January
I hadn’t dived with Mick Todd for several months and knew that he would be badly in need of a Refresher Dive. So Mary and I were up early at our Forster home and drove nearly four hours to Manly to meet up with Mick. He was still in bed. I tempted him out with a pie and we headed for Fairy Bower. Then back to Mick’s place. This time he picked up his dive belt and fins. Mick’s “Refresher Dive” went well so with “my duty” now done for 2013, the next day I solo dived Fairy Bower.
February
Back in Sydney, I enjoyed one shallow solo dive at Manly nets although the underwater visibility was pretty disappointing.
May
Another dive with Mick was overdue. Unfortunately we chose to dive Clifton Gardens in Chowder Bay on low tide and the water was really murky. The presence of a large cruise ship at the jetty complicated matters. Still we had fun.
August
In Sydney for a long weekend I had intended to solo dive Fairy Bower. But a stiff northerly wind put paid to that and instead I diverted to Clifton Gardens.
December
In Sydney for the day, Mick warned me that the underwater visibility was just four metres so I abandoned my plan to dive Fairy Bower and went to Manly Nets - photographically a better bet when the visibility is not great.