Monthly Archives: March 2009

A Nerd’s Bag

It’s came to my attention that my luggage contents is about 30% practical and 70% nerdy.

By far the most nerdy thing I have packed is the Joomla programming book i brought with me… Or is it the 10 xbox 360 games… or my laptop?! At least I have things like the grioch badge to keep [...]

Certified Divers

Myself and Dan are now certified open water divers and adventure divers.
Boat Trip – Day 1
We boarded the boat at about 7 on Saturday morning and after a three hour boat trip we were at our first dive site. I was feeling fairly rough after the 3 hour drive to the site so instead of [...]

Paddy’s Day in Cairns

Trish and myself had a fairly relaxed Paddy’s day! We eventually got out of bed after a bit of a mad session with the Pro Dive gang from the night before in The Woolshed. We proceeded to Cairns Central shopping centre where we bought some ingredients for a nice cure; eggs, bacon, 2.5 litres of [...]

Pool Dives Complete

Trish and myself have just finished the first two daysof our 5 day PADI “Open Water” dive course with Pro Dive. So far we have just been in the classroom and going through the basics in the pool. We’ve gone through many of the basic and important technical and emergency procedures, one of which consisted [...]

It’s the Final Touchdown

A big hello from down under, we have finally arrived at our first destination, Cairns, Australia. After about 3 or 4 flights we finally got here. At the moment we are trying desperately to shake off some jet lag and find out whats where in this tourist town. The weather is a bit cloudy but [...]