It was a long weekend here, and I was bored, so I jumped on a last minute LOB out of Townsville with Adrenalin Dive to hit the GBR and Yongala for 3 days. Their LOB the "Sea Esta" is pretty basic, but meets the needs of divers well enough. There's hot water showers, marine toilets, a decent sized dive deck, and food is decent. About the only thing I think they could improve on is the lack of working powerpoints for charging gadgets (there's a couple in the galley/lounge area, but not in the rooms). I have lots of camera things to charge - it was annoying.
Anyway, diving was good The reef was in better condition than I had been anticipating, and the Yongala wreck delivered its usual awesome! Weather was rough as , so while it was atrocious on the surface, once you're 10m under the water, it was fine. Came home with a few bruises from being banged around trying to get back on the boat after the dive, but that's life.
Photos be here...
You can see the reef isn't in terrible condition. The dive boats know the GBR well enough to know where to take people, so please stop stressing about coral bleaching ruining your holidays Nobody is pretending it's not an issue, but you can still come and see the reef in pretty good condition.
All in all, it alleviated my boredom for the weekend
Anyway, diving was good The reef was in better condition than I had been anticipating, and the Yongala wreck delivered its usual awesome! Weather was rough as , so while it was atrocious on the surface, once you're 10m under the water, it was fine. Came home with a few bruises from being banged around trying to get back on the boat after the dive, but that's life.
Photos be here...
You can see the reef isn't in terrible condition. The dive boats know the GBR well enough to know where to take people, so please stop stressing about coral bleaching ruining your holidays Nobody is pretending it's not an issue, but you can still come and see the reef in pretty good condition.
All in all, it alleviated my boredom for the weekend