Diving Chuuk Lagoon, 2015

People have been telling me for years that I have to go to Chuuk. I finally caved. Look, I’ll be honest – I’d dived on a couple of wrecks before and never really been all that impressed. I’d dived the Liberty wreck at Tulamben, I’d dived the SS Yongala near Townsville, both of which people seem to consider “world class” wreck dives. I’d also dived various other small wrecks as one-off dives on my travels. And…Meh. To all of them. But as people told me, Chuuk is different! I admit up front that I thought I’d be bored out of my mind in Chuuk after a couple of days.

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PNG diving 2014-15

The long awaited trip to PNG finally came to fruition! After a chaotic second half of 2014 which involved a cross-country relocation for a new job, and all the shenanigans that entails, I was seriously looking forward to just getting away. Don’t get me wrong, I do like my job, but 2014 was just ugly for me in a variety of ways.

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