Adam and the gang are back from Fiji!!! 🙂 While we’re excited to hear they’re back, they wish they were still there. Peter Lynch has written a wonderful trip report to make us all extremely jealous. Check it out on our blog, titled…….. “The great Fiji ‘Grab-Ass’ shark feed dive tour” (worth reading just for the title). haha
We love hearing about dive adventures and if the talk of holidays gives you itchy feet, we have some great trips planned next year. We’re off to the mighty Coolidge in May, Truk Lagoon in June and Kavieng later on in the year. We’re pretty excited about them all. Spots are filling up fast so if you’re interested book in early to avoid being disappointed see here for further details.
Win a holiday!!!! With all this talk about holidays don’t forget that we have our holiday giveaway competition. Its super easy or should I say ‘scuba easy’ to enter; simply complete a scuba course with us between 21 Sep & 25 April 2013 to go into the draw to win a trip to Kavieng, Papua New Guinea!!!! See here for further details.
On a serious note; we have had a lot of people expressing their concern on how the research lease will effect the seals at cabbage tree, migration of dolphins whales & predators – here is a link to the EIS please read so you can make up your own mind and if you disagree or have further questions we strongly encourage you to make a submission. Proposed Marine Finfish Research Lease
We have got a jam-packed weekend this weekend. Scuba Santa is coming to town for our Christmas party!!! He’s diving the drift to Soldiers Point Bowling Club expected to finish his safety stop at 6.00pm, just in time to celebrate. It is only ($38) for a delicious 3 course menu with kids options ($8) and special dietary requirements available. With over 80 people coming it’s going to be a great night; entrée is being served from 6.30pm. If you haven’t already booked your tickets be quick, you can book online before 9am tomorrow(Thu) or in-store today.
In conjunction with the Christmas party we also have some amazing Christmas raffles. There are some awesome prizes including Scubapro Regs, Scubapro BCD, ISAW HD Video camera, Double boat dive vouchers,Neptunewetsuit and more to be won. You can purchase tickets at the same time as you book for the Christmas party online or in the shop.
Prior to celebrating Christmas we running our regular club day boat dive. What a perfect opportunity to get wet before our party!! We are planning a half priced boat dive ($35) on Saturday afternoon leaving at 2:00pm on the dot followed by our much awaited Christmas Party. Call the shop to book a spot.
As well as Scuba Santa arriving in this weekend, we are also running our Stage A, Apnea Australiafree diving course. This course is a great opportunity to learn new skills and improve your breath holding techniques see here for further details. We are also organization a Boat and Jet Ski licences certification. Both of these courses would be a great Christmas present for someone and are the perfect courses for those wishing to learn new skills. You can book online or in-store see here for further details.
Jimmy, Kath, Todd, Ted and Nigel are in the middle of completing their IDC (Instructor Development Course). We have had great reports about their progress. While they have been working extremely hard they are still all smiles; we’re very happy for them. Our other Dive Masters in training are still working towards completing their DM course. We give them all our support and encouragement. If you think you would be interested in becoming a Dive Master or Instructor please drop in to discuss your options. We also run Emergency First Response, First Aid Work program. This course is nationally accredited course which is workplace approved. It has a very flexible schedule so if you are due to update your skills see here for further details.
This weekend is jam-packed full of fun and adventure and we are looking forward to catching up with everyone.