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Bubbles from the AbyssThe two trips we have comming up soon are Forster at the end of this month where you will have the chance to dive with even more grey nurse Sharks ( see www.abyss.com.au/Tfoster.html ) and Vanuatu at the end of March ( over the Easter Holiday period) so why not organise yourself and have a great break.
Abyss Scuba Diving www.abyss.com.au This Weekend The swell is up this weeknd and comming from the East making sites like Kuenell and Oak Park a bit suspect. Ship Rock on Saturday should be good but the second dive at Oak Park may need to be relocated. Sundays Dive at Bare Island should be fairly good also.
The tides are in favour this weekend with high tide is at 11:31am on Saturday and 12:08pm on Sunday.
The schedule for the coming week is: Saving on your overseas dive trip Travelling abroad on a diving vacation? Did you know that the GST on all diving equipment purchased within Australia can be claimed back at the airport under the Tourist Refund scheme! Conditions do apply but this scheme could give you a 10% rebate to spend on vacation. The Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) enables you to claim a refund, subject to certain conditions, of the goods and services tax (GST) that you pay on goods you buy in Australia.
To claim a refund you must:
You may purchase several lower-priced items from the one store, either at the one time or over several occasions within the 30-day period, provided the total purchase amounts to $300 (GST inclusive) or more. Tax invoices for purchases of $1000 or more need additional For more details check out the customs web site at www.customs.gov.au
I had always heard of this plane wreck called `The Fire Fly`. I was told it had collided with another plane and was forced to make an emergency water landing. This always came to mind every time I would travel across the waters of Jervis Bay, when I would guess the where about of the wreck site.  My ears pricked up when I could hear the boat captain announcing we where able to make an extra dive, on a wreck of an old plane. While in transit to the wreck site we discussed the amazing history of the planes collision. The Captain went on to say that the pilot cut the planes engine to prevent the propeller from spinning and digging into the water on impact. The plane glided into land. It skidded and bumped until finally coming to rest on Jervis bays calm blue runway. A few moments passed and the captain finished by saying the pilot and co-pilot calmly climbed out of the cockpit onto the wing and jumped off into the water. Earlier in the day we did 2 dives out in the bay where we bumped into a group of Grey Nurse Sharks cruising around under an overhang. Huge school of baitfish, massive swim throughs, and rare aquatic animals are just some of Jervis bays little underwater secrets that you will find here on most dives. We finally arrived at the wreck site. Not knowing exactly where the plane lied I jumped in to snorkel for the site. Jervis bay`s pure white sand and a plane wrecks dark growth on its metallic body came together to form an amazing silhouette. We had found the dive site.
We all quickly kitted up and prepared for an entry.
BOAT DIVES
Courses We had a number of people who asked us to delay our rescue course a couple of weeks so it has now been moved untill mid March. Make sure you book in soon to avoid disapointment.
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