G'day from WA

December 12, 20232 yr

That is WA in Australia not Washington.

Only diving for 6 years. 30 years a Senior lecturer at a Uni teaching Computer Science, another 10 years causal tutoring in Comp Sci.

I like providing information, so most of our dives are documented as free PDF eBooks: https://photojourney.smiliemail.org/gallery/

eBooks grabbed over 9600 times worldwide. And if you are coming to WA, have a look at one of the links on that site for the logistics of local shore dives.

I hope to continue diving locally and overseas until I 'meat' a shark!

ciao for niao

December 12, 20232 yr

Hey Ray

Welcome aboard! I dived Ningaloo some years ago whilst living in Oz. Loved it. WAY better I thought than the BGR.

Thanks on the book link, wicked!

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