Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Tuesday 1st January 2008 - Snorkelling


Anita had been anxious to get into the sea and do some snorkelling, she brought her equipment with her and so we headed down the south coast of NSW towards Kiama.

The plan was to do some snorkelling at Shellharbour and to then get some fish and chips for lunch before heading to Kiama to see the Blowhole.

Unfortunately there was a tropical storm in the north bringing high, dangerous seas to the Queensland and NSW coastlines, of course I knew nothing of this until we tried to enjoy some time snorkelling, which proved impossible... zero visability in the water huge waves that chopped up even the normally calmer rocky area up from Shellharbour beach. It was so bad that a wave knocked me over causing me to drop one of my flippers ...... and when I did the sea stole it!! I could see it, one second it was there and the next the backwash dragged it out and it was gone.