28/4/2006 - ANZAC Day weekend

Weekend in Mt Gambier has come and gone, and unfortunately only got 3 dives in.  The often-rugged seas of the Southern Ocean had abated from 4-6m to about 2m, but the vis was minimal.  We dived once successfully in the ocean, and we found a ledge that had many small crays, but all were undersize.  After 20min of poking around, the vis dropped to under a metre with the rising tide so we called the dive.  We had one more aborted attempt at diving in the ocean, which we called very early because we could not see our feet in waist-deep water!!!!!

We did dive Ewens Ponds twice which was BEAUTIFUL as usual (see photos from older posts).  We had entire place to ourselves so vis was premium.  My buoyancy has improved a helluva lot since I last dived it in October, so we were able to leave the site as close to as we found it as possible.

What has come out of it is I've enrolled to do my Cavern/Sinkhole course with EP!!!!  Hanging around those cavies too much, it has obviously rubbed off, and this time we had a cave diving instructor down there as well.  After much prodding and poking (and other general encouragement), we made a last minute decision, and will be completing it over the next 2 weekends.

To be honest it was not something I thought I was competent enough to do as a diver, but thanks to everyone for having the confidence in me, 'cause now I'm doing it!!!!

Wish me luck!