Weather is rarely one I can use. It's usually pretty good here. I'll take expenses, exhausted and food, though. Actually quite glad not to have the headache for once, so I'll avoid that one in case I jinx it.
Yes, sorry. SA is more commonly South Africa. Admittedly I was a little surprised when you said SA but thought you'd seen my location and were savvy with the state codes here.
I haven't been on the reef, but my sister dove it when she visited last. She's had some diving experience a completed, so she decided to land in Queensland and tick that off her list before she came to SA. I'm afraid I'll have to make excuses here too. If I ever get there, I'd have to stick to snorkeling, because I can't handle the pressure on my ears. I just can't seem to equalise properly.
It was my turn to check the initials this time. GBR is also the country I'm from! The word "dove" confused me though. 😆 I've never actually come across the barrier reef being referred to in initials. If you ever get here you'll have to post about it and make me jealous.
Ears!! F'ing BMR (abbreviation for 'bummer'.. I've never used it or anything but it seems I'm on a roll)
My wife has the exact.same.issue. Terrible. When we fly she nearly comes to tears every time, it's terrible. I always sit in the middle seat on the plane that way she has some privacy to tend to her ears. She can only snorkel also. I only know a few people with ear issues like that, you're one now.
We even got with a few doctors in recent years to address her ears under pressure. Word we're told is basically some people canals/drums/whatever are just too narrow and can't be surgically altered.
Funny, autocorrect had 'eras' instead of 'ears' and now I'm wondering if we should do some reflecting 🤔
I feel her pain! I'm kind of glad to learn it's not just me and my dad. I usually get disbelief and told to "just hold your nose and blow and that will equalise it", like I never tried it in all my 45 years on this earth!
I did once have a sinus blockage clear on a flight. Hurt like hell, but it was good once we landed.