Australian Live Aboards

We're going to be in Australia later this year...

We are looking for some recommendations on live aboards and best dive trips
(sites)...

This group has provided us with some excellent suggestions before!!

Thanks in advance...

Tony

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 07:41:47 -0500, morgand wrote:

> $5usd of for a house reef dive (unescorted). The boat NOT included is a
> bit of a con, how on erth do they expect to do a dive package for you
> without a boat ? its stupid.

Depends if the island's got a decent house reef, doesn't it? You could do
many of your dives on that if it does. You wouldn't expect to pay the same
for a boat dive as a reef dive, would you?

Which island did you go to?

As for price, well it used to be expensive, but I've found that the prices
haven't increased that much over the years, so it's got cheaper. The
Caribbean is cheaper, but many operators still expect you to do 45 min
dives there and only have a short surface interval, so the second dive
can't be that long or deep.

> The drinks thing got to me a little, i mean.....how much can you take from
> duty free..........

What do you mean?

Jason

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http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for Aussie diving reports including
Stradbroke Island, Terrigal, Jervis Bay and Portsea

> > $5usd of for a house reef dive (unescorted). The boat NOT included is

I should have said they only knocked $5usd off if you dived the house
reef, I'm not used to paying anything for house reef dives....

> Which island did you go to?

Giravaru, North Male Atol, you could see Male, and it took about 40
minutes by Dhoni......very small......

> What do you mean?

The not letting you take drinks onto the Island.......i just meant that
you can hardly take enough for the whole holiday......

Dave Morgan @ Work in the UK
Take out the "goes diving" bit....
Trip photos on line at www.morg.co.uk