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!
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) [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
