Daily Highlights

Wednesday 13th October

Hello again! Today I thought I’d give you my daily highlights in a diary format.

6:30am My alarm went off

6:45am My alarm went off again because I didn’t get up the first time

7:00am My roommates made me get out of bed because my alarm was annoying them!

7:15am I had breakfast of cornflakes and a glass of juice. I don’t think the milk from the cereal and the juice is getting along well in my tummy....

7:30am I waved goodbye to the team gearing up at the dive shop

7:35am I sat down at my laptop to identify mantas in the lab. Lucky I didn’t dive, milk and juice making me sick...

8:00am Have decided that ID-ing mantas and drawing spots on diagrams is more difficult than it looks

9:30am Friends returned from their dive, no mantas but lots of turtles & other stuff

10:30am Time for a break!

11:00am After baking in the sun for half an hour it’s time to get back to work

12:00pm Our live Skype hook-up with Benton Junior College!

1:00pm Mmmmm... wraps for lunch! (Told you it was like camp!)

1:30pm Head to dive shop to get ready for an afternoon dive

2:00pm Went diving at Lighthouse Bommie (you can see the lighthouse on aerial maps of the island). No mantas sighted

3:00pm More manta ID work in the lab

5:00pm Sunset walk around the island

6:00pm DINNER TIME!

8:00pm Time for a talk on Project Manta at the Reef Education Centre

9:00pm Trying to keep my eyes open while writing this highlight list....

9:30pm That’s it! My eyes are stinging so it's time for bed. I have to be at the dive shop at 7:30am. See you all tomorrow!