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From: supp@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Steve Upp)
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Subject: Re: Dive Australia
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 21:13:34 EST
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>I am considering a diving vacation in Australia.
>Does anybody have information concerning good places
>to dive on the G. B. R. and where to stay?  Any
>info would be greatly appreciated.


I spent a few days on Magnetic Island and dove one day on the reef.  I loved
it.  I stayed in a youth hostel for a total of about $10.00.  You cook your 
own food and sleep in a sleeping bag etc..... But its nice and cheap...

I took a nice boat ride out (about 4 hours) to the "closest" portion of the
reef from the island.  We dove there till late in the afternoon and then 
headed back.  The water of course was beautiful, the best I've ever seen - 
thats not saying much, I'm strictly a quarry diver.  Lot's of color and 
interesting fish someone even reported seeing a shark, but he couldn't 
identify what type it was.  

All I can say is that Magnetic Island was beautiful and the water was the
same.  I spent most of that summer in Papua New Guinea so I'm afraid I'm
not able to help more than that.


Steve Upp

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