1998 School Magazine

Girls 6rammar ^Ichool a!Brisbane 1998

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he weekend really began as we boarded the Pro Dive this was very lucky for our first dive-trip. in accordance with boat on Saturday morning. The dive crew were fantastic: Mumhy's law, the whales chose to make their appearance while hot drinks and muffins greeted us the moment we stepped we were underwater, so we were unable to witness these aboard. We thought the day couldn't possibly get any better, but magnificent mammals. Such is life! the best was yet to come Scuba Diving

in fact, the only real down side to the weekend was the sea- sickness. Unfortunately, almost everyone felt a little queasy at some point during the weekend, but the welcome discovery that entering the water stops one from feeling nauseous only served to make the dives better! By the end of the weekend, every girl who attended had gained her open water diving licence This enables us to dive to a depth of eighteen metres. We would all like to thank the wonderful boat crew for a fantastic weekend, as well as our instructor, He Ien Bedingford, for her patience and help. We woLild especially like to thank Mrs Cowen for organising the entire course, which gave us the opportunity to enter the magi- cal world of diving. Scuba diving is a pastime which we inList recommend to eveiyone; if you try it, we gtiarantee that you will not I'egret it

The scenery was magnificent as we sped out across the bay and along the coast of More ton Island. Our destination was F1inder's Reef, which is situated just off the northern tip of the island, and is a popular place for diving. Once there we put on

the masses of heavy gear one needs to dive, and wasted no time before splashing into the ocean - in the middle of winter. Hail the person who invented wetsuits! This was when we foLind out exactly why it was that we had given Lip every Wednesday afternoon for several months to stay after school having lessons and doing tests. The reef was sheer Inagic. Swimming eight- een metres below the surface amongst ITiasses of brightly col- oured fish, coral and othei sea-life is something whicli cannot be fLilly

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contemplated Lintil it has been experienced. ThroLighout this and our other three dives dLiring the weekend, we witnessed many marvels of the Lindei\\, aterworld, including a wobbegong, a giant turtle and a nianta-ray. We were assured by many tliat

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