G'day fellow bubble blowers,

So who wants to find out what all the fuss is about with FREA and Flinders Reef?  Well do I have a deal for you! Loch, the Walrus Pollard and myself are planning to take the Unidive boat, Down Under to the little gem in our backyard called Flinders Reef on Sunday, 2nd April 2017.

For those that dont know, Flinders Reef is home to Brisbane's only true coral reef and fully protected marine sanctuary. Your dive will be among an amazing array of marine life and coral. The walls, gutters, caves and pinnacles of this reef are covered in over one hundred coral species including staghorn, brain, plate and many others, as well as soft corals, gorgonians and sponges. On your dive, you'll discover that Flinders Reef also hosts more than 175 species of reef fish, invertebrates, turtles, stingrays, wobbegong sharks and even the occasional manta ray.  That should get you salivating!

This trip is for open water divers. Our intention is to give the opportunity to least 5 Unidivers who have not had yet experienced this majestic dive site. It will be appreciated if one experienced diver/BH volunteered to assist with the day’s proceedings.  Loch and I will be review respondents with the above objective in mind.

The day will start assembling at the Undiive Shed at 6 am to pack, returning to shore around 4pm and be back at the shed by 5pm to unload and wash the boat.  Dive gear is your responsibility with gear hire available from Unidive.   We are 2nd in line for gear hire, with a Cook Island trip the previous day. Having said that, we should be able to sort hire gear on the Sunday morning.  

There will be a trip briefing at the shed on the Thursday night (30th March 2017 6:30pm ).  Volunteers are required for the following tasks: snacks, finance, filling tanks, trip report and boat cleaning. The expected cost will be between $80 - $100. Please bring $50 cash deposit on Thursday night with balance required on the day.  If your are keen to hang with The Walrus and the Kool Kids at Flinders, here is the URL to sign up: http://www.unidive.org/events/7619/

Start sacrificing your newly borns to the weather gods and I will see you on Thursday 30th March 6:30 pm for the briefing.    

Cheers

Mark S.