This year my goals were:
-130 dives
-do Cavern
-dive a bunch of new sites (incl some tropical dives) and new types of dives
-get my own underwater camera
-get some new gear including BP/W, another tank, proper thermals, new computer and doubles
I'm up to 164 dives with an average dive time of approx 75mins and I start Cavern next Tuesday so hopefully that goes well
I got to dive a bunch of new sites, including a trips to Northern NSW, Sydney, Fiji and New Zealand. Also me and my buddy checked out lots of new sites locally, including some rarely dived sites. Most of them, we can see why they are rarely dived
but it was fun nonetheless. I also got to do a few novel dives such as a river drift dive, a scooter dive and I got to do some more of the local wrecks including two on Sunday on the HMAS Canberra which opened for diving on Saturday.
I got a camera and had a lot of fun with it. It stopped working in October :depressed: so I have been cameraless and it's been hard! A replacement one that I got for 50USD should arrive within the next week though so I can't wait for that. It was going to be replaced with a fancy one but I had to choose between doubles or a good camera
With gear, I got a BP/W, a new computer, another tank and various bits and pieces, but no doubles as I had some nice buddies to loan me theirs
I also never managed to get proper thermals... I did manage to get a pink harness though, which I have been threatening my buddy with for ages
Goals for 2010
-150 dives
-finish my dive leader course
-do fundies with a few friends
-do a bunch more of the local wrecks
-get a decent underwater camera
-get some more gear including doubles setup, decent light and a pony