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[00:01.14] Todd: Nicola, you were talking to us the other day that you went diving in Australia?

[00:05.39] Nicola: That's right I did.

[00:06.89] Todd: Wow, so what was it like?

[00:08.39] Nicola: Well, actually it was quite scary, to be honest.

[00:12.14] When I first started I did an introductory course which was just maybe like two days.

[00:17.64] And so they just sent you out with all of the equipment, put you in the sea and guided you,

[00:22.89] but then when I did the real course we started in the swimming pool which was fine and it was all great fun.

[00:29.39] Although, there were two men on my course who completely freaked out and had to leave.

[00:34.89] Todd: Oh..

[00:35.64] Nicola: Yeah, so that was fine but then they took us out to sea which was a bit different.

[00:41.39] Yeah, they made us set up our own equipment, I mean they still checked us and everything so we didn't die but we had to put on our own equipment.

[00:50.39] We had a diving buddy who I was with and I was with my friend Graham, who I was traveling with anyway and we went down into the sea.

[00:59.64] We went down maybe fifteen meters. And they always say like 'Don't Panic' just keep breathing normally and everything.

[01:07.14] But I did kind of panic a bit.

[01:08.89] Todd: Oh, no!

[01:09.89] Nicola: So then I rose to the surface really quickly which you know, you're not supposed todo in diving.

[01:15.64] So I went up really quickly.

[01:17.14] Luckily we weren't deep enough to do any damage but my diving buddy Graham was having a great time down there looking at shipwrecks and didn't even notice that I was missing.

[01:26.14] Todd: What a terrible guy.

[01:27.65] Nicola: Yeah, I know. so, then...

[01:29.14] Todd: Wow! Did they fail him? I hope he failed the course?

[01:32.65] Nicola: No, he passed. He paid enough money. He passed.

[01:34.64] But it meant that I couldn't go diving for the rest of the day cause I had gone down quite deep so that was a shame, but...

[01:41.64] Todd: That's terrible. But you didn't hurt yourself, you didn't come up too fast?

[01:45.89] Nicola: No, I was fine in the end but it was a shame because that was the end of my diving day.

[01:49.89] But we had a few more days to do it.

[01:53.64] Todd: So now you are comfortable diving. You don't freak out anymore?

[01:56.64] Nicola: I don't freak out anymore but I couldn't go diving now on my own because it has been so long. Yeah.