by Sunlover Reef Cruises | Oct 30, 2026 | Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training, Updates
Sunlover News International dive news site Divernet has featured our Moore Reef dive team and our new SSI dive school on the Great Barrier Reef. The short version Divernet has published a feature on Sunlover Dive, our SSI Training Centre at Moore Reef. We train and...
by Michelle Barry | Sep 14, 2026 | Blog, First Time Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Short answer There is no government register of dive schools to look up. Accreditation works through the training agencies, and in Queensland it is backed by a work health and safety code of practice that governs how operators must run. So you verify 2 things: that...
by Michelle Barry | Sep 13, 2026 | Blog, First Time Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Short answer Price is the easiest thing to compare between dive centres and the least useful. These 9 questions expose what actually differs, and most of them take one sentence to answer. Screenshot this page and ask the same 9 of everyone you are considering. 2...
by Michelle Barry | Sep 12, 2026 | Blog, First Time Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Short answer The certification is identical. What changes is where you spend your first 9 dives, and how much of your attention goes on being cold, unable to see, or fighting a surf entry instead of learning to dive. Pool training is cheaper, closer and can be spread...
by Michelle Barry | Sep 11, 2026 | Blog, First Time Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Of the 3 eastern capitals, Brisbane is the one where this comparison is genuinely close — and where the arguments most people make are the wrong ones. Short answer Brisbane has good training conditions. The “learn somewhere warm and clear” argument that...
by Michelle Barry | Sep 10, 2026 | Blog, First Time Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving, SCUBA Training
Melbourne has a diving scene that punches well above what most people expect, and it also has the coldest water of any Australian capital. Both of those facts matter if you are deciding where to get certified. Short answer Melbourne’s dive sites are genuinely...
