After a good night’s rest in Port Lincoln, I was up nice and early on Monday morning to continue working to get the boat tidied up for the next trip, which was starting in just 12 hours. The crew and I spent the morning cleaning up around the boat, then took a trip into town […]

By early Tuesday morning the guests had disembarked and we spent the rest of the morning turning over the boat – stripping the beds of linens, collecting towels to be washed, vacuuming, running countless loads of laundry, and putting wetsuits back on the rack. By early afternoon we all took a break from the cleaning […]

After almost two solid days of transit from American Samoa to Australia, I touched down in Sydney Wednesday evening. I was tired and worn down, but happy to see Jayne Jenkin’s smiling face in the airport. I would be spending the next two nights with her and Colin in their beautiful home in Manly before […]

I couldn’t believe that I was already on my last full week of work at the National Park Service of American Samoa! The time was flying by and I couldn’t wait to see what kinds of adventures my last week held. Monday was a field day for Kersten, Ian, and myself, going back out to […]

My second week at work with the National Park Service of American Samoa started like every other day – bright and early. We got to the office by 7:30 and quickly had our weekly meeting with the whole marine team. We decided the rough plan for the week and once everything was agreed upon, we […]