| Date: 30 December, 2005 |
Vessel: Spoilsport |
Trip Director: Leanne De Koyer |
Photo Video/Pro: James Hutchinson |
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Guest Photo Competition
1st Place
Congratulations to Michael McWilliam for getting this great close-up of a spine cheek anemone fish. |
2nd Place
Christine Castle - flowery cod.
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3rd Place
Dave Wharton - turtle.
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Guest Comments |
| William Chandler, USA. "Seeing my first Spanish dancer." |
| Nicholas McLaren, Australia. "Great crew and other passengers. Great food Warwick. All round great organisation." |
| Jane Lucas, Australia. "Diving the Yongala - crew was excellent and food outstanding. Thanks!" |
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| Date: 27 December, 2005 |
Vessel: Spoilsport |
Trip Director: Leanne De Koyer |
Photo Video/Pro: James Hutchinson |
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Guest Photo Competition
1st Place
Congratulations to Peter Kennedy for taking this great photograph of a turtle and diver. |
2nd Place
Phillip Martyn - big eye trevally.
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3rd Place
Phillip Martyn - juvenile bat fish.
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Guest Comments |
| Kevin & Cherie Deacon, USA. "Mike, Dorothy & Ron... Thank you for all your support. This was a first class experience in every way!!" |
| Vicki Stevens, Australia. "Great crew, good diving." |
| Tim Baker, Australia. "Yongala was mind blowing, loved it." |
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| Date: 20 December, 2005 |
Vessel: Spoilsport |
Two words.. WHALE SHARK would be used to describe what a great expedition this was. Magic Land at Bowl Reef was the site and the only disappointment was that only Marc and Nathalie were the only ones who saw it and didn't they let us know it when they got back on board. Jealous faces were seen all over the place and the only words spoken were "where's the proof?". From all descriptions it was definitely one big whale shark. Gray reef sharks were a highlight at AIMS Bommie with numerous being spotted.
Our passengers ranged from all over the world including the USA, UK, Belgium, Australia, Sweden, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, France, Israel and even Malta and were treated to great visibility and nearly no current for the whole expedition which made for some awesome diving.
Turtles, sharks, schools of bump head parrot fish, juvenile barramundi cod and loads of nudibranchs and flat worms were just some of the aquatic life seen.
Stuart and Camilla from the Gold Coast were astounded when they saw a white-tip reef shark go into a cavern and quickly came backing out with one of the famous coral trout chewing on it's nose.
Congratulations to Marc from France who won the Guest Photo Competition with his great photo of a Christmas tree worm. by Daniel Foote |
Trip Director: Daniel Foote |
Photo Video/Pro: N/A |
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Guest Photo Competition
1st Place
Congratulations to Everett McCassey for getting this great close-up of a Christmas tree worm. |
2nd Place
Marc Bounader - flat worm.
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3rd Place
Andy McCulloch - Grouper Gap.
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Guest Comments |
| Everett McCassey, USA. "Food, especially snacks between dives - Warwick did an excellent job!" |
| Andy MCCulloch, UK. "Good food, better fun, lots of diving." |
| Nathalie Charlier, Belgium. "The complete package... atmosphere, service, food, group, crew." |
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| Date: 13 December, 2005 |
Vessel: Spoilsport |
Trip Director: Leanne De Koyer |
Photo Video/Pro: Daniel Foote |
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Guest Photo Competition
1st Place
Congratulations to John Rodman for taking this great underwater photograph of Rock Arch. |
2nd Place
Andrew 'AJ' Sutherland - gray reef shark.
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3rd Place
John Pearson - coral trout.
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Guest Comments |
| Chris Taylor, UK. "Smooth operation of the boat from house keeping/food to dive operation - professional set up. Thanks to contributing to my honeymoon in such a fabulous way. 5 star trip, 5 star people." |
| Chris Jacobs, USA. "All round great trip." |
| Hunter Hobson, USA. "Fantastic dive sites all round! The food was much better than I expected and the dive staff was the best I have ever seen. Keep doing what your doing... I wouldn't change anything." |
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| Date: 9 December, 2005 |
Vessel: Spoilsport |
What an expedition! With fantastic weather and great visibility at Wheeler Reef mixed together with a great bunch of passengers from Australia and the USA made it an expedition not to forget. The SS Yongala was, as usual, awesome with the biggest complaints being from photographers who couldn't take a photo of the wreck due to the amount of fish life.
Can't wait to see you all again soon! by Daniel Foote |
Trip Director: Daniel Foote |
Photo Video/Pro: James Hutchinson |
Guest Comments |
| Scott Yusem, USA. "Everything was great." |
| Quinton Cameron, Australia. "Great staff that are easy to get along with and great dives on the Yongala." |
| Frank Grainger, Australia. "Diving the Yongala, an unforgettable experience." |
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