KaosMick
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Evening all, I've been haunting this forum from the shadows of the Interwebs whike setting up myself with the equipment I needed to get back into the sport... I am an Aussie living in the Solomon Islands for the next couple of years, and I am lucky enough to have some fantastic dive sites right on my doorstep... Literally. I did my OW certification in 1995, did a couple of follow up dives but once life got in the way I kind of forgot what it was I loved about it. A 20+ year stint in the Northern Territory (Google it if you aren't sure where it is hahaha), with its crocodiles, sharks, deadly jellyfish and 8m tides really didn't have diving very high on my list of recreational pursuits. Barramundi fishing however... But that's not a tale for here. I recently got the opportunity of a lifetime with work, a 2 year gig in the Solomon Islands, working out of Honiara on Guadalcanal. Within two weeks of arriving, I had loan gear thrown at me and was back in the deep blue... After two dives, I had remembered what drew me to diving in the first place. I haven't looked back since, and over the last six months have dived nearly every weekend as weather and work permitted. I have accumulated all my own equipment now, and have taken the time to set it up the way I like it, weight dialed in and all. It is a fantastic feeling. Now just waiting for my dive camera to arrive so I can start trying to capture some of what I see to show the family on top.
If you have any questions of me, feel free to ask away. Hopefully I can have some constructive input in the forum, even with my limited experience. I have a marine engineering background, and an unhealthy (for my wallet) attraction to Shearwater computers...
And no, I don't feel the need to go to a BPW just yet
Cheers, Mick
If you have any questions of me, feel free to ask away. Hopefully I can have some constructive input in the forum, even with my limited experience. I have a marine engineering background, and an unhealthy (for my wallet) attraction to Shearwater computers...
And no, I don't feel the need to go to a BPW just yet
Cheers, Mick