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Welcome to Diving Townsville, we hope that our site makes it easier for you to get wet!

Diving Townsville is your one stop portal for scuba diving in Townsville, North Queensland. With information on upcoming dive trips and events from dive shops, clubs and even extra motivated individuals, planning your next scuba diving adventure could not be easier!

7 August 2010 0 Comments

Reduce your footprint with Clever Energy Australia

Do you live in a house/apartment/unit? Does it have electricity? If you answered yes to both the above question (no lies now) then read on to find out how our prize sponsor of the month (Clever Energy Australia) can give you free advice on how you could save the oceans (by reducing your carbon footprint) [...]

30 July 2010 0 Comments

Help a fellow diver in need

Joanne Edney is a recreational diver and post graduate student at Charles Sturt University, and she is inviting divers from across Australia to participate in an on-line survey (http://surveymonkey.com/s/diversurvey2010). The study seeks to contribute to an understanding of the characteristics, motivations and attitudes of Australian divers. We know very little about Australian divers and most [...]

23 July 2010 0 Comments

International Clean Up Day, 25 September

It’s hard to picture six million tonnes of debris entering the ocean in one year. In fact, that’s what happens each and every year – harming wildlife and underwater environments. But on International Cleanup Day, 25 September, Project AWARE Foundation will be joined by passionate underwater volunteers in 100 countries, using their unique skills to [...]

28 June 2010 0 Comments

Scientific diving around Orpheus

It was fairly windy last week but I still managed to get over to the James Cook University research station on Orpheus Island to collect some coral nubbins for my PhD experiment. I am studying the effects of ocean acidification, temperature and flow on coral calcification rates, so collected a bunch of nubbins of Porites [...]

21 June 2010 0 Comments

Oil spill risk makes marine protection an Australian federal election issue

Rising community and environmental concern about a lack of action to provide safeguards against the risk of large scale oil spills in Australia will be a high profile issue leading up to the Australian federal election, Australia’s leading conservation groups said today in a joint statement. An unprecedented alliance of 32 environment groups including Project AWARE Foundation, [...]

18 June 2010 0 Comments

Your chance to get into the industry

Are you a person who is outgoing, has a genuine interest in people, has a likeable personality and has an undying passion for scuba diving? If you answered yes to these, then YOU could be the person that Aqua Sports and Dive are looking for! Due to the growth of their Townsville Branch, Aqua Sports [...]

14 June 2010 0 Comments

Shark Fins No More: Hawaiian Shark Fin Ban

Hawaii has become the first state in the United States to ban shark fins.  On Friday 28th May 2010, Governor Linda Lingle signed a bill prohibiting the possession, sale, trade or distribution of sharks fins. Exceptions will be made for researchers who have obtained a special permit. Lawmakers hope the new law, the first of [...]

5 May 2010 0 Comments

Thank you for supporting us!

On the 22nd of April (in conjunction with Dive for Earth Day), Diving Townsville held its kick off event, a pool party screening of “The End of the Line”, a great new movie highlighting the plight of the world’s fisheries. Proceeds went to the Sea Turtle Foundation, and David and Julie were on hand to tell [...]

26 April 2010 0 Comments

NQUEC liveaboard trip

The North Queensland Underwater Explorers Club is organizing a weekend liveaboard trip to the reef and yongala from the 4th to 6th of June. The trip will include 6 dives and is very competitively priced. Get in touch with them at www.nquec.org.au for more information. The NQUEC is the oldest scuba diving club in North [...]

13 April 2010 0 Comments

“End of the Line” screening for Dive for Earth Day

For Dive for Earth Day (22nd April), Diving Townsville is hosting a screening of “The End of the Line” over a pool party (generously supplied by Adrenalin Dive). 7-9pm, BYO floaty, bcd or deck chair, as well as drinks. “The End of the Line” is a brand new movie highlighting the plight of the world’s [...]