Orpheus Island Reserach Station, originally uploaded by marinegirl.I’m currently on Orpheus Island doing my scientific diver course… an island with wireless internet!We’re staying at the JCU research station, which I think can sleep about 30 in total, but theres only 10 of us here at the moment, so it’s nice and quiet. Theres four of us on my course, plus instructor, and a few other guys trying to catch damselfish for an experiment - but they’re not having much luck! Its a really good set up, lots of dive boats and equipment, aquaria, labs and a lecture theatre. We’re staying in the student digs, which are bunkbed rooms with a big communal cooking/eating/tv area. Very comfy!The island is lovely, a pretty sandy beach and some mangrovey bits in our bay, and dense vegetation behind us. I’ve put a few piccys up here. Theres no vehicles on the island (apart from a tractor to pull boats around) so I haven’t really seen much further than that. Theres a posh resort in the next bay along I think, but thats it for the whole island.We’ve been doing all sorts of rediculous diving things… using full face masks so we could talk to each other underwater today, which was a lot of fun. Underwater drilling tomorrow! All this fresh air and diving is really tiring, so I’m off to bed now, I’ll let you know how the rest of the course goes when I’m, back home!Becks
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Becks is a marine ecology PhD student, living in Queensland (Australia), Dumaguete (Philippines) and London (UK). Marinegirl is her online alter-ego. She dreamt her up as as super-gorgeous superhero saving the underwater world (if you've seen Captain Planet, you get the idea). She is not, and never will be, in the marines.
sounds brilliant! here it’s grey & wet & getting dark in the mornings!look forward to the next posting xmum
Sounds like you are having a good time. I have just come back from a holiday in Southern Spain with lovely warm weather and as you mum says it is grim here, especially up North!
I get the impression that Orpheus Island isn’t quite like Capernwray. Bet it doesn’t have horses and helicopters though.
Just a thought, has Steve Jobs developed a wireless, underwater Mac yet? It would save you having to write stuff onto clipboards. As his best customer why don’t you give him a call.
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