Hey everyone I know it has been a very very long time since my last entry and I am gonna be honest that I wish I had done one earlier. It has been difficult to get the time to do this however and this morning I feel like I have the time because nobody is online and I don't have to go do work for another hour or so. Well as you may know I went out into the Coral Sea to the Herald Cays which are these tiny Cays 210NM east of the GBR, so it is a decent way out to sea and took us around 21-22 hrs to get there. The only bad thing that occurred was me getting sick. I had started to get a cold when I arrived the day previous and it was starting to hit me pretty hard at this point. So the whole trip out and for a little bit while we were there I was feeling like crap. I couldn't dive more than 5ft. below the surface w/o my sinuses wanting to explode and I felt horrible for the first 2 days or so of the trip. Once I started feeling better everything started becoming much prettier and more enjoyable, everything that is except the weather. It was raining and blowing about 20kts. some days gusting upwards of 30kts. When we would go walk around the Cay to check out the birds (Tropic Bird posted above) the rain would sting from the strength of the wind. The island was gorgeous nonetheless but we opted to leave early because the anchorage was super rolly and head to Opal Reef which is part of the GBR. For those of you who don't know GBR stands for Great Barrier Reef, if you don't know what that is Google it. So we steamed into Opal reef on the 4th morning of the trip and that gave us a chance to do some fishing and diving. The reef was gorgeous full of colorful corals, beautiful fish, and amazing little drop off free-dives. After one night there the wind started getting really ugly so we opted to leave and go farther in to Low Isles which is only about 1hr. from Port and it is a lovely little island that has a lighthouse and a couple of volunteer caretaker shacks the reef out here is pretty neat as well a lot of fish because there is no fishing allowed in the area so there is a pretty large amount of sea life out there. After one night at Low we came back in and then work began for me the next week. It was all garden work out in the sun so I was basically sweating like I was working out in a sauna. It was around 30 degrees centigrade and the humidity was around 80+ some days. I would drink about 8-10 liters of water per day and would never need to use the facilities. So worked for a week and a half and the rest of the time I have been doing some boat repairs. I would like to give thanks to Sam and Jose for teaching me the art of fiberglass repair because I am the only one in the Northern QLD area it seems like that can do repairs so I have gotten work thanks to that. I have been doing some paddling with a club up here, and doing a lot of coaching at the same time. The club is pretty much self taught so they asked if I would help with their stroke and I have been helping out at the practices I have been too. I plan to be in Port for another day or two waiting for my new bank card to come in... yes I opened a bank account and my card is pink hahaha. Then I will be off to Cairns to do some repairs on a 4man and a 6man then back down south for Christmas and maybe the New Year. I'll give you guys another post when I get down south. So until next time...
"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."
— Socrates
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