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Police Search and Rescue Site Visit Wed 3rd Feb
Posted by .Sas. on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:03 AM (80 reads)
VSAG have organised a visit to the Victorian Police Search and Rescue Squad in Williamstown and have extended an invite to BSAC club members.
There will be a slide presentation as well as showing old and new dive gear. Details are below:
Russell Dehnert
Leading Senior Constable 23040
DATE: WEDNESDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2010
LOCATION: 100 Nelson Place Williamstown Vic 3016
TIME: 7pm
(Parking is most likely on street and we may need coins for the meters)
If you are interested please book in with John Lawler by email: jlawler@aapt.net.au
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Joint Club Get together
Posted by Puddlediver on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:32 PM (119 reads)
Hi
The joint club get together for this month at Bells was going to be on Australia Day next week however due to people being away/busy/etc at this time it's been moved to Tuesday 2nd Feb. Time (7.30pm) and Place (Bells Hotel) will be the same.
Hope to see everyone there
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Next Club Meeting - Tuesday 15th December
Posted by Puddlediver on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:11 AM (218 reads)
Dear All,
Please note that the December 2009 joint club get together at Bells Hotel south melbourne, has been brought forward to Tuesday 15th December.
As this will be the last one before Christmas and the New Year, we would love to see everyone attend.
In addition, as we will have a BSAC guest member over from the UK who works for the Met office, we will be having a brief presentation on “Forecasting and understanding the Weather” Australia centric.
Please express in advance if you have any particular questions you would like to ask, so that they can come prepared
Sincerely
Committee
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Sunday December 13th - Club Dive Day
Posted by Puddlediver on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:40 AM (222 reads)
Hev and Michael are organising the next one, at the moment it is:
Diving with Scuttlebutt - inside the bay
7:30 pickup Queenscliff
7:45 pickup Portsea
8:00 drift dive through kelp beds.
9:30 back to Portsea for fills
10:30 depart Portsea
10:54 dive Spec reef or Captn Nitros (subject to shipping and someone finding the marks )
12:30 back to Portsea
1:00 BBQ lunch Portsea (some food will be provided by club ie bread and snags, but members are encouraged to contribute)
3:30 ferry service for those that need a lift back to Queenscliff
Please see forum for more details.
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DAN Diver Day: February 21st 2010
Posted by .Sas. on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:08 AM (238 reads)
DAN Asia-Pacific invites you to attend this very special one-day only 'Diving Safety Seminar' being held in conjunction with The Alfred Hyperbaric Service.
When: Sunday 21st February
Time: 9.00am – 6.00pm
Where: Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Cost: DAN Members: $30, Non-DAN Members: $40
(Inclusive of morning and afternoon tea)
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT ON THE DAY?
This one-day only event provides a unique opportunity to hear from both international and Australian experts in diving health and safety:
* Dan Orr, President, DAN America
* Dr Alessandro Marroni, President, DAN Europe
* Dr Frans Cronje, President, DAN Southern Africa
* John Lippmann, Executive Director, DAN Asia-Pacific
* Dr Ian Millar, Director, Hyperbaric Medicine, The Alfred
* Dr Andrew Fock, Diving Medical Specialist, The Alfred
* Dr Lisa Gershwin, Jellyfish Expert
* Dr David Wilkinson, Co-ordinator Divers Emergency Service
With numbers limited it is essential that you reserve yourself a place quickly.
In addition to DAN and The Alfred, Sport Diving, Oceanic, Sonar Wetsuits, and Dive Rite are sponsoring the event so there will be some great prizes given away on the day.
HOW TO BOOK
Send an email to communications@danasiapacific.org with your Name, Member Number, Contact Phone Number and Credit Card Details. You will receive an email confirming your registration within 72-hours.
Proceeds will go to The Alfred Hyperbaric Service.
Safe Diving,
John Lippmann OAM
Executive Director, DAN Asia-Pacific
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VARS - HMAS Canberra Sinking Update
Posted by .Sas. on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:54 AM (311 reads)
Latest News on the Scuttling from VARS:
Due to continued unsettled weather the ex HMAS Canberra FFG-02 will
not be sunk before Wednesday, 30 September 2009. A meeting to review
the forecast weather conditions and the possibility for the scuttling
to go ahead sometime next week will take place on Monday, 28 September
2009.
Unfavourable weather conditions resulted in the previously scheduled
scuttling for Saturday, 12 September 2009 being cancelled. The
scuttling will be rescheduled to a date with a two-day window of
favourable weather conditions as soon as possible.
The ex HMAS Canberra web site (http://www.hmascanberra.com.au
) has all of the latest information about the project.
Just 23 days to the historic ex HMAS Canberra Sinking Ball!
See http://www.vars.org.au/news-20090726.htm
for the full details,
or book online at http://www.vars.org.au/tickets.htm
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Sunday 4th October - Pool Session
Posted by .Sas. on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:37 AM (355 reads)
Hello,
A pool session is being organised for Sun 4th October from 9am to 11am and will be a good chance for people to check out different types of gear, practice skills and if you haven't dived over winter, you can check that all your gear is in order.
The location is going to be at Xavier College in Kew which is located at: Barkers Rd
Kew VIC 3101
There is plenty of parking and you need to go the Stephenson Centre on the school grounds as that is where the pool is located.
People will be bringing along different kinds of doubles, sidemounts, stages, reels, SMBs, BCs and various other bits and pieces of gear for people to try out and there will be a few instructors around if you want to refresh your skills.
The cost will be:
Members: $10
Non-Members: $15
Anyway, looks like it will be a fun day and if you are interested in coming along to try out gear, or learn skills or even if you have gear you can volunteer for people to check out let us know!
Sarah
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS REMINDER
Posted by Puddlediver on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:04 AM (460 reads)
Reminder to all who haven't paid their memberships yet, that memberships are now due...
PLEASE if you can transfer asap and notify me that money has been transferred in asap:
r
Neil
Fees for this year are:
Full Member $140
Abated Member $96
Instructor $129
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Chartwork / Position fixing SDC: Practical day SUNDAY 8th Nov
Posted by Puddlediver on Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:04 AM (450 reads)
All,
A chartwork / postion fixing SDC is being run on the 8th Nov 2009. The syllabus is as below. If interested please come back to me ASAP:
Day 1
Instructor briefing
Assemble, Introductions, Administration
1 Classroom Lesson - Charts and their interpretation - 90 minutes
* Admiralty Charts
* Chart symbols - Chartbook 5011
* Reading charts
* Chartwork instruments
* Latitude/Longitude and their derivation
2 Classroom Lesson - The Compass Rose, Position, Direction and Distance - 90 minutes
* Compass Rose
* Variation, deviation
* Directions, Bearings and Course expressed as True/Magnetic
* Distance: Nautical Miles, use of Latitude scale
* Speed: Knots, calculating speed
Lunch Break
3 Classroom Lesson - Methods of Position Fixing - 120 minutes
* Position Lines
* Compass Bearings
* Transit Marks
* Waypoint Navigation (GPS/Decca)
4 Classroom Lesson - Tides and Weather - 90 minutes
* Tides: Springs, Neaps
* Tidal information and Charts
* Tide Tables
* Calculating Slack Water at a given site
* Weather: causes and effects
* Weather Forecasts
5 Classroom Lesson - High Speed Navigation - 60 minutes
* Calculating speed
* Distance/Speed/Time
* Typical Route Plan
* Navigator's Route Plan slate
6 Classroom - Debriefing for the day
Day 2
7 Classroom - Route Planning - 60 minutes
Use the knowledge presented on the course so far to plan the Practical Session afloat.
8 Practical Lesson - Navigation at Sea - 5 hours
Carry out the practical navigation skills planned during the preceding Route Planning lesson.
9 Classroom - Open Forum - 30 minutes
Cost is $60 for the training material, and then boat petrol costs (T.B.C).
If interested please come back to me ASAP, before any money gets transferred in.
R
Neil
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