Sunday, 17 February 2008

Australia - Cairns

Scuba Diving - The Great Barrier Reef
I did two dives on the great barrier reef - for a total of just over 1 hour underwater. Couldnt take any photos but it was awesome, i saw the whole cast of finding nemo :-) its like a huge underwater city with everywhere you look there is something cool going on. Gonna try and dive with sharks, whales and turtles next!
White Water Rafting
Did a day trip to Tully river of which its about level 3 - 4 rapids, however they have been having a lot of rain and floods recently and the river turned into a straight level 5 which is as high as they go.

We did about 2.5 hours then lunch then another 2.5 hours going through the rapids trying to stay in the boat. The boat got flipped once and we all came out, i almost drowned as got stuck under the boat and the rapids wouldnt let me come to the surface. Very Very Scary but i did come up and continued on with the journey no problem. Apparently a lot of asians are drowned on the river each year cos they cant swim well and with the rapids being strong there is no real way they can be rescued.


The Crocadile Farm
Went to a crocadile farm for the day and saw a croc demonstration where it was fed and teased e.t.c. also got to see lots of crocs in their natural environment and then a boat cruise up part of the rain forrest where the guide fed some of the crocs of the side of the boat.

love and peace
rob