First thing this morning we booked a whale sharke trip for tomorrow with Ningaloo Reef Dive. This is something we've been looking forward since we arrived in Western Australia, but it's very expensive and we might not even see a shark. We also weren't sure if it would be better to do it from here or from Exmouth, but in the end we decided to give it a go from here. So fingers crossed we'll be lucky.
I haven't been diving for a couple of years so it seemed sensible to do a refresh dive before going on a full dive trip, which we plan to do in the next couple of days. Turned out the place where we booked the whale shark trip were running a refresh dive course this afternoon so I decided just to go for it. In the morning we did some snorkelling -- I bought a new mask and fins so wanted to try them out. The snorkelling wasn't great but it was a beautiful day so it was nice to be in the water. We had lunch back at the hostel and then I headed off for my refresh dive while Matt headed for the beach with his book.
The refresh dive was ok -- worth doing I guess, but we only went to about 2 metres deep and there was zero visibility, and I was last to carry out my skills so I ended up getting very cold waiting on the bottom for the others to finish. Ah well, at least it's done now and I'm looking forward to some proper diving soon.
In the evening we cooked in the hostel kitchen (not barbeque for a change) and chatted to some travellers from a tour group who are also staying in the hostel. It's an early start in the morning for the whale shark trip but we're both very excited.
