Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The end of an era?

So.. we're coming to end of our stay at Airlie! Some good news first... James is now a fully qualified PADI Instructor! After 2 weeks of hard work and 2 days of exams the boy has passed and I'm very proud of him =)

What's next? Hopefully we'll be heading up to Ayr to dive the Yongala (http://www.yongaladive.com.au/) which will be amazing, but is somewhat weather dependent as the wreck is completely unprotected. We're also hoping to possibly go out on a dive boat for a few days around here. After that we'll be heading south to Fraser Island for a few days.

I haven't been up to much since I last updated. Bruce came visiting on Sunday (driving 15 hours up from Brisbane!). We went on a bit of an adventure on Monday around the local area, and then on Tuesday we went over to Whitehaven beach to chill out for the day while James was doing a first aid course. The beach itself has a high content of silica in the sand so squeaks when you walk on it (but not as loudly as the beaches in Salvador). It was absolutely perfect weather for it too. Lucky me!

Bruce left this morning to head up to Cairns for work. James finished his first aid course today and we're just getting our stuff together to get back on the road with Betty in the next few days.

Much love to all at home!

Katy x

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