On  Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:02 AM, Mika wrote
(snip)
> Of course I would have enjoyed the morning in Sydney .Even a certified
> morning hater like myself (just ask da bird) liked Sydney mornings. Anyone
> has to like Sydney mornings. You stumble out of your digs way too early,
> and somebody yells across the street "isn't it a glorious day". Had me
> convinced right away .  By the time we got to the pub, we were definitely
> in total agreement, though.

Mate!  You would have loved the dive on Saturday morning - despite the
chill!  Janet, Julian, John O and myself went a plongeuring early.  Janet's
got the new P10 camera and wanted to try it out, and John hadn't dived
Shelly before.  (His expectations were high!  He turned up with a twin-set!)
:-)

We went down the left-hand side having first given Julian a 'shopping list'
of critters that we hoped to see.  Regrettabvly the vis was poor and we
never managed to find a Golden Weedfish or even a nudibranch.  But we did
run into the gang of grey whaler sharks that appear to have set up home in
the area.  At one point they surrounded us, and while Janet and Julian were
looking in one direction at several of the now growing sharks, John and I
were looking in the opposite direction and counted five of them zipping and
gliding backwards and forwards in front of us.  They're obviously feeding
well!  :-)

Strike