1997-12-10 Bremer Bay, first day of diving
Woke up early to read dive
manual and make pancakes. Rode bikes to dive shop and was a bet
disappointed to learn that we were not going to save the price of
renting the suits. $290 for 2x full refresher course with suits.
Difficulty fitting into suits (as usual). Drove to Little Boat
Harbour. Craig seems to be an American draft dodger/ex-farmer. Says
B.B. has changed a lot in the last few years. First exercises
(regulator retrieval and mask clearing) went OK. Saw sea dragons,
big grouper, lost of colorful fish, better than Barrier Reef.
Second dive good, too. Saw 1m sting-ray for the second time. G.
says it and its 2m mother are regulars. Sponges and sea grass.
Exercises of mask eplacement and octopus sharing OK, too. Took
photo of Craig for Internet site and promised to email address to
his kids. Will be diving earlier tomorrow, different location.
Talked politics with C., kind of resigned. Had BBQ with water
drillers (birds) staying en-face. Wrote postcards home.
Bremer Bay was named in 1848 by the Surveyor General, John Septimus Roe, in honour of Sir James Gordon Bremeer, captain of the Tamar.