Post by Rob G on Mar 2, 2018 14:39:53 GMT 10
Hi All I'm Rob and currently the admin of this board
I qualified as a BSAC Novice Diver, with the British Army in 1995 in the cold waters of quarry of Stoney Cove in the UK. It was soo cold we had to put the regs on free flow as they were icing up. Even so I loved it, and progressively build up experience diving on the South Coast in the UK, Lulworth Cove , Portland Harbour , Choisel Beach until I was put on my Sports Diver course in 1996 at HMS Osprey. I then carried on diving UK waters and was posted to the Falkland Islands for 6 months in 1997 and carried on diving in the South Atlantic where I started my BSAC Dive Leaders Course. Unfortunately 3 ticks short of completion I returned to the UK but family life and living inland slowed down the bottom time apart from a few Mediterranean Dives whilst on holidays in Cyprus. I came to Lae in 2010 and experiencing tropical diving for the first time and was hooked. I managed to squeeze in a few dives at Salamaua and the odd dive in POM but never really took advantage of the great diving to be had. I returned to the UK in 2014 but arrived back in PNG is 2016, this time in POM and decided to throw myself into the diving, which I have done. I still am 3 ticks short on my BSAC Dive Leader Qual but have started PADI Divemaster with John at The Dive Centre, but in no rush ! I am always up for a dive and happy to do pool sessions prior to attending a course or fun bubbles. My daughter Rhiann qualified as a PADI OW last year with John and is already looking to get more dives under her belt when shes over in July/August Later this year.
I qualified as a BSAC Novice Diver, with the British Army in 1995 in the cold waters of quarry of Stoney Cove in the UK. It was soo cold we had to put the regs on free flow as they were icing up. Even so I loved it, and progressively build up experience diving on the South Coast in the UK, Lulworth Cove , Portland Harbour , Choisel Beach until I was put on my Sports Diver course in 1996 at HMS Osprey. I then carried on diving UK waters and was posted to the Falkland Islands for 6 months in 1997 and carried on diving in the South Atlantic where I started my BSAC Dive Leaders Course. Unfortunately 3 ticks short of completion I returned to the UK but family life and living inland slowed down the bottom time apart from a few Mediterranean Dives whilst on holidays in Cyprus. I came to Lae in 2010 and experiencing tropical diving for the first time and was hooked. I managed to squeeze in a few dives at Salamaua and the odd dive in POM but never really took advantage of the great diving to be had. I returned to the UK in 2014 but arrived back in PNG is 2016, this time in POM and decided to throw myself into the diving, which I have done. I still am 3 ticks short on my BSAC Dive Leader Qual but have started PADI Divemaster with John at The Dive Centre, but in no rush ! I am always up for a dive and happy to do pool sessions prior to attending a course or fun bubbles. My daughter Rhiann qualified as a PADI OW last year with John and is already looking to get more dives under her belt when shes over in July/August Later this year.