RonDawg
Contributor
G'day everybody....
I'll be returning Down Under in November for another vacation. Part of that will be a week spent scuba diving somewhere off the coast of Queensland.
My previous (and first ever) Aussie scuba trips were a series of day trips out of Cairns using TUSA dive. While I realize it wasn't the best the GBR had to offer, I found them perfectly satisfactory.
For this trip, I'm hoping not to have to go that far north. I was wondering if anybody had any recommendations further south? The Whitsundays sound interesting (if a bit pricey) as well as Airlie Beach, Lady Musgrave Island, etc.
And yes I did a search :11: I also checked the underwater.com.au site and found some good info, though many of the links are either outdated (broken) or else are just email links.
The only caveat is that it CANNOT be a liveaboard as I will be accompanied by someone who is NOT a diver. I realize I again will be missing out on the best diving, but the Cairns/TUSA dives were perfectly enjoyable for me. I'm not particularly interested in wrecks (i.e. the Yongala) unless they're fairly shallow, as I'm more interested in bottom time than going to deep dark and scary places
Thanks in advance.
I'll be returning Down Under in November for another vacation. Part of that will be a week spent scuba diving somewhere off the coast of Queensland.
My previous (and first ever) Aussie scuba trips were a series of day trips out of Cairns using TUSA dive. While I realize it wasn't the best the GBR had to offer, I found them perfectly satisfactory.
For this trip, I'm hoping not to have to go that far north. I was wondering if anybody had any recommendations further south? The Whitsundays sound interesting (if a bit pricey) as well as Airlie Beach, Lady Musgrave Island, etc.
And yes I did a search :11: I also checked the underwater.com.au site and found some good info, though many of the links are either outdated (broken) or else are just email links.
The only caveat is that it CANNOT be a liveaboard as I will be accompanied by someone who is NOT a diver. I realize I again will be missing out on the best diving, but the Cairns/TUSA dives were perfectly enjoyable for me. I'm not particularly interested in wrecks (i.e. the Yongala) unless they're fairly shallow, as I'm more interested in bottom time than going to deep dark and scary places
Thanks in advance.
