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Trip to Australia, 2004
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I decided to follow the PADI Advanced Open
Water Diver course, which allows diving till
30 meters deep.
Here we jump in the
water, to swim to the reef, about 100m from
the boat. The reef is a vertical coral wall,
full of aquatic life.
The diving program is great. Two dives
in the morning, one in the afternoon and one
night dive. At this location the water is
not too clear. I loose my buddy a few times,
as he has problems with the keeping up. Then
we have to reunite at surface. I see that
our daily running pays off, as my condition
is second to none.
The fourth dive is
the night dive, in pitch-dark. Like in a
James Bond movie, the light beams of the
divers pointing in the water and the
mysterious alternate light source glowing on
the air bottle. Strange creatures are coming
out at night. Many emitting light and some
even puffs of fluorescent stuff, like it
burns. Coral is active at night and the
polyps are waving their little tentacles in
the stream. If you move your hand you
see thousands of small light flashes of
small plankton.
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