Comments on: The S.S. Yongala – my best dive yet…probably!

By: Island Caretaker Blog » Time to get wrecked…

Island Caretaker Blog » Time to get wrecked… — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:50:10 +0000

[...] The HMS Yongala was my first, and up until now, only dive that involved descending below the surface to discover a maritime world locked in time by the depths of the ocean. Last year I headed out with the team from Yongala Dive to visit the site of the SS Yongala, some 30kms offshore from Ayr, where the wreck now lies on its side after sinking during a cyclone in 1911. [...]

By: jeank

jeank — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:26:38 +0000

go-man -go, enjoy to the fullest, your joy shines through!

By: jeank

jeank — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:23:24 +0000

I am loving every minute of your adventure. All my life of 63yrs or thereabout I longed to travel, my quest was always australia. I have been there four times already to visit NSW. you have given me the inspiration to visit Queensland and taste a little of the joys you adequatly portray. my next visit, in the new year of 2010, will leave my relatives in NSW waiting, I intend to visit the area[s] you are in beforehand. it is obvious you are having a ball, just carefully mind that fair skin of yours. bye the way, you are getting an Ozzy accent!

By: Ben Southall

Ben Southall — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:07:06 +0000

Hi there, the SS Yongala is a marine grave site as 121 people died there so out of respect to the people who lost their lives there diving within the wreck itself isn’t allowed at all. However swimming around the site is impressive enough! Ben

By: littlelocket

littlelocket — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:51:38 +0000

Hey Ben, That dive looks amazing. Can you get inside the ship at all? One to add to my list of things to do before I die…!

By: Ben Southall

Ben Southall — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:21:42 +0000

Thanks Steve for the comments, I completed my Advanced course yesterday so will hopefully join you at some stage in the future under water enjoying more adventures on the GBR. Look after that great wreck of yours…Ben

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:25:56 +0000

Hey Ben, Great write up on your experience on the S.S Yongala. It was a pleasure to meet you, they really did find the right person for the “best job”. It was a real privilege to get the chance to work as your dive instructor, especially on your deep dive – I believe that you had a great time finishing the advanced open water course with Steph (Island Dive) and congratulations. Keep in touch, maybe we can meet over a few drinks in Hamilton before I go, Steve

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:02:31 +0000

Wreck dives are my favourite… I’ll have to try and check that one out before my time in Oz runs out! Thanks for the heads up.

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By: laura

laura — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:23:51 +0000

i read about it a couple day`s ago and it`s sounds great, and now i`m reading it in youre blog.
it sounds more exitening.