Magnetic Island - Day 1

It's my first full day on the Island, and after a good night sleep, I headed off to Pleasure Divers to start my diving course.
After filling out some paperwork, we head straight for the pool. 10 laps and 10 minutes of floating to start off with (to prove that I can swim). After that we get started on the material and a bit later get back in the pool (this time fully geared up), to start on some basic diving skills.
I bump into a family I met the night before in the hostel and join them for lunch (a BLAT burger - bacon, lettuce, avocado and tomato). In the afternoon, I take time to read all the theory, which takes me a couple of hours.
I decide to head to Nelly Bay afterwords to get some groceries, but since it was still nice and sunny, I decided to head out on to the pier, where I was surrounded by rock wallabies :-) There even was a mum with a baby in her pouch (you can see it if you look closely to the picture).
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