North of Sydney

Last weekend we drove north from Sydney to South West Rocks. On the way we stopped in Nelson Bay for a high-tide dive at Fly Point. We spent two days doing, er, character-building dives at Fishrock Cave. On the way back we spent a day diving The Pinnacle in Forster.

Here are a few pictures.

Diving and Fireworks

Yesterday we braved the rough seas and made two boat dives with St. George Scuba Club, at Minmi Trench and The Leap, in less than ideal conditions. To celebrate our safe return, Darling Harbour city council put on a sound and light show. Fireworks and jetskis, what could go wrong?

Here are a few pictures.

Busted!

I received my first Australian speeding ticket yesterday, for doing 71kph in a 60kph zone on Sunday April 26, at 7:08am. Cost: $81.

Ulladulla

Last weekend we made the 220km drive south from Sydney to Ulladulla for a weekend of diving off an RIB with some of the members of St. George Scuba Club. The weather cooperated nicely and it was some of the best diving we've done in New South Wales.

Here are some pictures.

Weekend's diving and surfing

This weekend's waves were bigger than predicted, so our diving at Voodoo and Shark Point was relocated to Shiprock and Bare Island, respectively. The good news is that the surf was up for our second surfing lesson.

Here are the pictures from Shiprock and the pictures from Bare Island. We don't have any pictures of us surfing.

Back from sandgroper central

We're back from our trip to Western Australia and Justine is back in Ottawa. While there we spent a few days in Perth, most of our time in Exmouth, and made a side trip to Coral Bay. The highlights of the trip were snorkelling with whalesharks, manta rays, sharks, and diving on the Exmouth Navy Pier.

Here are a few pictures of the trip.

Coral Bay

 

Today we made the 150km drive to Coral Bay for some snorkelling. We got really lucky and saw a manta ray, a dugong, and a whole pile of sharks.