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Trip Report : Diving with a Winner!
01 year ago
by dive mistress
in Trip Reports
Last week, I went diving with my friend Nickie – and her husband Pete.
Nickie was the lucky winner of the Wetkiwi / Dive! Tutukaka / Global Dive tshirt competition.
The prize was a days diving out at the Poor Knights Islands – which we spent on Bright Arrow, in the sun!
Who would have thought that by buying a T-shirt with an awesome design, would result in such a great days diving with my husband Pete, and the team at Dive Tutukaka onboard Bright Arrow.
To top it all off, my dive instructor Tara (now a very good friend), came along aswell for the day, on and under the water.
Two great dives, the first at Landing Bay Pinnacle and the second at Red Baron Caves, gave me plenty of opportunity to practice my skills at underwater photography. I have attached a couple of photos from the days diving.
Hope to catch up with you all soon, as I have truly been bitten by the diving bug and the wonders of the Poor Knights.
Trip Report : Happy New Yeaaaa!
01 year ago
This year, our annual New Year Poor Knights Liveaboard was a three day trip.
Once again, we were going to host the most unique DJ set (in the world?) with DJ Gareth B playing in the New Year in Rikoriko Cave.
I’m in the process of (if I have not already) popping a post up on my personal blog about the set in the cave – Most unique DJ set on the Planet.
And this year, (… excitement!) I had my buddy Marcia along.
Diving with Marcia means hundreds of photographs, long bottom times, early morning dives and very short distances.
One dive, we spent a good 70 minutes underwater taking photographs. We thought we had a bit of a swim back to the boat so we turned …. and came across the anchor line.
We had basically swum around one rock in all that time!
Anyway – back to this years trip.
Three days of diving at the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve with a boat load of fantastic friends … and my camera.
The visibility is down at the moment and there are some weird currents out there. Quite strange for this time of year.
It is almost as if the world has tilted slightly and things have gone a little pear shaped. Either that, or the islands think that it is late October/early November and they are just starting to warm up and the blue water is going to be pushing on through.
Never mind, I have my macro lens so all is well. I’m not going to write a trip report for all the sites we visited over the three days.
But I will post a wee album as there were some pretty amazing underwater sights to see.
From Northern Arch packed with Pink Maomao to a Demoiselle trying to pick off a Tambja verconis in Tie Dye Arch (which was stacked with rays), diving the Poor Knights was, as it always is, stunning!
To everyone – Happy New Year and all the best for 2011. dm xxx
