Saturday, January 28, 2012

When I'm not on the farm...

I've been doing an awful lot of diving this summer. I learned to dive way back in the early 90's so have quite a few hundred dives under my belt. I sort of stopped for a couple of years but have totally got back into it this summer. Lloyd is not really into diving to the same extent I am, so this year I've been lucky enough to find a brilliant dive buddy in our friend Dan and have also been on a few dives that have been organised by Dive North (who are spectacular!) Lloyd and I have joined the bay of Islands underwater club. So all in all it's been a really busy summer for diving.
I've dived the HMS Canterbury and The Rainbow Warrior  in the last few days. I thought I wasn't that keen on wreck dives and far preferred pretty reefs, teeming with fish, however the HMS Canterbury was something else!!
I can't take credit for any of these photos ( Dive North took them ) but I thought you might like to see under the water. ( Mum!)

This first one is the Rainbow Warrior looming out at us.


I'm the one with the pink tank on at the back -  looking up at the Rainbow Warrior

And some nice underwater stuff...

An Octopus

A moray eel.
Lots to see down there!

 So if any of you are divers ( or not!) and are ever in this neck of the woods and want to see what the Bay of Islands has to offer, I can't recommend Dive North enough.

Now, these photos I did take... We dived the Poor Knights Islands a while back and they are right at the top of my favourite dives ever!


Lloyd right in the middle


Me in some kelp


"swim with the fishes"


 Sting ray.

5 comments:

  1. Fascinating pics! The one green fish is pretty scary looking. I took a diving course back in the 80's and loved it, but never had a dive buddy :(

    Wyatt's mom

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  2. A-MA-ZING! Thanks SO much for posting them :) I love continuing to learn new things about the bloggers I "follow" and I'm enjoying the info on your dive experience and being able to vicariously experience it thru you :) I've been trying to think of a way to celebrate my happy 3-0 this summer---maybe finally becoming dive certified would be an option! ;)

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  3. Those are amazing photos!!!

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  4. Amazing photos. You wouldn't get me down there though !

    Sue xx

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  5. Anonymous3:02 am

    Even the tank is pink? You are obsessed!!

    Chico
    xx

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