), and a huge variety of fish and reef critters whose names I'll have to look up later.
More, and hopefully some pictures, later.
Posted by kmd at March 6, 2007 02:49 AM