Micha's SCUBA Diving Adventures

Introduction

I'd been thinking about trying diving for a long time when finally an opportunity presented itself in 1998. I was on a roadtrip with my dad and a couple of uncles and amongst other things, we went on a daytrip to Lady Musgrave Island on the Great Barrier Reef. On that trip, I did a half-hour introductory dive (with no qualifications) and it was awesome. The divemaster told me afterwards he rearely sees newbies who are so relaxed during their first dive!

Then in Late August, early September 1998 I went to a 2 week holiday in Darwin to visit a good friend of mine, Glen, who was working there for a while. Darwin is the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, and is about 4 hours by plane from Brisbane.

Log Book

• Great Barrier reef - beginning of 1998, introductory dive.
• Berry Springs, NT - August 1998, training dive in freshwater to 5m.
• Vesteys Beach, Darwin, NT - August/September 1998, 2 training dives to 3m.
• East Point, Darwin Harbour, NT - August 1998, drift dive to 12m.
• Karumba Schoals, Darwin Harbour, NT - September 1998, drift dive to 17m.
• 'Meigs' wreck, Darwin Harbour, NT - August/September 1998, 2 dives, both training, to 18m.
• 'Mona Loa' wreck, Darwin Harbour, NT - September 1998, training dive, to 18m.
• 'Song Saigon' wreck, Darwin Harbour, NT - September 1998, recreational dive to 24m.