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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / June 2005Australian Live Aboards
We're going to be in Australia later this year... We are looking for some recommendations on live aboards and best dive trips (sites)... This group has provided us with some excellent suggestions before!! Thanks in advance... Tony > We are looking for some recommendations on live aboards and best dive > trips (sites)... Avoid the big boats out of the Whitsundays......to many divers on board, for some good diving and less populated dive sites you need the Coral Sea which is farther out than the GBR and out of reach of the big day boats. There are some great dive sites up the east coast, (not done the west side).....Noosa, Byron Bay, South West Rocks, the Yongala out of Townsville, the Whitsundays.......the Ribbon Reefs........ Check out www.diversionoz.com they are extremely professional, admin very good, been with them loads of times. Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK Take out the "goes diving" bit.... Trip photos on line at www.morg.co.uk On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 02:11:33 -0500, morgand wrote: > Avoid the big boats out of the Whitsundays......to many divers on board, > for some good diving and less populated dive sites you need the Coral Sea > which is farther out than the GBR and out of reach of the big day boats. Plus the boats out of the Whitsundays are all geared for people doing their OW courses. Agree with the Coral Sea recommendation, the viz is a lot better, as is the coral because there's no runoff out there. Done a few Aussie liveaboards. Trip reports on my website. Jason  SignatureSee http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Caribbean trip reports including Aruba, Cuba, Grand Bahama, Barbados, St Lucia and Mexico Reading your Maldive trip report and then the Gib report.......... We found the Maldives (2000) to be a bit bland on the dive front, very expensive for the diving, we had all our own kit and they only knocked $5usd of for a house reef dive (unescorted). The boat NOT included is a bit of a con, how on erth do they expect to do a dive package for you without a boat ? its stupid. The drinks thing got to me a little, i mean.....how much can you take from duty free.......... The Gibralter diving was a bit like yours too, their kit.......ragged old suit for my wife...........we had a few nice dives there though, that was the back end of 98 after we had certified. Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK Take out the "goes diving" bit.... Trip photos on line at www.morg.co.uk On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 07:41:47 -0500, morgand wrote: > $5usd of for a house reef dive (unescorted). The boat NOT included is a > bit of a con, how on erth do they expect to do a dive package for you > without a boat ? its stupid. Depends if the island's got a decent house reef, doesn't it? You could do many of your dives on that if it does. You wouldn't expect to pay the same for a boat dive as a reef dive, would you? Which island did you go to? As for price, well it used to be expensive, but I've found that the prices haven't increased that much over the years, so it's got cheaper. The Caribbean is cheaper, but many operators still expect you to do 45 min dives there and only have a short surface interval, so the second dive can't be that long or deep. > The drinks thing got to me a little, i mean.....how much can you take from > duty free.......... What do you mean? Jason Signaturehttp://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including Stradbroke Island, Terrigal, Jervis Bay and Portsea > > $5usd of for a house reef dive (unescorted). The boat NOT included is I should have said they only knocked $5usd off if you dived the house reef, I'm not used to paying anything for house reef dives.... > Which island did you go to? Giravaru, North Male Atol, you could see Male, and it took about 40 minutes by Dhoni......very small...... > What do you mean? The not letting you take drinks onto the Island.......i just meant that you can hardly take enough for the whole holiday...... Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK Take out the "goes diving" bit.... Trip photos on line at www.morg.co.uk |
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