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    Liveaboard insurance for Australians diving domestically

    Why would you need insurance? Medicare covers all medical matters. If you have to be evacuated by helicopter or plane, the various state governments run the organisations that do this (or the Royal Flying Doctor Service). Possibly need ambulance cover, but not sure. Recompression chambers...
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    Airport for GBR?

    The GBR is very long, many airports. However, you probably want Cairns for the northern end of the reef.
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    Basic camera options

    Never strap to your head, every person I know who has done this has lost it. TG-7 and SeaFrogs housing is a good option.
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    Chuuk/Truk Liveaboard vs. land based 2023

    I didn't think the Thorfinn was still running. Even if it is, I would avoid at all costs (I have done 6 trips to Chuuk).
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    Teric vs Mk3

    I use a Garmin Descent G1 and a Shearwater Perdix. Both excellent and very similar in NDL etc. I am sure the MK3 is even better.
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    Is certification necessary for shallow water diving?

    From New Zealand I assume. They resemble that statement.
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    Suggestions for one day dives in Queensland right now?

    Wolf Rock is supposed to be excellent, have not yet got to do it but have sailed past it four times, looked great.
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    Garmin vs shearwater

    I have a Garmin Descent G1 and a Shearwater Perdix. Both are very good computers and give almost identical NDL on a dive. Very happy with both.
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    Options in the South Pacific - Fiji, PNG, Tahiti Others

    Vanuatu is a short flight from NZ, as is New Caledonia. Both have excellent diving.
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    Mini scuba diving: filling the tank

    Extremely useless and dangerous and should be banned except for the purpose they were originally invented, escaping helicopter crashes into water.
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    Unknown Woman found floating unconscious, rescued - NSW, Australia

    And no comments so far about this on the main Sydney based Facebook scuba diving page apart from a link to the same article. Also nothing in the mainstream media (press and TV). The dive site was presumably The Apartments, a very good and popular dive site. However, depth is well over 10 metres...
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    Marine Life Abalone diver partly swallowed by Great White Shark - Cape Howe, near Eden, Australia

    Very sharky area and also abalone divers have been attacked a lot over the years.
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    Unknown Diver rescued at popular swimming spot - New South Wales

    Sounds like the diver panicked, probably also way overweighted as is the norm for teaching divers in Sydney from my observations. Glad she survived.
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    Unknown Diver rescued at popular swimming spot - New South Wales

    This is possibly the easiest possible dive site in Australia. Straight off the beach into shallow water and never getting deeper than 10 metres. Protected from swell for 90% of the time as well. Very little information in Australian press and nothing at all on the main Sydney scuba diving...
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    Review Diving the Avelo System

    So this system has a battery, pump, bladder and needs a different computer to calculate the actual available air you have to solve what actual problem? Seems like creating many more likely possible failure points!
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    Unknown Body recovered - Tasmania

    Reported on ABC radio that he was snorkelling.
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    Question Too early to consider tec?

    Yes, do more diving before even thinking about it. Way more diving!
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    Unknown Two dead off Rockport MA

    “(They) have not done anything measurable since they were assigned this case,” Leao said. “Some critical elements have either not been followed up or simply ignored.” He cited data that he said still has not been downloaded from his father’s and his uncle’s dive computers that would provide...
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    Anilao dive resorts/shops without stairs?

    Very hilly location, I doubt there are any without many stairs, even to the accommodation closest to the water.
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