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 Graham Chapple An engineer ‘GC’ is was certified in 2005 as a dive controller. Beginning as an open water diver in 2002 Graham has completed some 400+ dives. When he is not partaking in his joy of diving he, can be found snow skiing, water skiing or chauffeuring one of his sons to their many and varied sporting activities. Also an avid underwater photographer he has produced many fine photos quite a number of which can be seen scattered throughout this website
Ron Duncan. Ron began diving in 1976. He worked as a commercial diver both overseas and locally; as well as many years working with the commercial fishing fleet off the coast of Western Australia through to the Top End and down to the Antarctic. He has a PADI Dive Master rating, Naui Instructor, and is an SSI Instructor Certifier ( the Highest SSI Educational Rating).
He was awarded the prestigious SSI Platinum Pro 5000 card in 2002 and has completed in excess of 16,500 dives. Ron holds instructor ratings for teaching the following courses:
- Snorkelling,
- Spearfishing,
- Open Water Diver.
Specialty instructor ratings include:
- Deep,
- Drift Diver,
- Wreck,
- Nitrox
- Navigation,
- Boat,
- Night Diving,
- Dry Suit,
- Underwater Photography,
- Stress Rescue,
- Waves Tides and Currents,
- Gas Blender,
- Computer,
- Search and Recovery,
- Advanced Adventurer
- Equipment
- Cavern
- Diver Propulsion Vehicle
He also holds SSI’s prestigious TXR program which covers - Technical Foundations/ Advanced Nitrox, Decompression Procedures, Normoxic Trimix, Advanced Decompression Procedures
Leader ship level instructor ratings include:
- Dive Controller instructor
- Open water instrutor
- Snorkel instructor
- Specialty Instructor
- Advanced instructor
Rhys Duncan Rhys is the youngest of the Duncan boys - having finished his final year of school last year and h aving plenty of aptitude but showing no interest in further schooling. Rhys packed his bags and left for greener pastures seeking work. having completed his commercial diving ticket in Tasmaina last year. He is currently employed by a Commercial diving company in around and underwater at Darling Harbour Sydney. He has completed some 250+ dives and is an avid spearfisher as well as diver. At the age of 14 he was the national subjunior champion at spearfishing, as well as the state junior and subjunior spearfishing champion Rhys enjoys a lot of outdoor type activities especially water oriented. Favourite place to dive in Australia - Pimpernel Rock Mullaway (North Coast NSW). Rhys has also finally finished his Dive controller course
Donna Rainey Donna began diving way back in 1982 and since then she has completed well over 1500 dives. She became a PADI instructor in 1988 and a PADI Staff Instructor in 1991. With over two decades in the dive industry she is a highly qualified equipment service technician. She is an avid spearfisher and has Her favourite dive sites are Slipper Reef at Bass Point, Eden and the President Coolidge in Santo Vanuatu. In conjunction with her partner Phill she operates a spearfishing (Riffe Australia) import business. She is also a sales rep for one of the bigger scuba equipment importers.Away from diving, her biggest passion is her beloved beagle ‘DECO’ (oh and I guess I should also add Phill to that statement as well) Phill Rainey Diving since 1988 Phil is a qualified scuba service technician. He enjoys underwater photography, and is  currently interested in the more technical side of diving. He is often seen at Bass Point with his twin tanks and scooter, and spends many an hour exploring the wider areas of our more commonly dived sites. Phill has completed over 1500 dives. He is a certified coxswain and is often found driving our dive boat Vengeance. (Especially when Ron is away on holidays oops sorry when Ron is away working)Phil is a PADI Dive Master and PADI Assistant Instructor. He is a certified decompression diver and was recently certified as a Trimix Diver.When asked for his favourite dive the newly discovered Canyons dive site at Bass Point, Spider reef also at Bass Point and The wreck of the Bega on the south coast overseas The Toa Maru in Solomon’s. His current passion (apart from his lovely wife Donna) is seeking out and finding the newly discovered spiders out and about at Bass Point, or spending many an hour under water with DOBY (DOBY is the name we have given Phills Inspiration rebreather - commonly referred to as the Yellow Box Of Death). Away from diving Phil is a bit of a mystery man I think he has something to to with fixing things (at Bluescope or BHP Biliton or whatever their name is this week), at bit of an Inspector gadget - want something machined or fixed Phil is the one to call
 Mark Schmidt has been diving since January 2002 and has accumulated over 500 dives. He enjoys spearfishing and underwater photography and is often accused of always wanting to "shoot the fish - by one method or another." Mark has had one of his photos published in a major Australian Dive magazine. Mark has held his Dive Con Rating since April 2004. When we put Mark on the spot to answer what was his favourite dive his answer There are too many to list - “Vanuatu. New Guinea, Bass Point, Eden, Coffs Harbour, and The Solomons. NO such thing as a bad dive” was his response. Mark is also a qualified scuba service technician, and as of January 2008 Mark became our most recent dive instructor
Greg Christian Greg is a Financial Planner and operates his practices in Campbelltown. He holds a Diploma in Financial Planning, a Diploma of Management & is a Certified Financial Planner with the FPA. Greg has been diving since 1999 and during that period he has accumulated over 700 dives. Completing his Dive Control Specialist course in 2002, he is currently rated as an SSI Specialty Instructor. Greg is also a volunteer member of St John Ambulance and is part of their operations & training divisions. He is qualified in Advance Life Support & has completed the SSI Med Dive course which he recommends to all divers. When not diving or showing folks the best possible way to gain from their investments, Greg is member of a 4WD club and is a keen member. He is a family man with a wife & three teenage daughters who keep him on the go with their sporting hobbies. When it comes to diving he has two favorite spots, the first is the Solitary Islands accessed from Mullaway north of Coffs Harbour & the second the wrecks at Eden. Greg is keen to share these diving spots with you & would welcome the opportunity to introduce you to these locations.
Karlis Stibners. In 2002 Karlis completed his open water course with us, since then he has logged 143 dives and is one of our most recent to pass the Dive Controller program. In his alternate life away from diving he is employed as a crane driver, and spends some of his down time doing activities which centre around his young family. The majority of his dives have been in and around Bass Point, and when asked the inevitable which is your favourite dive his response was “My favourite dive site is Lou's Reef which I look forward to sharing with you’.
Pat Hughes Pats most recent claims to diving infamy is the completion of her cavern sinkhole course this year at Mt Gambier and convincing her hubby Andrew to complete his open water course at Christmas. Away from diving she does all things pretty with wedding flowers and even flower preservation http://www.everafter.net.au/ and framing for all types of objects. In the almost two years she has been diving with us Pat has completed well in excess of 140 dives and joined in on many courses. She is currently rated as an SSI Master Diver 
Odette Goodwin often refered to as Budgie (Thats a story for another day) Budgie and her other half operate a building and construction company. An avid diver budgie was a welcome addition to our diving family she has just completed her 100th dive and has also acquired the rating of Master Diver. She is keen to complete a number of courses in the future including acquiring her Decompression diver rating
Steve Gillespie and Jayne Gillespie. I wonder if the guy who took Steve scuba diving in Wollongong Harbour, way back in 1968, knew the long reaching ramifications. Steve had been spearing for years, and his dad knew he was busting to get a scuba dive so he set up a dive with some bloke he knew. 8 years later Steve became a Padi Instructor and recently celebrated 30 years as an instructor. Over the years there have been many who Steve has instilled his passion of diving. From Steve’s point of view the most famous and life changing student would have been Jayne in 1977 whom he married two years later. The other life changing student was Ron Duncan also in 77 who later we all came to know as a dive instructor
NANA SHUTE AND Richard Peters are currently on their way through their Dive Controller courses and we shall introduce them soon
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