Atlas of Australian dive sites / Keith Hockton.

ISBN:

9780732270056

Title:

Author:

Hockton, Keith.

Personal Author:

Hockton, Keith.

Edition:

Traveller's ed.

Publication Information:

Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperSport, 2003.

Physical Description:

288 p. : col. ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Subject Term:

Skin diving -- Australia -- Guidebooks.

Deep diving -- Australia -- Guidebooks.

Scuba diving -- Australasia -- Periodicals -- Australia -- Guidebooks.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2003

Publication Information:

Pymble, N.S.W. : HarperSport, 2003.

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Australia, one of the world's most desirable tourist destinations, continues to dazzle travellers by its sheer diversity and amazing, often spectacular, diving around its entire coast. Abundant wrecks, incredible inland cave systems, colourful reefs, sponge gardens and marine life, the underwater world of Australia is on offer to a vast array of divers. From the pristine waters of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland across to the tropical waters of Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, Keith Hockton takes you on a journey to many popular and some hidden dive locations around this magnificent continent. ∗ 75 maps of dive sites around Australia ∗ 100 colour photographs ∗ index of dive sites according to level of difficulty ∗ diverse coverage of Australia's dive sites by state and territory

My Top Five Dive Sites	p. 8
Diving Safety	p. 11
Grading Dives for Divers	p. 11
Tide Talk	p. 12
The Dive Operator	p. 14
Essential Equipment	p. 15
DAN	p. 21
Diving with Marine Creatures	p. 22
Sharks	p. 22
Seals and Sea Lions	p. 23
Whales	p. 25
Crocodiles	p. 26
Dolphins	p. 27
Turtles	p. 27
Queensland	p. 28
Index of Dive Sites	p. 30
The Tropical North	p. 33
North Queensland	p. 39
The Outer Coral Sea	p. 41
The Whitsunday Islands	p. 51
The Capricorn Coast	p. 55
The Fraser Coast	p. 59
The Sunshine Coast	p. 63
Moreton Bay Islands	p. 67
New South Wales	p. 72
Index of Dive Sites	p. 74
The North Coast	p. 77
The Mid-North Coast	p. 85
The Harbour Coast	p. 94
The Central Coast	p. 99
Sydney North	p. 102
Sydney East	p. 107
Sydney South	p. 113
The South Coast	p. 116
The Sapphire Coast	p. 129
Victoria	p. 132
Index of Dive Sites	p. 134
The East Coast	p. 137
Wilsons Promontory	p. 139
Phillip Island	p. 143
Port Phillip Bay	p. 146
Shipwrecks and Submarines	p. 154
The West Coast	p. 158
South Australia	p. 164
Index of Dive Sites	p. 166
The Southeast Coast	p. 169
Kangaroo Island and Fleurieu Peninsula	p. 172
Greater Adelaide	p. 180
Yorke Peninsula	p. 184
Eyre Peninsula	p. 188
Western Australia	p. 196
Index of Dive Sites	p. 198
The Great North	p. 201
Central West	p. 209
Perth and Surrounds	p. 219
The Southwest Coast	p. 224
Northern Territory	p. 232
Index of Dive Sites	p. 234
Darwin	p. 237
Arnhem Land	p. 245
Tasmania	p. 248
Index of Dive Sites	p. 250
The North Coast	p. 253
The East Coast	p. 256
Tasman Peninsula	p. 262
Hobart and Surrounds	p. 265
Bass Strait	p. 268
The Islands	p. 272
Index of Dive Sites	p. 274
Norfolk Island	p. 277
Lord Howe Island	p. 280
Christmas Island	p. 283
Cocos Island	p. 286

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