On Sat, 28 Oct 2000 13:23:54 +1000, David Strike <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>It's been some while since I mentioned Shelly Beach - referred to by Huw
>Porter as, "the Wembley of diving!" - but today's dive was a little
unusual.

"The crowd are on the beach - they think the dive's over - it is now!"

>Ralf has to fly to Brussels for a conference this afternoon; Julian's
>nursing a cold that Helen passed on to him and that he wants to get rid of
>before we all head up to Cairns next week; which  left Dave, Simon,
>Leighton, ( a guy who normally buddies with a mate and who we usually only
>see post dive when the Tim-Tams and coffee appear!) and myself.

<Sheeeesh story snipped>

> We swam for half-an-hour before a
>passing boat threw us a line, towed us into shore and then went back to
>search the area.

Out of interest, how much headway had you made in that time (given that
it's normally about half an hour back from 'da patches' to the beach u/w)?

>And this time next week?  The Barrier Reef!  :-)

G'day from the Alice, mates!  Just dusting meself off after five days bush
camping round the red centre, ending up at some big red rock in the middle
of nowhere. ;-)  (Did I climb?  No, I didn't!)  Going to give the goggles,
flippers and bend-o-meter a bit of a polish, before flying to Cairns
tomorrow.

See you there! :-)

Cheers,
Huw

"A wise diver will refrain from written descriptions of his experiences"
- William Beebe