Kodak’s Korner

The Townsville Underwater Photography and Naturalist Society is hosting its inaugural photo shootout down at the Yongala from the 2nd to the 4th of April. Budding and seasoned underwater photographers alike have the chance to win some great prizes including a Fly Dive Cod Hole trip sponsored by Mike Ball Dive Expeditions. Other sponsors include Salt Dive, Remote Area Dive, Yongala Dive, Queensland Micrographics and Freetime Aperture. Follow this link for more information.

After a short hiatus, the Townsville Underwater Photography and Naturalist society is back at a new location. We will be having our first meeting of 2010 on the 16th of January. To cater to our growing population of uni students, the meetings are now going to be held at the Riverside Tavern in Riverside Gardens. This first meeting of the year will be an introduction to all our members, so please bring along one of your underwater photos which best personifies you. Hope to see you all there!

The Townsville Diving Society kicks off with a bang with an IMAX (Under The Sea 3D) and pizza night on the 10th of September. Tickets costs $20 (or $65 for a family) and all proceeds will go to Project AWARE. Bring your friends, family and collegues to a fun night out for an extremely worthy cause. R.S.V.P. by the 7th of September by e-mailing townsvilledivingsociety@gmail.com

The Townsville Diving Society is a place for avid divers, aquatic enthusiasts and tourism operators to have your say on the good and bad of Townsville diving and place suggestions on what you would like to see in Townsville. Their upcoming website will have a calendar of all diving going on in Townsville, making it much easier for us bubble heads to find a way to get wet

The TP Human Capital Corporate Triathlon is coming up on September 20 and Team Turtle are grearing up to take it on! Swimmer Laura Dunstan, cyclist Megan Sperring and runner Leonie Maddigan from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority are taking on the challenge to raise much needed funds for the new Turtle Hospital being built at Reef HQ Aquarium in Townsville. This world class facility will mean that sick and injured marine turtles on the Great Barrier Reef can be rehabilitated and released back into the Marine Park. So get behind the girls and help them turn their blood, sweat and tears into the new facility that will saves the lives of endangered marine turtles!

They are trying to secure corporate sponsorship at the moment for $5000 and aiming to get $2000 in personal donations – they’d love to hit $7000 for the hospital.  It’s really easy to donate – it takes 2 mins and you get a receipt so it’s all tax deductable. Save the turtles today!

DivePhotoGuide is proud to announce the introduction of their monthly underwater photography contest series. Each month, a different theme is chosen (they are kicking off with “nudibranch”) and themes are announced 6 months in advance  to allow you to challenge yourself with an assignment. The contest is open to photographers of all skill levels and prizes (including camera gear, scuba gear and dive trips) are given out monthly. There will also be an end of year grand prize for the DPG community favourite. This is a great opportunity to test your skills again the best underwater photographers in the world, have fun and perhaps win some cool prizes along the way. Check it out here.