Saturday the 21st of September was 'International Underwater Clean up Day' for 2008. A global initiative, organised by the Project AWARE team, which included divers from around the world all diving deep in an effort to clean up our waterways.
A total of 12 divers from both the TUDC and TSDC teamed together and dived around Kings Pier and Contituition Dock, hauling in just under half a tonne of trash and waste from our waterways. Great media coverage and assistance from the Department of Environment enabled us to get our message out to the greater community that 'prevention is far better than the cure'. Seeing that we pulled out under 5% of the actual waste that is under the surface around the port region.
A big thanks goes to the 'Hobart Dive Shop' on Argyle St for helping us out with dive supplies on the day.
We look forward to increasing the numbers on next year's dive, but in the meantime check out our club photo gallery to the right on the weekends diving.
:: Welcome to the Dive Club!
With over half of the year done and dusted, the Uni Dive Club is well underway and surprisingly the diving hasn’t let up. Even with the water hitting icy temperatures here in Tasmania, we have been busy diving around the eastern and southern regions of our gorgeous state, with Fortesque Bay, Bruny Island, Tinderbox (day and night diving) and Bicheno scoring high with all involved.
Speaking of Bicheno, congratulations goes out to our club representatives who braved the winter weather at the Combined Club Weekend which was held up at Bicheno this year. With over 40 divers in attendance from all areas of the state we managed to score second place overall, as well as taking away several major prizes which included a $250 voucher from Aqua Scuba and a first and second stage Scuba Pro regulator set. Talk about representing!
Regular monthly meetings are back up and running with the TUDC meeting at 7:00PM on the second Wednesday of every month at Shipwright Arms hotel in Battery Point. For those that couldn’t make it to our last club meet, we have a stack of new initiatives coming up, involving plenty of diving and conservation activities. As a result we have started fleshing out our dive calendar which is updated regularly online. Make sure you check it out and register using the online form for the dives that spark a little interest as places fill quickly.
While you are online signing up for dives, check out our dive gallery, dive site reviews, and technical pages. We are continually growing these areas and looking for individuals to contribute. If you think you can provide exciting site reviews or technical articles then send us your details from our contact page and get involved. Remember the scallop season is over at the end of July so make sure you hit the water one last time, and remember that secret spot for next year…
Throw on your wettie, hit the big blue, and get wet!
Dive Club Executive
:: Dive Gallery
Check out some amazing imagery and video that has been captured diving around our little island’s gorgeous coastline. Be enchanted by a whole new world, sitting just under the surface!
