Who wants to check out our new 4 stroke engine and come for a dive on the HMAS Brisbane.

 

When: Saturday 11th March

Cost:  $50 per dive (to cover permit fees and fuel costs) plus dive tickets

Please note that National Parks have increased the permit fee effective 1st Feb 2023

Dive Times:  Saturday 11th March - 8:30am, 11am  & 1:30pm

The number of dives is dependent on if I can find someone to tow the boat.

Boat Ramp: Parkyn Parade, Mooloolaba (next to the VMR building and down the road from Underwater World)

 

Payment

• Your place will only be held once full payment of $50 per dive has been received. This is non-refundable.

 

How can you help? We need

• Someone to tow the boat up and back (you will recieve 2 dive tickets for your effort)
• Skippers for each time slot.
• Surface watch for each time slot (must have a boat licence, the surface watch does not dive for this time slot)

 

On the day

• Meet at the boat ramp to set up gear 30min before the dive time. 

 

Bad Weather 

• We have booked the permits through Scuba World. If they cancel due to bad weather then we will get a full refund. But it needs to be their decision not ours. 

 

Now What??? Things you need to do if you want to come diving...
Your place will only be held once payment of $50 a dive has been received. This is non-refundable. We have to pay in full at the time of booking. If you can't go let me know ASAP! If you give me enough notice I'll try find a replacement for you. But if I can't find a replacement or you don't show, you will not get a refund.

• Click on the link above to RSVP. Let me know via the drop down boxes if you can help skipper the boat, surface watch, transport the boat. 
• Transfer payment of $50 per dive into the club's bank account. Make sure you include your name and HMAS Brisbane into the reference section so we know it's from you. 

BSB = 064008

A/C = 00904176

A/C NAME = URGQ

 

Let’s go diving!
cya soon Kristie

 

HMAS Brisbane 

The Ex HMAS Brisbane Wreck is a world class dive site and one of the best diving spots in Australia. It is located close to Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

The HMAS Brisbane is a 115 m former Australian war ship sunk in 2005 to create an artificial Reef and dive site.

Dive site

The HMAS Brisbane lies in 28 meters of water on a sandy bottom. The main deck is about 15 meters deep. Due to very good diving conditions with good visibility and mostly no current, the Brisbane Wreck is a very easy dive site suitable for all levels of divers. For the beginners, it is a great chance to dive an easy wreck. The more experienced divers will enjoy penetration inside the HMAS Brisbane itself as large holes have been made to allow easy entry inside the shipwreck. You can explore the boiler room and the engine room if you so desire!