Michelle and I got there early, bagged a kitting up table and set up base camp. This was a cunning move as by 1100 the place was rammed.. I think almost every diving cylinder in Sydney was delivered to Shelly at one point.
Michelle set to cooking up the brekkie of the day (before I get accused of being Sid the Sexist… she volunteered), but this was sadly bacon -ve (fixed the following day at Terrigal .. 🙂 ), then we await the arrival of the other divers. Poor Stu Marston piked becuase of over-work and Pete bailed owing to a diary malfunction. We had a spare cylinder so the fact that Paul only had 50 bar in his was ok, and Owen stopped off at SXD for a fill so we had 2 waves and surface cover, O2 set and first aid… yes, our first BSAC standard dive in ages… It felt great
Owen and Paul went in first and reported average vis but sharks, heaps of fish (yes I know I am a marine biologist, but hey, I work on invertebrates) and had a generally mellow time. Michelle and I had a similar experience, once we dodged the open water trainees.
So, I can thoroughly recommend the back-to-the-old-school dives… single cylinder, no staring at cell readings, no heaps of gas management… we liked it so much that we have now set up the next dive, and we hope more can come along
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