Back from Flinders Island
19 February 2008
What a trip!!! The guys who went on this trip had an awesome time. We were blessed with some of the best weather I have seen on any trip. Of course the boys all did well in the water and by the end of the trip we had caught 47 crays between us. Many happy faces and many beers were downed on the Sunday night after a successful few days of cray diving. The next trip to Flinders Island has already been scheduled for November this year. Click here for all the details. For photos from this trip click here. 

Club BBQ a fun night
13 January 2008
The club BBQ on the weekend had a great turn out. Rubens cooked over 60 sausages and plenty of alcohol was consumed. Quite a few of the members present took advantage of the good diving condition and did dives on Saturday and Sunday. All, in all a good time was had by all and we are now looking forward to the IDC Scuba Awards Night on the 2nd of February.   

Flinders Island trip not far away
12 January 2008
Club member Michael Juttner is pictured here with on of our lovely Victorian Southern Rock Lobsters. However in the middle of February, a group of us are off to Flinders island again for a weekend of crayfish catching. There is still one spot left if you are interested. Just contact Rubens at the shop for more details.   

Digital Photo Course
1 December 2007
On the weekend we ran a PADI U/W Digital Photography Course and on one of the dives, student Ashleigh Grant snapped a great shot this huge bull-ray which was feeding on what looked to be a fairly large stargazer. We spent about 10 minutes watching this graceful giant with a 2 metre plus wing span, chase the stargazer around. Isn't it good to have a camera on hand just for these occasions.
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Aquamissions at Oasis
21 November 2007
Last night IDC Scuba started a PADI Seal Team program at the Dandenong Oasis Swim Centre. The program which runs for 5 weeks for 1 hour on a Monday night will finish just before Christmas. There were 6 very excited kids who took their first breaths underwater and once they got going, it was very hard to stop them! We will have more on this course as it goes into week two when the kids get into some diving skills.

Back from Flinders Island
13 November 2007
 The weather gods were smiling on the group that visited Flinders Island last weekend. Sunny skies, calm seas and heaps of crayfish was what we got and weren't the boys happy! With such good weather we were able to get 8 dives in and all the dives yielded critters. But it wasn't all about crayfish, the guys actually got to experience some great diving with magnificent formations and clear temperate waters.  For those interested we have booked another trip departing Friday 15th February 2008, returning Monday 18th February 2008. There are only 4 spots left for this trip as 3 spots have already been booked, so get in fast!    
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Open water divers have an explosive time!!!
14 October 2007
It's not often that they close down Portsea Pier to divers. However, with the discovery of world war 2 unexploded ordinance late last Sunday afternoon, the pier was closed to all public until the Navy and Police spent the week safely removing the devices from the area.

Luckily for our Open Water students, they were all able to finish the course off on time and all receive their certificates of bravery for learning under fire!!!  

Congratulations to James Demidowski, Scott Orchard, Patrick O'Callaghan, Luke Smith and Hayley Jenkins for completing their Open Water course and well done to their Captain Instructor Steve Gymer for completing their mission!