Author Archives: Dan

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 [...]

Last day of work in Ireland for 9 months

Well this is it… A huge step towards freedom and fun. Office life is now a thing of the past and something that I wont be going near for 9 months at the mimnimum!!! Today is, as you may have guessed it, the last day of work for both myself and Trish. We’re both having [...]

Welcome to our blog

Howdy! I’m just setting up this wordpress blog so we can use it to let you all know how we are getting on when we go away. We’ll be putting photos up here and we should be able to add a google map location to each post so you can see where we are posting [...]