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Come Diving with the Bass Strait Aquatic Club

The Bass Strait Aquatic Club (BSAC) is branch number 2396 of the prestigious British Sub-Aqua Club, the biggest dive club in the world. We are an independent, non profit dive club based in Rye on the Mornington Peninsula. We Dive Locally the wrecks, reefs, walls and piers of Bass Strait, Port Phillip Bay and Western Port Bay near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, all year round.

If you're Already Certified you can just Join the Club and come diving with us. Or if you enjoy the challenge of enhancing your diving skills, you can cross over to the British Sub-Aqua Club certification scheme and progress through a Framework of Qualifications, do some Advanced Diving courses and/or join our Instructor Training Programme.

Interested in becoming a scuba diver? With the Bass Strait Aquatic Club you can do a Try-Dive or you can Learn to Scuba Dive with us.

Whatever your experience, if you want the highest standards of training while enjoying great diving in good company, then Join the Club and experience why the Bass Strait Aquatic Club is for you. To apply, please download and complete a BSAC Membership Form.

The Bass Strait Aquatic Club meets with Melbsac for drinks and to take the p'iss out of each other, on the 4th Tuesday of each month (see Calender), at Bells Hotel, 157 Moray Street, Sth. Melbourne, from 7.30 pm (melbsac arrive at 7pm to have their committee meeting..).

The Bass Strait Aquatic Club holds a monthly club dive weekend (see Calender and Forum for details), where club training and a further social event is held.

The Bass Strait Aquatic Club organises a monthly post work, shore / night dive. See Forum for details.

Outside of this, we're always out diving somewhere, so just look out for the club logo on people's tanks and clothing, and just come say hello.

Download/view the Go! Dive With BSAC flyers: A4 flyer - DL flyer

Posted on Thursday, 21 June 2007

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Congratulations Tony and Deb

Announcements Word has flown in that Tony and Deb are now married...

So congratulations to both. Further details to follow.

Posted by Puddlediver on Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:41 am
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Club the way forward - Open forum

Hi All,

Just to remind one and all, that the club will be having an open forum at the bells hotel tomorrow night (7th May 2009) to discuss the club and the way forward.

Al are welcome, just please bring along your ideas.

Regards

Neil

Posted by Puddlediver on Wed May 06, 2009 1:26 pm
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Another Sports Diver

Training Congrats goes out to Sarah for now having successfully crossed over to Sports Diver.

Now begins the hard work of learning those dive management skills....

N

Posted by Puddlediver on Wed May 20, 2009 11:18 pm
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Club the way forward - Open forum

Hi All,

Just to remind one and all, that the club will be having an open forum at the bells hotel tomorrow night (7th May 2009) to discuss the club and the way forward.

Al are welcome, just please bring along your ideas.

Regards

Neil

Posted by Puddlediver on Wed May 06, 2009 1:26 pm
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Lhermontov, NZ -28-Oct to 1-Nov 2009

Dive Trips / Weekends Hi All,

An invite has been extended to myself to dive the Lhermontov, please see below:

I have formally put together a trip and have booked Sweet Georgia for these dates. At the moment I am looking for those who are interested to respond. This is a truly amazing modern wreck in some very beautiful country. Open to all levels. If you have any questions I am only a email away. This will be my 3rd trip to dive in these temperate waters, it says something doesn’t it? The Lermontov is truly a addictive wreck. Please pass on this email if I have missed anyone.

“LUST FOR RUST”

MIKHAIL LERMONTOV OCTOBER 28TH -1ST NOVEMBER 2009


Mikhail Lermontov “Rusty Rusky” Tour 28th – 1st October/November 2009

The adventure begins!!!!

Wednesday 28th October 2009:
Arrive Wellington in time to catch the 2:05pm Interislander ferry to Picton. Our bags will be loaded onto tractor pulled trollies. Arrive in Picton around 5:30pm. Board Sweet Georgia which will be moored just beside the ferry where our bags will be dropped off directly in front of Sweet Georgia. Once everyone is onboard Sweet Georgia we will steam off into Deep Cove and spend the night there. First thing the following morning we will be on the wreck for 9am.

Thursday 29th October:
Arrive at Lermontov site around 9am. DIVE DIVE DIVE!!!

Friday 30th October:
Do as many dives as you want.

Saturday 31st October:
Do as many dives as you want.

Sunday 1st November:
Dive in the morning and then we will head back to Wellington aboard Sweet Georgia early afternoon. We’ll look at getting back to Queens Warf in Wellington late afternoon. We can stay onboard for the last night. We usually head off into town and have a nice meal. Then head home on Monday.

Monday 2nd November:
Fly home.

Trip Cost:
$1331.00NZ for the 4 days. This is a ALL INCLUSIVE price. For this you get 4 days diving aboard Sweet Georgia in a twin share cabin, all meals(they are very hearty meals, alcohol can be purchased before boarding or onboard), cylinder hire from singles to manifolded twins and CCR cylinders, weights, air fills, Nitrox fills, boosted O2 fills and the use of the 100% O2 deco station at 6m. Sorb at reasonable cost for the CCR guys. This works out to be approx: $265AUD per days diving, depending on exchange rate. You will also need to allow for transfers from your departure destination to Wellington NZ and the ferry to Picton($55NZ) Extra day option approx: $265AUD.

Sweet Georgia
The best live aboard doing the Lermi, with plenty of deck room!
Truly some of the best food!!

EXPERIENCE LEVELS
Don't worry if you are new to wreck diving you are welcome. This wreck will satisfy ALL wreck enthusiasts tastes!!!!! There will be a lot of very experienced wreck divers on this trip too and the planning of penetration will be really well planned out to reduce any problems with people swimming into areas that are already inhabited with divers. If you are going to be penetrating the wreck you will need to be suitably trained and experienced and MUST have redundant air system for overhead environments .

I am happy to take people around the wreck on an orientation dive and also the more experienced through the wreck if there are requests for this. This is without a doubt one of the best ocean liner dives in the world. BETTER THAN THE COOLIDGE!!!!!! When you are doing 90 minute penetrations with bugger all deco - that's FUN!!!!!

DIVING
This is a great ship for all experiences. Basically the only rules on this trip is to dive within your training and experience. Your first trip will be really based on figuring out where the hell you are on the ship!! If you are deco trained then no worries with going into deco! We DO limit penetration to suitably trained divers with the right experience and redundant gear. No redundant air - no penetration! There will be a few pony bottles for hire also if need be. There are many places to venture safely within the 166m long wreck. For experienced divers we have specific briefings each dive to make sure that people will not be entering in places where other groups are diving. For safety reasons this will really cause havoc if a group drops in on top of another group exiting the same hole. We take this very seriously and with a little organization ensures everyone has a great experience over the trip. !!!

We will be running two compressors so you won’t need to wait long to get back into the water. !!!

BOOKING
$250 non refundable deposit to secure your place. ALL monies 10 weeks before trip goes. If you can’t make the trip for some reason and can get someone else to come in your place then we can transfer your deposit. To secure your place for the trip contact me at the below email address. If you are using VISA there is a 4% surcharge (sorry - visa companies screw us) and this trip there is no latitude to absorb these additional charges. Direct deposit is preferred, or bank cheque sent to me. Then we just focus on the diving!!

If you are keen a scallop dive can be made, some of the largest scallops I have seen!!

Mischa found a bell on the 2008 trip.
We wake up to this spectacular view!!
Some info on the Mikhail Lermontov.
http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/lermontov.htm

If interested, please contact your friendly local D.O.

Neil

Posted by Puddlediver on Sun May 03, 2009 11:30 pm
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ex HMAS Canberra Site Concerns Appear Resolved

Community News VARS News Update: 30 April 2009

In Brief:
  • Ship preparation is well advanced and looking great.
  • Concerns regarding the proposed site appear to be resolved.
  • Scuttling date is yet to be confirmed – however formal project timelines being worked to by Government agencies indicate mid-July.
  • Site management process being worked through by Parks Victoria.
  • VARS has expressed our strong concern about lack of consultation

For the full details see: http://www.hmascanberra.com.au/news-20090430.htm

Posted by lloyd_borrett on Fri May 01, 2009 11:08 am
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Branch Volunteer of the Year 2009

Off Topic News The search is now on for 30 ‘unsung heroes’ in BSAC’s brand new initiative, Suunto Branch Volunteer of the Year 2009.

Our Branch Volunteer of the Year Award aims to recognise the significant and invaluable contribution our many volunteers make to both BSAC and branch diving. Sponsored by Suunto, we have a D6 computer, worth £525, to award each of our 30 Volunteers of the Year, selected from around the BSAC regions.

So many of BSAC’s branch members work tirelessly for the benefit of their branch and so we would now like members to nominate their own branch’s unsung hero or heroine. Any current BSAC branch member is eligible for nomination and any branch member can send in an nomination.

We will be promoting the initiative over the coming months via BSAC Talk and the website as well as sending out flyers for you to display in your club - please help us promote this great new initiative by sharing the information with your fellow branch members - you just may have one of our winners in your club!

Who to nominate - anyone can nominate a fellow member - we are looking for members who have made an exceptional contribution to your club and reasons to nominate a fellow branch member could include:

> Going beyond the call of duty to make things happen
> Outstanding and dedicated service to the branch
> Fundraising, securing grants, recruitment of members
> Support, mentoring and encouragement of trainees
> Training, instructor development, dive organisation
> Individual actions and/or support that makes a real difference to the branch diving experience

The 30 Suunto Branch Volunteer of the Year awards will be distributed around the various BSAC regions, in proportion to the concentration of members within these areas.

Nominations can be made online now at www.bsac.com/volunteer2009. Closing date for nominations is 30th November 2009.

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Posted by Puddlediver on Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:42 pm
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Happy 30th Birthday Melbsac

Announcements Just a post to wish Melbsac our sister club in the city, Happy 30th Birthday.

Posted by Puddlediver on Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:43 am
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