The UNSW Underwater Club is proud to present the annual Great Barrier Reef liveaboard, June/July 2022. 

The past few Kalinda's have been so popular selling out in record time we're going back TWICE this year!  We also just love hanging out Captain Dave and the Kalinda Crew in tropical paradise. We have two charters booked, one in May over uni break and another in late June, so time to book in your leave!

This event is for the June trip. 

UNSW Underwater Club is taking to the high seas aboard the luxurious MV Kalinda for another week of diving, eating, partying and many games of monopoly deal on the Great Barrier Reef! Our captain, Dave, has been navigating these waters for longer than he can remember and he is going to let us in on his top-secret dive locations. Aboard the Kalinda, we will travel to the most pristine and untouched reefs in the outer Great Barrier Reef marine park. These reefs are home to a plethora of weird and wonderful sea critters, including sea snakes, giant clams, walking sharks, nudibranchs and possibly even (but no promises) whales. If this doesn’t wet your neoprene then we will be finishing the trip with a day diving on the SS Yongala, an unforgettable 110m long shipwreck widely regarded as the best wreck dive in the world. As you will be living on a boat for a week this trip is all-inclusive of meals, accommodation and tank fills all for an unbeatable price of $1500pp.

Further details of this trip will be provided to members who have registered and paid. 

If you are uncomfortable sharing a boat and/or cabin with people you don’t know, this trip is unfortunately not for you.

||COST||

• $1500
• Flights ($300 - $400)
• Budget ~$50 for reef tax and permits

||WHAT IS INCLUDED||

• 6 nights accommodation onboard the MV Kalinda
• All meals provided by your personal onboard chef
• 15 - 20 dives (depending on weather), including night dives. 
• Diving on the SS Yongala (for adv+ divers)!
• One night on Magnetic Island
• 1 epic party night
• Weights and tanks
• Tank fills

||WHERE IS IT||
The boat will depart from and arrive back at Breakwater Marina, Townsville. You will need to arrange your own transport to and from Townsville.

Townsville is only 10 days by horse but for those who insist on a more efficient option, I would recommend flying into Townsville Airport before 4 pm. There will be no diving on the last day of the liveaboard so you will be safe to fly back to Sydney anytime after 11. Flights from SYD - TSV are direct and around $300 - $400 return.

||DATES||
June 27 - July 4 (Monday - Monday)

(Please don't book flights until you have reserved a spot and the trip organiser has given you the correct times - unless you like cancellation fees). 

||DIVING QUALIFICATION||
This trip is suitable for all divers with an open water cert or above. Please note that If you are an open water diver with little experience you may not be able to dive on certain sites such as the SS Yongala.

||DIVE GEAR||

For this trip, you will need:

• BCD
• Regs and diver computer
• Fins, booties, wetsuit, mask
• SMB
• Dive Light & Charger (for night dives)

The MV Kalinda will supply tanks and weights for us, so please don't try lug these with you to Townsville.

You are responsible for organising your own gear. BCDs, regulators, dive computers, wetsuits, masks and fins are all available to hire from the club through our gear hire portal*(https://www.revolutionise.com.au/underwaterclub/gear-hire-) for you to take with you. 

*Please note there is limited availability on all gear hire
 

||BOOKING||

• Registration for this trip opens at 19:00, 3 April 2022. You will need to be a paid 2022 member to register. Please note that the number of attendees on this trip are limited so be quick to register (we suggest setting a reminder on your phone). Further details regarding this trip will be sent to members after they’ve register and pay.

• A waitlist will be opened for those that miss out in case of cancellations.The waitlist will open at 19:10, 3 April 2022. 
• Note: Registration for both the May and June liveaboards will open at the same time to ensure all members have a fair chance to sign up. So pick your favourite one and sign up! These will be separate registration events for main & waitlist so make sure you select the right one!
• You will need to pay an initial deposit of $150 ASAP to secure your place with full payment details to follow. 

*Make sure you know your account password, have logged in before 18:59 and have paid your membership to avoid missing out on this exciting trip!

||Dive Staff Volunteers||

If you're interested in volunteering to help out Captain Dave on the boat we can take 2 per trip. You'll be assisting with tank fills, dive lookout duties, logging divers in/out and any in water supervision. Its a great way to spend the week and an all round fun experience. You need to be a currently insured DM or higher for this. If this sounds like something you're interested in or you want more details please sing out! Register an EOI here if you tick the boxes. This will be determined on a first come first served based and prior experience. 

|| Cancellation Policy||

If you cancel your trip, for any reason, refunds are subject to your space in the trip being filled. We will do our best to fill your place but this is not possible in all circumstances. 

||Contact||

Any questions or queries feel free to email Elen at vicepresident@underwaterclub.org :).