Alex_Garland
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Greetings,
I will be in Australia June 25 - July 16 on a three-leg diving trip: 1) five days in Sydney, two of them diving; 2) a week on the Spirit of Freedom liveaboard in the Great Barrier Reef; and 3) three nights/four days on Lady Elliot Island, in that order.
During a pre-trip briefing, the trip organizer pointed out that the luggage limits for the plane from Hervey Bay to LEI are pretty strict, as indeed this page describes: Getting Here - Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort Great Barrier Reef
This means I'll either have to pack super light for the entire trip, bringing just the bare minimum of my own SCUBA equipment (mask, regs, computers, and maybe lights) and renting BCDs, fins, and wetsuits on each leg, or I'll have to leave some of my equipment behind in Hervey Bay. The trip organizer thinks there is storage available at the Hervey Bay airport, but we have not yet received information on costs.
I was wondering if anyone here had done that Lady Elliot Island excursion and could comment on what, if any, storage options are available in the airport or elsewhere on the mainland? Thoughts on whether it would be more cost-effective to pack light and rent gear for the whole trip, or pack a full complement of my own gear (including a large Cressi SCUBA suitcase that definitely will not fit on the LEI puddle jumper) and leave some of it in storage on the mainland?
If it turns out to be at all feasible, I'm leaning heavily toward storing some of my gear in Hervey Bay before LEI, because I hate renting stuff from a personal comfort perspective.
All thoughts appreciated, thanks.
I will be in Australia June 25 - July 16 on a three-leg diving trip: 1) five days in Sydney, two of them diving; 2) a week on the Spirit of Freedom liveaboard in the Great Barrier Reef; and 3) three nights/four days on Lady Elliot Island, in that order.
During a pre-trip briefing, the trip organizer pointed out that the luggage limits for the plane from Hervey Bay to LEI are pretty strict, as indeed this page describes: Getting Here - Lady Elliot Island Eco Resort Great Barrier Reef
This means I'll either have to pack super light for the entire trip, bringing just the bare minimum of my own SCUBA equipment (mask, regs, computers, and maybe lights) and renting BCDs, fins, and wetsuits on each leg, or I'll have to leave some of my equipment behind in Hervey Bay. The trip organizer thinks there is storage available at the Hervey Bay airport, but we have not yet received information on costs.
I was wondering if anyone here had done that Lady Elliot Island excursion and could comment on what, if any, storage options are available in the airport or elsewhere on the mainland? Thoughts on whether it would be more cost-effective to pack light and rent gear for the whole trip, or pack a full complement of my own gear (including a large Cressi SCUBA suitcase that definitely will not fit on the LEI puddle jumper) and leave some of it in storage on the mainland?
If it turns out to be at all feasible, I'm leaning heavily toward storing some of my gear in Hervey Bay before LEI, because I hate renting stuff from a personal comfort perspective.
All thoughts appreciated, thanks.
