9/7/2006 - Greetings from the East Islands ;-)
It's been a long time since I've dived and even longer since I've blogged! Have now taken up residence on the "East Islands" i.e. New Zealand (Kiwis call Australia the "West Island" so I'm turning it back on them). The good news is I got 5 fantastic sinkhole dives before I left. The Mount put on the best weather I have ever seen down there, meaning there was sun and not much wind, so wasn't as cold as I thinking it was going to be. We drove down Friday as soon as the removalists had left my doorstep, and had booked our first dive in at Pics Ponds for 8am Saturday. It was so good to get into the water without having to worry about skills or having my mask ripped off! Anyway, when I have some more time and I'm not so tired, I will write a more in depth account of the weekend since it might be the last diving I do for a while.
I've been in NZ 2 weeks now, and starting to settle in. Visited a dive store down the road to get an idea on the local diving, and it seems like there's a fair bit around the coast, and several shore sites, which is good, won't have to rely on having a boat. There also seems to be few people interested in diving around the place and one who has a boat, so hopefully I'll be able to buddy-up with them sometime. The thing is it IS very cold, water temp around 10 deg but also very cold OUT of the water which I think would be the worst. So I think I'll wait till the water warms up a bit before I jump in.
Anyway happy divers I hope this entry finds you all well and your gear still damp!
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