{"id":971,"date":"2018-11-03T05:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T05:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/?p=971"},"modified":"2018-11-03T06:44:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T06:44:54","slug":"birthday-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/2018\/11\/03\/birthday-diving\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday diving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"QLD \/ Australia - 11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T180908GMT1000-1536x501.jpg\" alt=\"QLD \/ Australia - 11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"501\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are now on Lizard island near the Great Barrier Reef for David\u2019s birthday.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T145748GMT1000-1536x492.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"492\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On David\u2019s birthday we did 2 qualifying dives on the inner reef so we can now do scuba diving with an instructor to 12m.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T161618GMT1000.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1445\" height=\"1340\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T164558GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T184845GMT1000-1536x1151.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1151\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we did 2 more dives on the outer reef the next day. That\u2019s an hour out across quite choppy seas but it\u2019s calm down with the fish!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T184838GMT1000-1-1536x1151.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1151\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T141721GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T141729GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T142207GMT1000-1152x1536.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw lots of lovely fish &#8211; here are David\u2019s best photos from our snorkels and dives, we saw sharks, giant clams, and so many tiny fish in the coral too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T134049GMT1000-1536x1383.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1383\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T134926GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T132748GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And baby giants &#8211; same big ones were well over 1m<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T183144GMT1000-1536x1503.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1503\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T162304GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T184743GMT1000-1536x904.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"904\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A big lion fish &#8211; their spines are poisonous<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T183704GMT1000-1536x1153.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1153\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T183530GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T162412GMT1000-1536x1461.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1461\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T161956GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T134128GMT1000.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"971\" height=\"985\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The pictures don\u2019t do it justice the colours aren\u2019t so blue. Although the reef is damaged from bleaching and cyclones there is a lot of rgeneration<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T165624GMT1000-1153x1536.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1153\" height=\"1536\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many wierd life forms<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T163417GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T162433GMT1000-1536x1243.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1243\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diving is very mentally and physically demanding &#8211; partly because we are not in our comfort zone and because it\u2019s a new skill requiring concentration<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T145544GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>David had a lovely birthday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T145536GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After diving a nurse shark came to see if there was any lunch left &#8211; they can\u2019t see well with their tiny eyes and are gentle<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/2\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181102T182735GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/2\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"11\/1\/18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BIRU-WP-20181101T180722GMT1000-1536x1152.jpg\" alt=\"11\/1\/18\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are now on Lizard island near the Great Barrier Reef for David\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions\/1013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}