This is trip is now sold out, but if you're interested please add yourself to the waitlist in case of cancellations.

The UNSW Underwater Club is proud to present the annual Great Barrier Reef liveaboard 2021!

This May the 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 between $1250.

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||

• $1250 
• Flights ($300 - $400)
• Budget ~$80 for reef tax and permits
• You only need to pay a $250 now. 

||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.

||DATES||
23rd-29th of May

(Please don't book flights until 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 (Qantas is getting enough $ support already!).

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 will open at 7pm, Wednesday 24 March 2021.

Bookings for this trip will open at 7pm on Wednesday, 24 March 2021. You will need to be a paid 2021 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). A waitlist will be opened at 7:15pm on Wednesday 24 March 2021 for those that miss out in case of cancellations.

Further details regarding this trip will be sent to members after they’ve register and pay.

|| CONTACT ||

Matt  (matt@mulgoaq.com.au)