Day 5: Taka Dive, The Great Barrier Reef

On the last day, everyone was pretty sad that this adventure was coming to an end. We only had 2 more dives left and no more dive briefings left. On the first dive of the last day, we saw a shrimp, puffer fish and a giant butterfly flish. On the last sad dive we saw a huge Napolean Wrasse (Wally) about 1.5 meters in length. As soon as we got in the water, it was hard to miss. It was just hanging out with other divers. The Wally was so used to having people around, that it let both Gin & I touch it. It was really exciting since it was such a big fish and that it felt very comfortable around human company. That concluded all our dives with Taka Dive.

We all got around the sun deck and hung out there until lunch time. At lunch Chriso showed us the final version of the DVD he had made. There was absolutely no doubt we were going to buy the DVD. It was beautifully done. Thanks to our Spanish friends we all chipped in for the cost of the DVD. Trent announced a get together for the evening at Rattle & Hum and it brought us the memories of the night Gin had finished her open water course. After we disembarked the boat, we had a shuttle waiting to take us all to our accomodation. The driver was so upset at our group that he was slamming the door everytime he got out of the bus. Alan, Xavi and Franchesco didn't tell him when they boarded the bus where they were going and the driver later refused to take them to their hostel. Gin told the driver off and told him that he was being extremely rude to people and that there was no need for it. She also told him that he better bring our Spanish friends to their hostel. Everyone was cheering for Ginnie as we went from one hotel/hostel to another. Later when we met for dinner, we found out that the driver did, unhappily, drop Alan, Xavi & Franchesco at their hostel.

At night we got together for dinner/drinks. It was fun. It was also fun dancing at Woolshed with everyone from the trip. Alan, Xavi and Franchesco left with us when we finally left Woolshed. While we were outside wooldshed, we saw Trent getting kicked out of the bar and wasn't allowed a re-entry. He was totally wasted. It was fun hanging outside the bar for some time until we all decided to call it a night.

What an adventure it was, a unique once in a life time opportunity that Gin & I had decided to cease diving at The Great Barrier Reef. It was simply marvelous.