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Welcome to the Australian National University SCUBA Diving Club. The ANUSC, an affiliated club of the ANU Sport and Recreation Association, aims to promote diving within the university community. The club, with two beautiful boats and a number of sets of quality SCUBA gear, coordinates regular and inexpensive trips to the South Coast as well as an annual pilgrimage to Lady Musgrave Island on the Great Barrier Reef. What are you waiting for? Dive now, work later. See our page about how to join the club. If you're not already a certified diver, see our page about learning how to dive.

ANUSC News  4 Nov If you use an underwater camera, please take a moment to tell us about it for our gear survey. Results will be posted on our website as per the dive computer and torch reviews, and should be a useful guide for novice underwater photographers. [Sharyn Wragg]  2 Nov From the BBC (with film): "One of the most elegant courtship rituals in the animal kingdom has been captured on film by a BBC crew. The dance of the weedy sea dragon takes place every year in the shallow seas off the coast of Australia. During the ghostly dance, two beautifully odd-looking fish mirror each other's every movement." [Karsten Oelkers]  30 Oct Jenny Thompson and Giles West presented an informal slide-show on underwater photography last Tuesday (Oct 27). The audience of 22 (14 ANUSC members) packed the Scuba Store and enjoyed a thorough demonstration of equipment and slides, which were selected to highlight an aspect of photographic technique, such as the lighting regime, apertures and lens type, strobe use and placement, focus, composition, sun and water effects, accounting for current, digital aspects, TTL cautions and equipment capabilities, critter approach, backscatter minimisation and other handy hints. It was informative to novice and experienced photographers alike. The evening finished well at Debarcle with 2-for-1 pizza. Some tips from the talk, and survey results, will be posted on the web. Next social event: Chris Fulton's talk "Underwater flight: a tale of waves and fishes" Monday 9 Nov. [Sharyn Wragg]  30 Oct An international meeting on climate change in Copenhagen has heard the prospects of saving the world's coral reefs now appear so bleak there are plans to freeze samples to preserve them for the future. [Paul Thomas]  more ... Trips (Jump to the next trip)   Trip Page Coordinator  17-18 January 2009  Shellharbour  Good diving around Bass Point suitable for all levels.  Scott Hunt  24-26 January 2009  Pretty Beach/Brush Island  Thomas Magill  7-8 February 2009  Five Islands (Wollongong/Five Islands)  Exploratory diving around the Five Islands near Wollongong.  Steve Larkin  14-15 February 2009  Montague Island  Sandie Walters  26 February 2009  New members Welcome BBQ  Straight after gear issue, at the gear shed  Cindy Wiryakusuma  28 February - 1 March 2009  New and Rusties (Jervis Bay)  Are you a new diver? A rusty diver? Never fear! There's diving for everyone at JB.  Ron Henry (pre-trip)  and Ray Vran (coast)  2 March 2009  Annual General Meeting (ANU)  6.30pm, Manning Clarke Theatre 5, ANU Campus  Arwen Mow-Lowry  7-9 March 2009  Nelson Bay  Jennifer Hine  14 March 2009  day trip (Batemans Bay)  Scott Hunt  15 March 2009  day trip (Montague Is)  Jeremy Weinman  28-29 March 2009  Shellharbour  Good diving for all levels of experience. (This replaces the Port Hacking trip.)  Steve Larkin  4-5 April 2009  Bermagui  Exploring the coast near Bermagui -- hopefully we'll turn up some new dive spots.  Scott Hunt  10-13 April 2009  Jervis Bay (Bristol Point)  Easter diving at Jervis Bay  Arwen Mow-Lowry  25-27 April 2009  Brush Island  Fabulous reef diving off Brush Island for all levels.  Jeremy Weinman  2-10 May 2009  Sir John Young Banks  A week-long trip to explore the deep current-ridden walls of The Banks  Chris Bloomfield  24 May 2009  Ulladulla  A Day trip to Ulladulla  Michael Walker  6-8 June 2009  Jervis Bay (Bristol Point)  Jennifer Hine  13 June 2009  Working bee (The gear shed)  Maintenance and cleaning of the boats, trailer, SCUBA gear, and shed. Please pitch in if you can.  Karsten Oelkers  21 June 2009  Working bee (The gear shed)  Finishing up, if required, and packing the boats for LMI.  Karsten Oelkers  28 June - 12 July 2009  Lady Musgrave Island  Two weeks of glorious diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Put down your deposit to secure your place!  Alex Pentony-Vran  8-9 August 2009  Currarong  'Range Active', here we come...  Chris Bloomfield  19-20 September 2009  Brush Island  NPA Keepers Clean Up Weekend  Cindy Wiryakusuma  and Arwen Mow-Lowry  3-5 October 2009  Montague Island  Cancelled; come to Ulladulla 17/18 Oct instead  Jose Barrero  and Arwen Mow-Lowry  17-18 October 2009  Ulladulla  Thomas Magill  31 October - 3 November 2009  Seal Rocks  Ray Vran   Next trip: 14-15 November 2009  Batemans Bay (Mossy Point)  Some more exploratory diving in the area but also like to include visits to Burri Wall, Jimmy's Island, Broulee Island (Front Reef), Weedy Wall and maybe even a quick search for the SS John Penn.  Thomas Magill  21-22 November 2009  Brush Island  A wide range of dive sites ... sheltered shore dives, boat dives 15-30m and 30-40m, sites to explore.  Sandie Walters  28-29 November 2009  Sydney  Russell Patrick  6 December 2009  ANUSC Xmas Party    12-13 December 2009  Honeymoon Bay (Jervis Bay)  The traditional pre-xmas HMB outing  Coordinator Wanted

Batemans Bay (Mossy Point) 14-15 November 2009 Some more exploratory diving in the area but also like to include visits to Burri Wall, Jimmy's Island, Broulee Island (Front Reef), Weedy Wall and maybe even a quick search for the SS John Penn. [Thomas Magill]

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