Prodive Cairns: Learning to Dive
After years of saying I was going to learn to dive, I finally booked myself on to a Prodive PADI Open Water Course. And, of course, if I was going to learn in Australia, I may as well learn on the Great Barrier Reef. I was beyond excited to be able to explore the underwater world, this was a skill for life and hopefully I would love it! Before we set off into the open ocean, there were two days of theory and pool practise. On our first day, I met everyone else on the course and we were put into groups. There were seven of us in Team Niki, and we were fortunate enough to have the head instructor. In fact, we had two instructors all to ourselves. Kevin was having a trial interview type thing. Wouldn't it be great to have an interview just doing what you loved out on the reef!? We were given a massive manual to read through, and had to learn about nitrogen absorption and other factors that can affect a dive. We watched a few videos and had to answer some questions before getting k