DIVE LOG AUSTRALASIA ISSUE 413 AUGUST 25

Left: Stephen Roe before and right: during the dive

Special thanks must go to Tricia Roe for the wharf activity images and Jeremy Taylor for the underwater images. If you would like more information about diving pioneers, contact the Historical Diving Society Australia-Pacific by email at: info@historicaldivingsociety.com.au or visit our website www.historicaldivingsociety.com.au or Facebook https://m.facebook.com/groups/120950924589540/

Roe, Philip Mc Gowen and Allan Kessler from Sydney, brought 85-year-old+ antique diving helmets manufactured by C. E Heinke, and Robison Bros. Stephen Simmons and Christopher Deane from SA, brought along vintage helmets from Siebe Gorman and Miller Dunn and the author christened his recently restored 155-year-old helmet by Melbourne manufacturer Henry Dykes of Flinders Street. This year, four students (Mark Tozer, Brendan Trembath, Kathryn Savage & Jack Cavazzini) completed the NAUI Standard Dress Course and joined in the fun. The weekend could not proceed without a large dedicated support team of diving tenders and safety divers. Safety divers Jeremy Taylor, Andrew Downard and Paul Barta looked after helmet divers in the water, while air-lines and air supply was attended to by teams on the wharf. We probably should have been arrested for having too much fun!

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DIVE LOG Australasia #413 - August‘25

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