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Newsletter Ex HMAS Adelaide - Latest News. July 2009 Proposed date for sinking the ex HMAS Adelaide has now been confirmed as April 2010. This was announced at a meeting of all interested parties on the deck of the Adelaide at Glebe No.1 Wharf at 12noon Friday 3rd July. Keep looking at this site for more information when it comes to hand. November 2008 Work on the ex HMAS Adelaide is progressing smoothly, the Navy has finished their work on her, tenders have closed for the next stage and the name of the Company doing the Swiss Cheese effect should be known in a week or two. Sinking date is still around the September/October time next year. July 2008 Update. The Central Coast Artificial Reef Ex-HMAS Adelaide Newsletter It looks now as if the preferred sinking of the Adelaide will be mid October 2009. Les and I attended a meeting of commercially interested people along with about 45 others. The information is that everything is progressing smoothly. The Environmental Impact Studies is one of the things that is going to take a lot of time and work - approximately 10 months - but it is better to be safe than sorry. Certainly all departments involved are really excited about this project and you could feel their excitement throughout the meeting. Will keep you posted as further information comes to hand.
October was a milestone for us - the dive shop turned 40. Yes we opened our doors on the October long weekend 1968. " leave the rest of that page but take out the bit - "To coincide with our birthday - lucky enough to get some more this season. We would like to say thank you to all our friends, customers, and wholesalers who have stuck with us over the years - we have been very privileged to know you all, and keep the grandchildren coming , but do not leave it too long - do not think we will be here for another 40years!! in-spite of our fantastic Dive Cons, Boat Drivers and Shop Hands who have eased our load. A very special thank you must go to Steve Merrett our very patient and quietly suffering webmaster who does a fantastic job sorting out the sometimes pages of never ending information sent to him and chasing us up when things need changing or updating.
October was a milestone for us - the dive shop turned 40. Yes we opened our doors on the October long weekend 1968. S.S. President Coolidge Dive Trip at Vanuatu
Alan Power from Santo Dive Tours has been looking after the wreck for over 38 years and is the most respected operator. Check out the report in this Winter newsletter. We are also planning another trip away there. We are also looking to do one to the Solomon Islands , details to be organized. If interested in any of these please let us have your name so details can be sent to you. Gary Peters has shared his impressions of this year's trip with us - photos by Linda Robinson. Read it here
This was the trip details of what you missed. Contact us for details of the trip next year. Recent Diving What will you need to Dive the Adelaide ? Around the top of the wreck and generally outside, your open water cert will be ok. If you want to penetrate and also go down to the bottom which could be around 35m if the site is finalised where we think it will be, an advanced certificate would be a good idea. If she is stripped like the Brisbane , there are no areas where you are light locked out but very nearly. Then a more intense wreck diver cert could be advisable. We will be running all of these types of courses during Autumn and Winter and don't forget these forthcoming months are usually the best for diving so lets make this Autumn and Winter the time to improve your diving skills. As always, our courses are in open water so you will having great dives at the same time Advanced Certification includes, Deep diving, Boat diving, Decompression diving, all essential for Foggy Cave and will be for inside the Adelaide . Navigation: this is the depth at which you don't want to get lost Night or Limited vis diving: all of which could be seen to fit well into the knowledge required to safely dive the Adelaide . Marine life. A knowledge of what is on the seabed around you can make your diving come alive. If you are into underwater photography as many people are, you need to know just what is filling the viewfinder SSI has a programme to encourage all recreational divers to aim for the master diver status. Like all SSI programmes this is based around experience. Plus appropriate training. What is a master diver? It's diver who has at least 50 dives or more under their wt. belt, has done the advanced diver certificate on the way through and has also become a stress rescue diver. So what do you end up with? A diver who really knows his stuff, is well trained and with a good level of experience but who is not expected and is perhaps not wanting to take on the added role of looking after beginners and the legal hassles this can lead too.
Equipment Servicing Course Learn about:- Compressors, Oils and Filtration, Tank Testing, Valves, Buoyancy Vests, Regulator maintenance and the history of diving equipment. This course aims to give you a thorough insight into how and why things work and to allow you to be able to do minor repairs on your equipment if away on a diving holiday. Med Diver - This is a must for "Dive Professionals" - Dive Master and Above Stress Rescue Diver Plus DAN - 10th, 11th & 17th,18th October The SSI Rescue Diver course, includes a lot of practical rescue skills both at beach and into a boat. A thorough training in dive accident management is taught and because we also cover the practical use of oxygen and resuscitation, the course fits in with the DAN oxygen provider course. Successful completion of both exams then, gets you 2 certificates for the price of one. We usually run one of these courses a year and the places are limited. This excellent course is a must for anyone who wants to be responsible around the diving community or if you are contemplating becoming a dive control specialist. If you have already done one of these courses do not forget that to keep your DAN certificate valid, it has to be refreshed annually, just by completing the exam again. Let me know if this applies to you. First Aid Wreck Diving Training: Nitrox: Full Face Mask - Date to be announced. - Book early limited space Digital Underwater Photographer -
Date to be advised All these sessions can be tailored tothe knowledge of the photographer, from no knowledge to advanced Session 1
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Date to be advised - $200 Courses Coming Up Stress Rescue Diver Advanced Course Stress Rescue Diver plus DAN Oxygen Provider Digital Underwater Photographer Equipment Specialist Diver Full Face Mask Home | Our Location | SCUBA Dive Services | Learn to SCUBA Dive | Advanced SCUBA Dive Courses |
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