I have just relocated from WA to Gladstone in QLD, and I'm looking for fellow divers. My investigations so far have found the following;
The dive shop here closed about five years ago, the two that were in Rockhampton have also closed down. The charter boat that was running out of 1770 has been seconded to the LNG plants. There is a cruise boat that does diving as an optional extra at Lady Musgrave but it is hellishly expensive and they only do the same two sites each time as far as I can tell. The diving at Heron island is supposed to be pretty good, but you have to stay in the resort and again its pretty pricey, so not something we'd do on a regular basis. Bundy seems to be about the nearest operational dive shop. There was a listing for a dive club on dive-oz but that looks to be defunct too. The amount of industry in the harbour here means that shore diving is essentially a no-go, apparently it's nice once you get out behind the islands though.
All up it's a pretty sad state of affairs for diving in CQ. So if you are in the area and have some advice or want some new dive buddies (Hubby is a DM, I'm AOW with 100+ dives) please get in touch :blinking:
The dive shop here closed about five years ago, the two that were in Rockhampton have also closed down. The charter boat that was running out of 1770 has been seconded to the LNG plants. There is a cruise boat that does diving as an optional extra at Lady Musgrave but it is hellishly expensive and they only do the same two sites each time as far as I can tell. The diving at Heron island is supposed to be pretty good, but you have to stay in the resort and again its pretty pricey, so not something we'd do on a regular basis. Bundy seems to be about the nearest operational dive shop. There was a listing for a dive club on dive-oz but that looks to be defunct too. The amount of industry in the harbour here means that shore diving is essentially a no-go, apparently it's nice once you get out behind the islands though.
All up it's a pretty sad state of affairs for diving in CQ. So if you are in the area and have some advice or want some new dive buddies (Hubby is a DM, I'm AOW with 100+ dives) please get in touch :blinking: