18 January 2011 0 Comments

Dive Report: Remote Area Dive (RAD) 8th-9th Jan 2011

Below is ”Salty Sea Dog Skipper Craigs” Dive Report from a couple of weekends a go… Enjoy. “For select groups (weather dependant) the Coral Gypsy now ranges out to sites not previously discovered, we have started going to Brambles and deeper in to the Palm group where I used to frequent when RAD was first started on Palm.  The [...]

11 January 2011 0 Comments

This Week in Diving – 10/1/11

What a crazy week of weather!! Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by the floods in SEQ and their friends and families.  As tempting as it might be to go for a drift dive down the main street, please refrain and stay safe. Bubbles from the past The S.S. Yongala does not stop delighting [...]

16 December 2010 0 Comments

This Week in Diving – 14/12/10

Hot Hot Hot!  It has to be cooler in the ocean, so why not head out for a dive… Bubbles from the past This past week the visibility has been in the 20+ meters out around the Palm Island group allowing those on Remote Area Dives day trips and overnight camping safaries to enjoy the underwater beauty.  This [...]

11 March 2010 0 Comments

U/W photography events galore

The Townsville Underwater Photography and Naturalist Society (TUPANS) is hosting an underwater photography shootout down at the Yongala over Easter weekend. Trips will be going out from Ayr on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the closing ceremony/prize giving being held at Riverway Tavern on Sunday night. Great prizes are up for grabs including a [...]

23 February 2010 0 Comments

PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) @ Remote Area Dive

If your looking for a challenge, new adventures & oppportunites then this course is for you!! Remote Area Dive is organising their Instructor course at their NEW shop (16 Dean St). The course is scheduled as followed: Instructor Course 8th – 18th march 2010 Emergency First Response Instructor Course 18th -19th March 2010 If you need more [...]

23 February 2010 0 Comments

Overseas trip list

The dates have been set in stone! For those looking for more exotic dive adventures, both Remote Area Dive and Salt Scuba Diving have two trips planned for this year. First off, Salt will be going to Vanuatu from the 11th to 17th of May. Following that, RAD heads to Truk Lagoon from the 4th [...]

14 February 2010 0 Comments

Heaps of great prizes to be won!

The Townsville Underwater Photography and Naturalist Society is hosting its inaugural photo shootout down at the Yongala from the 2nd to the 4th of April. Budding and seasoned underwater photographers alike have the chance to win some great prizes including a Fly Dive Cod Hole trip sponsored by Mike Ball Dive Expeditions. Other sponsors include [...]