After looking up all those pictures of sea animals that live in the GBR all I want to do is learn how to scuba dive. I looked up the GBR on Wikitravel it gave some useful information for travelers who want to learn once they get there.
"Most travellers learn to dive in Townsville, Cairns or Port Douglas: all have a very competitive dive industry. Most students prefer to do a two day pool and classroom course, followed by a two or three day liveaboard visiting the reef to the east of Cairns. It's possible to learn with some of the operators that travel to the Coral Sea, but check first about the difficulty of their dive sites. Land based learn to dive courses cost about $500, dive courses including a liveaboard start at about $700."
Most of the divers go out on day trips to see the best part of the reefs. These boat trips have varying difficulties and have something for every diver. Now I also read on Wikitravel that you can come day of for a diving trip and try and get on. This is risky, but if you get on the trip you can save as much as 40% of the cost.
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