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 Cairns:
Liveaboard Trips (Overnight)
Spirit of Freedom, Tusa Dive
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3 Day
Cod Hole & Ribbon Reefs
Monday departure
Includes up to 11 dives
The 3 day dive adventure on board
Spirit of Freedom will take you to the famous Cod
Hole and Ribbon
Reefs of the GBR. The 'Ribbons'
are a string of 10 coral reefs stretching over 100
miles to the north of Cairns. Awaiting
you are picturesque coral gardens and isolated 'bommies' crowned
in delicate corals, anemones, and colourful reef fish.
The Cod
Hole lies at the top of the Ribbon
Reefs, and is home to a family of resident Potato
Cod (Groper). These diver friendly
fish will amaze you with their sheer size and seeming eagerness
to pose for camera.
Coral formations vary from beds of huge plate
corals to isolated pinnacles sustaining an amazing display of fish
life, to walls and channels for the perfect drift dives as well
as caves, canyons and shallow coral gardens. Divers can expect to
encounter the enormous giant clams, golden gorgonian fans,
and clouds of colourful tropical fish, as well as cruising pelagics,
moray eels, green turtles, reef sharks and the giant Napoleon
Wrasse
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see also:
4 Day
Coral Sea - Thursday departure
7 Day
Cod Hole & Coral Sea - Monday OR
Thursday departure
| 3 Day Liveaboard with Spirit of Freedom Cairns |
| Inclusions |
| Prices |
- from $1250
see full price list below
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| Commences |
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| Returns |
- 12.00 noon every Thursday
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| Requirements |
- Special flying
after diving rules apply
- Medical & Evacuation Insurance is required to
be held by all passengers. Insurance can be purchased
on board (AUD$25).
- Travel insurance is highly recommended.
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| Cancellation Policy |
- If cancellation is made more than 60 days prior
to departure a cancellation fee of AUD$100,
- less than 60 days cancellation fee of 20%,
- less than 21 days cancellation fee of 100%
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- Transfers to / from Cairns accommodation
- Low level reef flight - Lizard Island to Cairns
- Opportunity for 11 dives, including 2 or 3 night
dives
- 3 diving days
- Chef prepared meals
- Australian wines and soft drinks with evening meals
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| Optional Extras |
- Gear Hire
- PADI Advanced Course
- Nitrox Course
- Nitrox fills
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| Extras (to pay direct) |
- Enviromental Management Charge placed by the Australian
Government on visitors to the Great Barrier Reef of $13.50
+ AUD$1.50 Admin charge is payable on board the vessel.
- AUD$37.50 fuel levy
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Prices from 1st July 2008 until
30th June 2009
Certified Diving - Room Type |
Bathroom |
Prices |
Ocean View Deluxe |
Private |
AUD$1950 |
Ocean View OR Stateroom |
Private |
AUD$1775 |
Double OR Twin |
Private |
AUD$1525 |
Quad Share |
Private |
AUD$1250 |
FULL gear hire including computer & torch |
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AUD$100 |
Advanced Course |
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AUD$190 |
Nitrox Course |
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AUD$190 |
Nitrox Package (for Nitrox certified divers) |
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AUD$75 |
Valid from 1st July 2008 until 30th June
2009 |
Snorkelers / non divers welcome,
take AUD$100 off the prices above
Room types
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Quad Share |
Twin/Double Ensuite |
Ocean View deluxe |
- 1 x Ocean View Deluxe
Very large cabin, with double bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers,
2 bed side tables, TV/DVD, CD stereo
- 1 x Ocean View
Smaller cabin with double bed, wardrobe, 1 bedside table, TV/VCR,
CD stereo
- 1 x Stateroom
Very spacious cabin with queen bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers,
2 bed side tables, TV/DVD, CD.
- 5 x Double or Twin
Double bed with single over, wardrobe, 1 bedside table
- 1 x Double
Double bed only, wardrobe, 1 bedside table
- 1 x Twin
Share Bunk beds with king single under, single over, wardrobe
- 2 x Quad
Share 4 single beds, bunk style, wardrobe.
Sample Itinerary
- Monday: Boarding Spirit
of Freedom at 11:15am at Trinity Wharf (complimentary transfers
from Cairns city hotels are available) for a 12 noon departure.
Lunch will be served on board while we cruise to the Great Barrier
Reef to the north of Cairns, for an afternoon orientation dive
and a twilight or night dive.
- Tuesday: Today we dive Steve’s
Bommie, on Ribbon Reef # 3. This is an isolated pinnacle that
rises from 100 feet at its base to around 15 feet from the surface.
Colourful antheas and a vast array of fish cover this bommie,
while big eye trevally and barracuda hang out in the blue. Look
for nudibranch and stonefish. Today we may also dive the Clam
Gardens, where giant clams up to three feet across will amaze
you. Some of our other favourite sites in this area of the Ribbons
include Flare Point and the beautiful Gorgonia Wall.
- Wednesday: This morning
we will dive the Cod Hole. This is a popular dive site famous
for it’s resident family of large Potato Cod, (Groper). Good
opportunity for photographers. We may also dive Dynamite Pass,
possibly as a drift dive, well known as a channel for sharks cruising
from the Coral Sea to the Barrier Reef. This afternoon we may
dive Lighthouse Bommie, where Golden sea snakes are frequently
sighted. In the spring months this site is also a Manta Ray cleaning
station. Other sites we may visit today include Challenger Bay
and Pixie Wall. This evening we cruise into Watson’s Bay
on Lizard Island where we will overnight in the lea of the island.
 Thursday:
This morning, after a leisurely breakfast, you have the opportunity
to go ashore and explore Lizard Island. At 10:30am you will board
a twin-engine light aircraft at Lizard Island for your low level
flight over the reef back to Cairns. Arriving back at Cairns airport
at approximately 12:00 noon, the Spirit of Freedom courtesy coach
will meet you for your transfer back to your Cairns city hotel.
Please note that above itinerary is a sample
only and sites may vary or the sequence may change in accordance
to the weather and the accessibility.
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