PADI certified in Cairns

It feels strange the first time. Your mask. Your awkward gear, a bit heavy. You ease into the water and your face slips below the surface. Inhale; the first air comes with a reassuring hiss, and for the first time, you breathe underwater. In moments, you forget your mask. Your equipment transforms to light and agile, and you're free like you've never experienced before. With that first underwater breath, the door opens to a new world. Not a world apart, but different nevertheless. Go through that door. You're life will never be the same again.

After 4 days I was certified as Open Water Diver which allowed me to go down until 18 meters under surface, but off course I wanted more and signed me up for the adventure diver's course which allowed me to go until 30 meters under surface and I had to do a dive at night with ZERO visibility, strange feeling it was...
The first day without diving was strange, I had been under water for almost 5 hours the last 3 days and I wanted to go back to swim in the big aquarium with the fishes and beautiful corals next to me. This means my Cairns days are over tomorrow I'm leaving for Melbourne, the last big ozzy city on my trip.
Some pictures here.