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Dive Centre Manly Instructors and Staff |
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Richard Nicholls – Owner
PADI Course Director, EFR Instructor Trainer, DSAT Tec Deep, Trimix, Gas Blender Instructor Trainer, Semi closed circuit Rebreather Instructor Trainer, DAN instructor trainer, Certificate IV Workplace Trainer.
Year started Diving – 1977
Why I started diving - My initial interest in diving was inspired by Jacques Cousteau and the film series The Silent World. How cool it looked to be a deep sea diver extreme adventure combined with danger, what else does a 16 year old need!
Where I have Dived (International) - Red Sea, Maldives, South China Sea, UK, Germany, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Truk Lagoon, Ponepi, Yap, Solomon islands, Fiji, Palau, Christmas island, Cocos Keeling Islands, New Zealand, Rowley Shoals, Indonesia, Singapore, Tioman, USA, Caribbean, Mexico, Bouganville, Sipadan, Mediterranean Sea.
Where I have Dived (Australia) – All around
Favourite Dive Sites (Australia) - Rowley Shoals (off Broome, WA) and the SS Yongala , (Townsville, QLD)
Favourite Dive Sites (International) - Reefs - PNG; Wrecks - Truk Lagoon. |
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Annie Loewa – Senior Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, EFR Instructor
Year started Diving – 2000
Why I started diving - I was fascinated by the underwater world. I watched all the documrntaries by Jaques Cousteau, Hans Hass and Australians Ron & Valerie Taylor. I had to see the sharks closeup and it didn't take long for my passion to become an obsession, the blue, the depth, the sharks.........
Where I have Dived (International) - Bonaire, Turks and Caicos Islands, Germany, Spain, Egypy, Thailand, Maldives, New Zealand, Vanuatu.
Where I have Dived (Australia) – All along the east coast from Sydney to Cairns
Favourite Dive Sites (Australia) - Fish Rock Cave (NSW)
Favourite Dive Sites (International) - SS President Coolidge (Vanuatu), Baa Atoll, Hanifaru (Madives), Poor Knights Islands (NZ), South Caicos
Favourite course you like to teach? - Advanced Open Water Course |
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Brenda Schoeninger – Part Time Instructor
PADI Open Water Instructor, EFR Instructor
Year started diving – 2006
Year started working at DCM - 2008
Why I started diving? - I wanted a challenge and to meet new people.
Where I have Dived (International) – Borneo, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Mexico
Where I have Dived (Australia) – Great Barrier Reef
Favourite Dive Site (Australia) – SS Yongala , (Townsville, QLD)
Favourite Dive Site (International) – Sipadan, (Borneo)
Favourite course you like to teach? – Open Water
Full Time Occupation - Accountant – I teach part time because I love diving and I love sharing it with other people. I enjoy seeing them breath underwater for the first time and the excitement when they spot something underwater. |
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Mike James – Part Time Instructor
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
Year started diving – 1989
Year started working at DCM - 2005
Why I started diving? - I always wondered what was underneath the sea as a child and was then convinced Scuba was the way to do this after reading a childrens novel that I now can’t remember the name of in which the boy hero went on underwater adventures! As soon as I was old enough to learn to dive (14 in those days) I joined the school cadets so the navy could sponsor me to learn to dive. I discovered that there was marine life in the English seas and never looked back!
Where I have Dived (International) – UK, Maldives, Fiji, Greece, Thailand, Malaysia, Caribbean
Where I have Dived (Australia) – All around
Favourite Dive Site (Australia) – Northern Great Barrier Reef (Nth Queensland)
Favourite Dive Site (International) – Maldives & Similan Islands (Thailand)
Favourite course you like to teach? – Open Water and Underwater Digital Photography
Full Time Occupation - My other office besides Shelly Beach is in Sydney CBD working in finance. I left investment banking behind and now work as a Finance Analyst for Lion Nathan (the brewers). I continue to teach part time as I enjoy the thrill of seeing people experience life under the sea for the first time and the beaming smile you always have at the end of their dive. It’s great to see divers develop their skills and confidence underwater on the continuing education courses too. |
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