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Flash – you are on camera!

diversiondivetravel — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:47:10 +0000

Since I received my first NAUI Open water certification in the early 90’s I was always drawn to capture the excitement I experienced and to share it with friends, family and later clients. My first attempts with a SONY video 8 camera in a housing that resembled more the shape and size of a vacuum cleaner made me and my immediate family proud (they wouldn’t have dared to tell the truth).

Next phase was the upgrade to Hi8, new housing, lights and all. I felt like a pro! Especially when it came to chat to the check in lady and trying to get 40KG of excess luggage checked. Those were the days.

Fast forward to 2011. I see even novice divers with a small camera in a sleek housing, taken pictures and video that sometimes rival my best efforts in the early nineties. Technology is so good these days that your potential results can easily qualify to become viral on Facebook or YouTube. Still it is not all technology – the “auto” settings return great average results. To take better then average pictures underwater you must not only get a feel for the light underwater – its opportunities and limitations, you need to learn a lot about the subjects you want to photograph.

You can do this like me and add experience with every dive – or you speed up the learing process and take advice from a pro. What better then combining your next dive holiday with an intensive coaching session. Many liveaboards have resident photopros on board who are more then willing to oblige. And then there are special courses scheduled, like the series next year at TUFI Dive Resort in Papua New Guinea.

Learn from a pro

In May 2012 Christopher Bartlett, an experienced photo-journalist who has published his pictures in many dive magazines and brochures, will teach three 5- day Compact Camera Workshops. In those courses he will cover equipment preparation and setup, underwater guidance and subject finding, composition, lighting, no flash photography, digital image processing. Classes will be limited to 6 participants only!

You get five nights twin share deluxe accommodation, all (yummy) meals, eight morning dives on the outer reefs, four afternoon critter dives, one night dive and the course for only AUD 1850.00/person. And you get to experience one of PNGs finest dive location!

Dates: 2-6 May 2012 – 9-13 May 2012 – 16-20 May 2012

Contact Diversion Dive Travel 1800 607 913 / info@diversiondivetravel.com.au for travel suggestions, flights and more info on Christopher’s’ courses.

Maldives pure on Sheena

diversiondivetravel — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:53:03 +0000

Our friends at SHEENA dive cruises in the Maldives asked us to help advertise these cruises in September:

It is with great pleasure that we can offer you an authentic Maldivian diving experience. We are offering two unique 10 days trips starting from Male (no additional transfer costs for Airtaxi) aboard our safari boat “MY Sheena” to the northern region of the Maldives. We will start the tour towards North Male Atoll, which features some of the most spectacular channels. Spots such as “Finger Point”, Blue Canyon”, “Lucky Express” and “Werner Special” etc. will be included in this special trip.

Hanifaru Bay located in Baa Atoll, is undoubtedly the highlight of this tour. During the south-west monsoon season, countless manta rays are attracted to this small bay by its’ plankton-rich waters. It’s not unusual to see hundreds of manta rays together at one time! Furthermore, numerous whale sharks often join the show! This site will be included on the list of “World Heritage Sites” in the near future!!!

To conclude this spectacular tour, we will also dive the sites “Sharks & More” and “Caribbean Tail” located in the Noonu Atoll and will also making a planned stop in the Lhaviyani Atoll on our way back to Male to dive „Ship Yard“– a dive site which features two wrecks.

The tour is suitable for advanced divers only, due to expected strong current conditions & channel crossings. We therefore require a minimum number of 60 logged divers.

To put it in a nutshell: Maldivian diving in its’ purest form!

Schedule:
01.– 11. September 2011 (10 nights)
11. – 21. September 2011 (10 nights)

Prices per person:
Lower deck cabin Euro 1.250,- + 3,5% GST
Owners cabin Euro 1.350,- + 3,5% GST

Services included:
From Male, accommodation in a double cabin with AC and en-suite bathroom (shower/toilet). Full board including tea, coffee and water. Up to 3 dives a day (including cylinders & weights).

Please contact us if you want to be part of this!

Where is Tingwon Island?

diversiondivetravel — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:16:00 +0000

You maybe excused if Tingwon is not part of your standard Geography.
You can find the real answer by joining this trip organised by Lissenung Island Resort in Papua New Guinea.
– or you can cheat and scroll to the bottom

9-day/8-night Exploratory Trip,
Tingwon Island, 21-29 May 2011

During this 9-day trip, we will visit areas rarely if ever dived. Accommodation will be at Lissenung Island Resort and at the guest house at Tingwon Island, west of New Hanover. We will take our dive boat to explore some new dive sites and visit some other sites that we know are very good, but rarely have the chance to dive. Weather depending these may include Chapman’s Reef with its resident Giant Groupers or a ship wreck and a Midget Submarine at New Hanover.

Sample 9-Day Itinerary:
Day 1: · Arrival at Kavieng and transfer to Lissenung Island · Overnight at Lissenung Island Resort
Day 2: · 2 boat dives on some of Lissenung’s famous dive sites such as Albatross Passage, Helmut’s    Reef as well as exploring some new sites · Night Dive at Lissenung Island · Overnight at Lissenung Island Resort
Day 3: · 2 boat dives on some of Lissenung’s famous dive sites such as Planet Channel, Byron Strait as    well as exploring some new sites · Night Dive at Lissenung Island · Overnight at Lissenung Island Resort
Day 4: · Depart for Tingwon Island. We will drive to the west coast of New Hanover and then make the    crossing to Tingwon. The boat ride over will take approx. 3.5 hours · 2 boat dives, one along New Hanover and one at Tingwon Island · Overnight at Tingwon Island Guest House
Day 5: · 2 boat dives around Tingwon Island where we will explore some new reefs · Overnight at Tingwon Island Guest House
Day 6: · Depart for Lissenung Island with 2 boat dives, one at Tingwon Island and another one    somewhere along New Hanover · In the afternoon, return to Lissenung Island Resort · Night Dive at Lissenung Island · Overnight at Lissenung Island Resort
Day 7: · 2 boat dives on some of Lissenung’s famous dive sites such as Albatross Passage, Helmut’s    Reef as well as exploring some new sites · Night Dive at Lissenung Island · Overnight at Lissenung Island Resort
Day 8: · Rest day · If you are flying at lunchtime tomorrow, possibility for 2 more boat dives · Overnight at Lissenung Island Resort
Day 9: · Depart Lissenung Island Resort or stay on for some more awesome diving! (Normal accommodation and diving rates apply!)

This is a sample itinerary only and it is subject to change without notice, depending on weather conditions. Satellite phone, Oxygen and First Aid equipment and spare parts kit are on board the dive boat. Please note that the guest house visited might be very basic. However, the experience you will gain during this trip will be very much worth the effort!

Cost: A$ 3,159.00 per person in twin/double accommodation

Inclusions:
Return flight from Cairns to Kavieng on Air Niugini · 6 nights accommodation in a double/twin room with private facilities at Lissenung Island Resort · 2 nights accommodation with share facilities at Tingwon Island guest house · Return airport transfer · All meals · 6 days with 2 boat dives per day · Tanks, weights, dive guide, snacks onboard dive boat · Complimentary shore diving on Lissenung House Reef · Complimentary night dives on Lissenung House Reef · Complimentary “sun-downer” wine · Complimentary image downloading and CD/DVD burning · Complimentary Lissenung Island and New Ireland DVD · Complimentary Lissenung Island Resort T-Shirt
Minimum 4 divers, maximum 6 divers Single rates and rates for non-divers on request

Please inquire with us for more information and package rates from other cities then Cairns

Tingwon Island is a small island of New Hanover in Northern Papua New Guinea. It is inhabited by local Island people and rarely get’s overseas visitors. Check it out on Google maps: http://goo.gl/maps/olK9

Dive Palau: 1week, flight, 10 dives from AU$ 2089

diversiondivetravel — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:17:41 +0000

Dive Palaus fabulous reefs
1 week dive package incl airfare from Coolangatta AU$ 2089
(every Monday)

includes:
direct flights from Coolangatta on Pacific Flier,
air taxes,7 nights twin share accommodation at Seapassion Hotel in Korror, roundtrip airport transfers in Korror, daily breakfast, lunch & drink on dive days,
5 dive days with two dives each (10 dives) with Fish’n Fins, tanks, weights, Free Nitrox.
for travel between June to September 2010. Please email for details

INDONESIA LAST MINUTE OFFER Save 50% on PEARLS OF BORNEO

Diversion Dive Travel — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:50:26 +0000

Tambora Cruise Special –
11 Nights 7-18 June 2010
21 June to 2 July <=additional date!
from/to Tarakan
Dive the best sites in this remote area of Kalimantan in the best season:
Sangalaki, Derawan, Maratua, Kakaban, Samama
Best Big Fish in Indonesia

Due to a group cancellation, Tambora Dive Cruises extends the following:

• One Diver: 25% off — US$2,850 rather than regular US$3,800
• Group of 2 Divers: 30% off — US$ 2,660 p.p.
• Group of 6 and more Divers: 50% off

Beyond Remote Diving

Diversion Dive Travel — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:12:35 +0000

And you thought that hopping on a couple of planes for 48 hours to end up at a nice tropical island hideaway resort in Papua New Guinea for a weeks diving is the ultimate in going remote? Think again.
Lissenung Island Resort just completed a 9 day expedition starting from their Resort in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea. They visited some of the remote villages around New Hannover and had some absolutely spectacular dives on the way.
This is what Ange and Dietmar had to report:
http://tinyurl.com/njhzgo (opens PDF)

Updated Dive Packages for Papua New Guinea

Diversion Dive Travel — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:57:14 +0000

UPDATED TAXES FOR PNG PACKAGES 22JUL09

With lower fuel cost and increasing competition on international flights to Port Moresby, Air Niugini has substantially reduced it’s tour based airfares to PNG, home of the world’s best tropical dive locations.
This has allowed DIVERSION DIVE TRAVEL to substantially drop the cost of dive tour packages from Australia to PNG in April this year.

A revision in airline taxes has lead to slight changes in the total package costs:
Here is a price comparison for 8 top dive destinations in PNG:
We have chosen 7 night packages in twin accommodation with transfers, all meals included (unless stated otherwise), 10 boat dives, return airfares from Australia:

Madang Lodge: accommodation in Garden Terrace Rooms, (no meals)
ex Cairns AU$ 1954 , ex Brisbane AU$ 1984, ex Sydney: AU$ 2234
Kabaira, Rabaul: accommodation in Double Rooms,
ex Cairns AU$ 2249, ex Brisbane AU$ 2279, ex Sydney: AU$ 2529
Lissenung Island Resort, Kavieng: accommodation in Beach bungalow,
ex Cairns AU$ 2464, ex Brisbane AU$ 2494, ex Sydney: AU$ 2744
Loloata Island Resort, Port Moresby: accommodation in Beach bungalow,
ex Cairns AU$ 2529, ex Brisbane AU$ 2559, ex Sydney: AU$ 2799
Walindi Plantation Resort, Kimbe Bay: accommodation in Plantation room,
ex Cairns AU$ 2594, ex Brisbane AU$ 2634, ex Sydney: AU$ 2884
Rapopo Plantation Resort, Rabaul: accom in Double Rooms, all meals,
ex Cairns AU$ 3069, ex Brisbane AU$ 3099, ex Sydney: AU$ 3349
Tufi Resort: accommodation in Airconditioned Bungalow,
ex Cairns AU$ 2944*, ex Brisbane AU$ 2974*, ex Sydney: AU$ 3224*
*Additional overnights in Port Moresby required on way up/and or down – depending on travel date.
Tawali Resort, Milne Bay: accommodation in Airconditioned Bungalow, unlimited dives
ex Cairns AU$ 3220, ex Brisbane AU$ 3240, ex Sydney: AU$ 3500

Please contact DIVERSION DIVE TRAVEL on 1800 607 913 or info@diversionOZ.com to get your deal for PNG!