I Brought A Jeep? To The Arch After many weeks perfecting our finning technique off Portsea under the guidance of resident drift-dive obsessive, Luca, the Labour Day day off had us enthralled by the idea of drifting elsewhere. No, we didn’t buy a Jeep, but we did decide to rent a boat. A charter boat…
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Ocean Film Festival Australia/Melbourne 2014
Unfortunately the festival was on in Melbourne on Wednesday night which was on our training night, so most people couldn’t make it. I have sneaked out of training to get all the info for you guys who missed it. Here it is…. overall, events were full of ocean enthusiast’s . The films started around 7.30,…
Excursion: Portsea #3 2014
Walkin’ on Sunshine with the Doctor If you’re familiar with Melbourne Freedivers Social dives, you would know that Portsea is one of the favourite picks of Dr. Luca who is a real freedive junky. He has an urge to be in the water every weekend possible, he also loves to make us swim!
Social Night – At the Movies
Big Screen = Big Fish Coming soon to the cinema in Melbourne is the Ocean Film Festival on March 5th. Featuring this Social Coordinator’s favourite pin-up boy, Guillaume Nery in the short film “Water”, it’ll be hard to secure a prime place. Stay tuned for more info! Previously at the Movies: Shark 3D The second…
Mentored by Dolphins at Portsea
After a poor few days of weather at the end of last week, Brett (myself), Luca and Luna piled themselves and all their gear into the caron Sunday morning and headed off to Portsea for a lap to Police Point. At the pier we were met by Jacinta giving us an equal number of divers…
Excursion Pyramid Rock 2014
Walk Like an Egyptian Way back on January 28th 2014, our intrepid travellers took on the might of the Pyramids. Well, Pyramid Rock at Phillip Island at least. It kind of makes you walk like an Egyptian, the hike from the carpark takes you right out onto the acutely angled peninsula with the aural highlights…
Social Freedive: Portsea Drift 2014
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss Port Phillip Bay has a sign hanging over it: Approach with Caution. Point Nepean waters have another sign: Danger – Enter at Own Risk With attractive beauty, a deep history and spectacular nature, Point Nepean at the very southern tip of the Mornington Peninsula offers a diversity for visitors unequalled….
Training at Rickett’s Point 2014
Swapping Blue Tiles for Blue Skies? As we sort through the bureacratic maze to establishing the club as a formal entity we’ve had to put on hold our regular weekly training nights at our home pool in Melbourne. Undeterred by this insignificant inconvenience, a few members dropped into Port Phillip Bay and gave up staring…
Cape Schanck Excursion 2014
Cape Schanck or Cape Canaveral? Over two days a clump of Melbourne Freedivers hit the washing machine waters of Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Friday Friday saw the inviting bluish waters off the Cape adorned in sunshine, blue skies and little wind. An early start was taken in order to be in…
Base Jumping Freedive style
Ever wondered what drives base jumpers to launch themselves off buildings, antennae, structures and everything else? What if you had the same sensation freediving? Guillaume Nery gave it his best in this clip, if your heart leaps, you know why!