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Sorry to hear of your back problems

I am impressed that both you and TIG have been around that long “I bought in August of 1922”😁

It is a lot easier to discreetly remove a 2 or 3 mm wetsuit than a 7 mm,even without the rocking crowded dive boat to contend with

I wonder if the 10 Russian divers were following the dive guides, or were playing cowboy and the guides were trying to keep them safe.

+1 for the Yongala, but it is weather dependant, and take sea sickness meds if you are prone to sea sickness, but worth it

I have a Citizen Eco-drive that is rarely off my wrist, I got it a few years to replace a Seiko. that died and parts were a problem due to its age. I wear it for a number of reasons 1. It tells me the time 2. I don’t need to worry about, showering, washing dishes, boating, diving etc 3. How...

It is good to know google isn’t perfect 😀

Gets better the date on DD link is 24 January 2007|, I am really confused either way it is old news

I can’t help with the buddy bit, sorry, as I am tied up this weekend. Flinders Pier is a good spot for Leafy Sea Dragons, about 90 minutes South East of the CBD depending on traffic. You will probably have to travel to SA for Weedy Sea Dragons. The water temp at Flinders was 21c last week. You...

News travels slowly in the Mediterranean, Reuters have the article dated August 10, 2007 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSYD119859/ Must have been a slow news day in Malta 🦈

My partner turns 70 mid year and has a bad back, meaning we have changed the way we dive. I have a dodgy knee. We brought one of those horrible 4 wheel collapsible cart things for pier diving. My knee really appreciates it. She now strolls down the pier with her camera, no stress no strain. No...

Did you read the fine print? Features: Working pressures up to 600 psig (41.3 bar); Temperatures up to 300°F (148°C); Straight and angle patterns; Vee stem standard; What is the pressure in your H cylinder?

As a number of the early questions relate to what was taught on diving courses, I feel you need to ask how long ago the diver learnt to dive. Long time divers learnt to dive well before awareness of global warming/climate change/plastic pollution etc were talked about at any level. Hello...

The overturned boat was at Barwon Heads where a river enters Bass Strait. Rye Pier is at the southern end of Port Phillip Two totally different pieces of water My apologies for the crap map buy Barwon Heads is below the O in ocean grove, Rye Pier is about where the right hand B110 appears...

North Solitary Islands, out of Mullowy, just North of Coffs Harbour, is well worth a try https://divequest.com.au/

Petrol has been as low as $1.74 a litre last week but jumped to $2.14 a litre yesterday at most service stations. I would suggest trying to dive mid week to help get a parking spot close to the pier. Portsea Pier especially can be a really busy spot On weekends, even in October Portsea...

Shore diving in Melbourne raises a few questions 1, Where in Melbourne are you staying? Melbourne is wrapped around a horse shoe shaped bay, 2 hours driving from the SW side to the SE side of the urban sprawl is not unusual. Most of the cleaner water is further away. 2. How are you...

traps for young players are Fiji VAT, when we were quoted for a trip in 2022 the Fiji Gov had lowered VAT due to COVID, but raised it by the time we paid our bill at the end of the trip. That hurt. Generally prices are quoted ex VAT. The other gotcha is credit card surcharges, if paying by CC...

I agree with Dan about doing a Mike Ball liveaboard. My only experience with day trips to the reef was out of Airlie Beach and it was underwhelming, the boat was catering for try divers. Cyclone season here is officially November to April so you may want to get here a bit earlier in 2024

Thanks for trolling back through 3 1/2 months, this sort of makes sense, it would have been easier if the Op had included links in the original post in this thread