Christmas Sunset

My first Christmas away from home was spent on a dive boat off the coast of Australia. Three nights and four days of wonderment and beauty. The diving was amazing. I have to qualify that by saying all of the diving I did in Australia was nothing short of spectacular: from north of Cairns south to Bicheno Tasmania, all of it was wonderful.

 

Here though I was one of two people on the boat not taking a diving course. The other person was a dive master from England and the two of us were most frequently dive partners. So many good memories. I caught a glimpse of my first (and only) shark. We were diving along a wall and happened upon a cavern (maybe a better word is a hollow?). We entered. My partner caught my attention and I turned around to see a small reef shark behind us and a small distance away in the open water. I back tracked and tried to get a closer look. With a flick of its tail, the shark was gone. Brilliant.

 

The photo above was taken from a dingy. Taking the punters out into the dingy for a sunset shot is probably done every trip... no need to wonder why.

 

365 Travel Memories

Australia 1995

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