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Thu 10th March 2011 - Mon 14th March 2011

We had a fantastic group of guests on this week. Their enthusiasm, sense of humour, and general go-with-the flow attitude made it a sensational weekend. We began with our checkout dives at a wonderful spot we rarely get to dive called Vertical Gardens. If I were a fish, I would live here, but probably couldn't afford the rent! It was a great dive with thousands of fish and gorgeous soft coral fans. The sunlight and visibility helped out and made it a very special dive indeed.

Our trip out to Osprey had to be somewhat compressed due to unpredictable wind conditions, however, we still snuck out to the Coral Sea for a day. Luckily, the animals seemed to be aware we only had one day to check out this beautiful reef. Before lunch on Saturday, we had a Shark Feed, spotted a Hammerhead at North Horn, and two Manta rays cruised by at Secret Caves. Thanks very much to our critters for showing up for our guests! We then had a drift dive at False Entrance, which was described as "trying to sight-see from the freeway, but wicked fun"! Our afternoon and night were spent at Admiralty, before we came scooting home to avoid the unpleasant weather that was predicted for the Osprey region.

We spent Saturday exploring Ribbon Reef nine and ten. The weather was absolutely beautiful in the Ribbons. After a lovely dive at Pixie Pinnacle, we decided to try something new. We dove a spot the passengers have now entitled, "The Kitchen", due to the thousands of plate corals all over the top of the massive Bommie. A couple of the passengers came back a little bit over-excited as they had spent most of the dive being circled by a very curious and very hungry looking Grey Reef Shark. The afternoon dives were at Black Coral Bommie and Pixie Gardens. Both were very pretty and cruisy dives.

Sunday morning, at Steve's Bommie, we had a beautiful Eagle Ray circling the Bommie. The White Tip Reef sharks and Turtles were feeling very bold today, and hung around for the entire time we were there. We finished off the week with two dives at Century Bay/ Flare Point. Between dives number three and four our fun-loving guests participated in our "abandon ship" drill. We finished the evening with one of Drew's amazing barbecues and some drinks on the sundeck. I'd like to say a big thank you to the whole group for making it a fantastic trip. Cheers! Dayna



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