Over A$ 100 000 worth of prizes to be won!

What: Go diving and take pictures
When: 2-11 Sep 2011
Where: Anywhere in over 20 Australasian countries or at one of the designated “fringe” events

The Underwater Festival 2011 will be the biggest one yet. It will be lots of fun and activities. Many dive operators are offering special “Underwater Festival Fringe Events” anything from photography workshops with Photo & Video Pros to photo shootout competitions, is available!

KunkunganBay Resort, Lembeh & Tasik Ria Resort, Manado, North Sulawesi
A fantastic combo of diving at the reefs of Bunaken National Park and the critters of Lembeh Strait with two of the longest established operators in the area.

Arenui, 11 night Liveaboard Cruise, Komodo, Indonesia
Underwater Photography Workshop with underwater photography legend and Violinist William Tan on a 11-day cruise on The Arenui to the Komodo islands. The Arenui is a magnificent wooden vessel that raised its anchors in June 2008 to explore the majestic underwater world of Indonesian archipelago.

MALDIVES Ark Royal, 10 night Liveaboard Cruise, Maldives Underwater Photography Workshop with underwater photography legend and Underwater Festival judge Michael Aw on a 10-day cruise on the Ark Royal to the Maldives. The Ark Royal is a 115-feet luxury cruiser traversing the crystalline waters of the Maldives.

PALAU Fish’n Fins, Palau Diversity Fiesta at Fish ‘n Fins in Palau. Diversity Fiesta celebrates the unique combination of great diving during the day and gourmet cuisine and wine at night! Located in the western pacific and under Japanese rule for decades, combined with culinary influence from Philippines, USA, Malaysia and Indonesia, Palau’s cuisine is a truly Pacific fusion of sea food, fresh fruits and vegetables and spices.

PHILIPPINES ABWonderdive, Puerto Galera, Philippines

TONGA Vava’u, Tonga Humpback Whale Swim Fringe Event with big animal underwater photography guru Tony Wu in Tonga.

YAP, Micronesia Mantaray Bay Hotel & Yap Diver, Yap Manta Fest with Tim Rock and others in Yap, the premiere dedicated dive resort on the island of Yap in Micronesia, designed by divers and built for divers. Photo & Video Pros • Seminars • Photo Contest • Daily Presentations.  If you want to take part in any of the shootouts please send us an email!

]]> https://blog.diversiondivetravel.com.au/australasian-dive-festival-sep-oct-2011.html/feed 0 https://blog.diversiondivetravel.com.au/the-australasia-challenge-uw-shootout.html https://blog.diversiondivetravel.com.au/the-australasia-challenge-uw-shootout.html#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:04:48 +0000 http://blog.diversiondivetravel.com.au/?p=441 Join the “Australasia Challenge” – at the 5th Underwater Festival 2011

Over 100.000,00 AUD worth of prizes to be won!

What: Go diving and take pictures
When: 2-11 Sep 2011
Where: Anywhere in over 20 Australasian countries or at one of the designated “fringe” events

The Underwater Festival 2011 will be the biggest one yet. It will be lots of fun and activities. Many dive operators are offering special “Underwater Festival Fringe Events” anything from photography workshops with Photo & Video Pros to photo shootout competitions, is available!

Entrants do not have to participate in Fringe Events, they simply can go diving and shoot with a buddy, the dives can be anywhere in over 20 countries as long as they are diving during the designated shootout days 2 to 11 September 2011. Your favourite backyard dive, a fancy trip to a dive resort you always wanted to go, one of the many Festival Fringe Events that will be offered, the choice is yours. The aim is to make it possible for anybody with any budget to participate.

The organisers want people to feel that they are part of creating a snapshot of the underwater beauty but also the issues of our amazing region have lots of fun. The social aspect of the Underwater Festival has always been an important element of the event and by spreading the shootout part of the festival over a larger region, much of the socializing on the large scale will take place during the associated dive & travel trade show ODEX in Brisbane (7-9 October 2011). Here it is where the whole festival will come together to showcase and celebrate its achievements.

Fringe events are happening all over Australasia as part of the Underwater Festival 2011
To name a few of the Fringe Events which we feature in our program:
Australia: Heron Island, Spoilsport, Cocos Keeling and Christmas Islands.
Fiji: Matava Resort
Indonesia: Gangga Island Resort
Yap: Manta Ray Bay Resort
Palau: Fish’n Fins
Philippines: ABWonderdive
PNG: Tawali Resort

These 25 countries are part of Australasia for this competition:
Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Cook Islands, East Timor, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Federated States of Micronesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam.

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 Now for the first time DIVERSION DIVE TRAVEL will travel south to attend Australia’s biggest consumer dive show, OZTEK 09 in Sydney. They will have a number of special offers to show case the wide range of destinations in their programme. Their most popular destinations are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Fiji and Micronesia. Whether it is for liveaboards, day trips, or dive training, short cruises to the Coral Sea or extended dive excursions in Palau or Komodo, Great Barrier Reef or wreck diving specialities in Truk or Rabaul, Great White Shark cage dives in South Australia, secluded island resorts in Malaysia and Indonesia or private live-aboard excursions to the Andaman Sea in Thailand, Diversion Dive Travel help with all aspects of travel planning. “We are listing a lot of our products on our webpage, however, we have a large number of really good resorts and liveaboards between Thailand and Tonga that haven’t made it on the webpage. If you are chasing something specific, just call or email us and we are sure to be able to help.”

Visitors to this year’s Dive Show will find more than 320 exhibitors taking part, and whether you’re a beginner or seasoned pro; tekkie, wreckie or fish-fancier; cold- or warmwater diver, there will be no end of things to interest you.

The hottest item will be the information booth by Diving Papua New Guinea. This is a co-op effort of five premier PNG dive operators and Diversion Dive Travel.  Phil Page will be available to explain visitors everything from

Why is PNG diving so good –  where are the best spots and of course – how to get there. Phil has been working for Diversion Dive Travel for almost 8 years and in that time visited PNG on numerous occassions to check out the diving. There are few men alive who can match his capacity to compare options from first hand experience. Together with Diversion Dive Travel, Phil represents:

Papua New Guinea, known as “The Land of the Unexpected”
offers you the ultimate diving experience.The Kimbe Bay’ region on the island of New Britain is blessed with stunning
soft coral growth and unique marine life species. Enjoy land-based diving from WALINDI PLANTATION RESORT or on board the world renowned FEBRINA or STAR DANCER vessels.To the East, TUFI DIVE RESORT offers divers & non-divers the ultimate cultural
and adventure experience amidst a dramatic fjord-land setting.Just 25 minutes from Port Moresby, LOLOATA ISLAND is blessed with an excellent
reef system and more unique critter life.DIVERSION DIVE TRAVEL are PNG travel experts with year of experience to
package your PNG dive experience with affordable flights and land excursions.

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