The Australian Dragon

"Melbourne, the greatest country in the world" Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1 December - 4 December  This was one heck of a week haha! Not only did I have massively congested sinuses from I guess diving too much (I still don't know what was the cause of it), but it was just me traveling this week so I had to do all the driving! I stayed in a pretty nice place right in the middle of the city, so it made it easy to walk to a couple of spots like the Melbourne Museum. And because I was a student I got in for free, so that was pretty awesome! I spent a good 4 hours there, because I hadn't been to a museum during my whole time I had been here (I know, shame on me). But they had a phenomenal collection from dinosaur bones and taxidermied animals, to historical documents about Melbourne and Australia, aboriginal artifacts, and a really interesting "thoughts and consciousness" exhibit. It was also pretty cold outside, so museums are always a great relief f...

21 Dives, can you imagine!!?  JCU Dive Club Liveaboard with Adrenalin Dive 24 November - 30 November  This was a full week of diving 4 times a day in the Great Barrier Reef while essentially living and sleeping in the middle of the ocean! You really can't beat that! Every day we were up and at it around 7am and in the water for the first dive around 8am and last dives usually concluded around 8 or 9pm! During the time in between people were either reading books they brought, playing card games, sunbathing, species ID and filling out dive log books, or eating haha. I became the boats DJ for the week, because thankfully one of the divemasters (Ronja) brought a speaker and I had downloaded a variety of music prior!  Out of the whole trip I only missed one dive and it was a night dive. I'm not particularly fond of night dives and I just needed a little break and not to wait in line for the shower for a change haha.  We had a great crew on the boat! 4 people from...

New Zealand - North Island 3-8 November 2019 For starters, this is by far the most beautiful place I have ever seen! And if that doesn't say enough of how beautiful this country is as a whole... we only saw the North Island, but the South Island is what is acclaimed as being the most scenic part of New Zealand! So basically the entire country is gorgeous... and now i'll let the photos speak for themselves... "Nau mai, Haere mai ki Aotearea"     Day 1 Mikaela and I got into New Zealand pretty late in the evening and then had to go pick up our rental car. Thankfully in the airport, there were phone providers open and we were able to pick up sim cards for the week! This made it possible to go to a farther part of the island since we'd have cell service for google maps. So we slept for a bit of the evening and then got up nice and early to see a beautiful sunrise over the water... what a way to start the week!  Before we left this spot, just d...