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 scuba diving???
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Fri, 11 November 2005 03:54
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any diver here???
Lets Dive!!!!
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Location:
eastern suburbs, melbourne
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March 2005
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Re: scuba diving???
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Fri, 11 November 2005 04:19
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muff diver?
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Location:
Canberra
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July 2005
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Re: scuba diving???
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Fri, 11 November 2005 07:09
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w3rd yo! Diving is the shit.
Just as an aside, who else has the shits with the government about the restrictions on diving with grey nurses? You can no longer legally dive at a known grey nurse colony without a commercial outfit and a donation of $20 to the government... Not happy jan!
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Location:
Brisbane / Gold Coast
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Fri, 11 November 2005 07:27
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Yep!
Just got my PADI licence thingy a short while ago.
Also starting to buy some gear so I'll be ready to go around the end of the year.
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Location:
Kellyville, Sydney
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June 2004
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Re: scuba diving???
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Fri, 11 November 2005 07:51
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been a few times. me and my gf went to the outer reef off port douglas in july. it was awesome got to swim with reef sharks
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Location:
1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Sat, 12 November 2005 23:41
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Guys I work in a Dive Store in Parramatta, Sydney.
If you need any gear or training, give me a PM
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
October 2003
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: scuba diving???
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Tue, 15 November 2005 00:50
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yes 
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Location:
1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Tue, 15 November 2005 12:36
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WTF!1!!1!!1!!!
WHEN you start you are allowed to comment.
I've even got Ed to commit to it.
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: scuba diving???
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Tue, 15 November 2005 12:39
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rob might have some closet secrets......
.... but he's not telling 
*tiptoes away*
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Location:
1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Wed, 16 November 2005 00:49
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| 1ZZFEWagon wrote on Fri, 11 November 2005 14:54 |
any diver here???
Lets Dive!!!!
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Yes in the picture.
Rob, share and enjoy.
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Location:
Sydney
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February 2005
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Re: scuba diving???
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Wed, 16 November 2005 05:12
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Just don't freak out and swim really fast to the surface or you will get the benz and die.
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Location:
Kellyville, Sydney
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: scuba diving???
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Thu, 17 November 2005 01:00
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hey this is weird i just got an email from PADI
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Dear Chris,#0511A74436
Congratulations on your PADI Diver certification. I hope diving brings as much joy to your life as it does to mine.
Here at PADI we always try to improve the quality of training, and we need your help. Please take a moment to answer a few questions regarding your PADI training. Your answers will help us to ensure educational quality and diver safety.
Please be aware that we are testing a new online system. This test, and others, will allow us to perfect the system. During this time of testing we ask that if you have a problem, please close your browser and click on the link below again. If you repeatedly have problems, please send an email describing the problem to: webmaster@padi.com with “New CEQ” in the subject line.
If you haven't received your card yet, it is on the way.
Thank you for your assistance. Best wishes for all of your diving adventures.
Sincerely,
Drew Richardson, President and Chief Operating Officer, PADI Worldwide.
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does this mean im certified now? i filled in some forms and crap when i went on my last dive in july but i didnt really pay any attention to them.
chris
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Location:
1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Thu, 17 November 2005 09:51
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OK you should have received a temporary card when completed, then your original soon after, but it may have been sent to the dive centre for collection.
Did you actually do a full openwater course or just a single experience dive? If the latter then there is no card. Was it here or overseas? If overseas you are probably screwed and need to redo some stuff if you have a logbook filled in for your training if local then first contact the dive centre and tell them you never received it, fill in the card never received form.
If they are no help let me know and I can search the padi stores site for your certification and request a replacement card not received.
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Location:
Kellyville, Sydney
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: scuba diving???
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Thu, 17 November 2005 10:29
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i only did 1 dive that time. i couldnt be bothered chasing it up, when i go next time it will be with a begginners group anyway. i'll get a certificate then. i just thought it was wierd that i only got that email yesterday when i did the dive in july.
chris
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Location:
1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Thu, 17 November 2005 12:05
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The forms you filled in would have been the usual disclaimers, one set for US standards and another for Australia.
Stupid thing is they are the same document but workcover don't accept the PADI printed docs but we can create our own as long as they are identical to what the PADI one says. Plus you actually need to get a medical in Autralia while everywhere else you only need a medical if you answer yes to a question.
Get a group together and come along. Let me know and we'll work out a deal for a toymodder.
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: scuba diving???
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Thu, 17 November 2005 23:37
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How much is a PADI course worth now?
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Location:
Brisbane - Chapel Hill
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Fri, 18 November 2005 10:44
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I'm going to fiji tomorrow, but i couldnt talk my girlfriend into taking a dive course before we left, so now i dont get to dive. Hopefully next year I'll convice her. It's been years since ive been scuba diving. Got my own fins/mask/snorkel now tho
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Location:
Canberra
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July 2005
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Re: scuba diving???
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Fri, 18 November 2005 12:46
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Surely you can go diving without your GF? Man, if I only got to dive with my GF, I would never go below 15m, never dive in currents and have a maximum bottom time of 30mins... Oh well, I guess we were all pretty unco when we started!
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
south Melbourne/KL
Registered:
June 2004
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Location:
1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Sat, 19 November 2005 09:29
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WTF?
Womer
Course is ave $395- depending on which store though. Some pro dives are 4195- backpacker specials but.... 
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
south Melbourne/KL
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: scuba diving???
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Sat, 19 November 2005 09:34
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i meant women
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Location:
Kellyville, Sydney
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: scuba diving???
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Sat, 19 November 2005 09:52
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isnt BWARF easy enough to remember anyway?
 BWARF!!!11ELEVEN
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Wed, 23 November 2005 08:35
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Diver here too.
Anyone dived in the Maldives? Awesome stuff! The amount of life there is insane! I've got some good videos too from snorkelling/diving.
I wanna dive the GBR. Only been to the Whitsundays, at the time it was too rough to go out to the GBR. 
Also dived Jervis Bay. Good stuff there. Blue Gropers that follow you around. Leafy sea dragons, giant cuttlefish.
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: scuba diving???
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Wed, 23 November 2005 11:48
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Does anyone else hookah dive here?
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Blue Gropers that follow you around.
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I shot a giant blue groper about 2 years back, feel pretty bad about it now and hence I don't shoot them anymore. Tasted pretty bloody good but
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Wed, 23 November 2005 12:19
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haha You prick.
You could've saved me some!! 
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: scuba diving???
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Wed, 23 November 2005 23:49
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It bottomed out my 30kg scales, I heard blue groper this big are more than 15 years old. I didn't go down without a fight though took 2 spears. You are right im such a prick It's flesh had a fatty/greasy texture on the outside (in a good way) never seen that in another fish before. Melts in your mouth :drools:
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
July 2005
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Re: scuba diving???
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Thu, 24 November 2005 15:03
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Blue Groupers are great. There is one in particular at Home Bommie, Ulladulla, which follows you around, and all of a sudden, if you turn around, there is a big friggen fish in your face! It's happened every time I've dived there bar 1!
Jervis bay is tops! The variety of contrasting dives there is phenomenal. There is everything from pedestrian shore dives to wrecks to narked out deep stuff. I haven't spent nearly enough time there.
Has anyone here dived Burri wall at Bateman's bay? From what I gather, it isn't a commonly dived site, but it is amazing! It's a big drop off covered in life, and last time we were there, we had a surprise visit from a >2m grey Nurse!
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Location:
1st street on the right
Registered:
November 2002
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Re: scuba diving???
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Fri, 25 November 2005 09:47
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Fucked thing is you can't spear them and thats fine as it's not really that hard.
Go line fishing with the right bait and catch as many as you like.
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Location:
MELB
Registered:
November 2005
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Re: scuba diving???
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Fri, 25 November 2005 10:37
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Just don't freak out and swim really fast to the surface or you will get the "BENZ" and die.
Would that be a sprinter??? coz that would be a good thing right???
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Location:
Perth
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: scuba diving???
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Sat, 26 November 2005 02:50
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| clubagreenie wrote on Fri, 25 November 2005 17:47 |
Fucked thing is you can't spear them and thats fine as it's not really that hard.
Go line fishing with the right bait and catch as many as you like.
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You can spear them in WA. I think the bag limit for fishing and spearing is 1 cause they are becoming endangered.
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January 2003
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Re: scuba diving???
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Sun, 27 November 2005 10:28
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I have done my PADI course. Wasn't too big a fan though. Its was fun but i would rather save the money and just Free Dive.
Just got back from up north on a diving trip. Got a 8kg Jewie.
I have heard Perth is the bomb and i can't wait to get over there and hit up some tuskies and coral trout.
Heres my fish.
http://img503.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc01403j pgchanged9gx.jpg
And which shop is in Parramatta?
Is it like FROG dive or something?
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Location:
Cabramatta, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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