Ian James - Store Owner

Nickname: The boss, Ian-o

Age: 39

Learnt to dive: 1992

Certifications:

• Open Water Scuba Instructor
• Night Specialty Instructor
• Wreck Specialty Instructor
• Drift Specialty Instructor
• Multilevel Specialty Instructor
• Deep Specialty Instructor
• Nitrox Specialty Instructor
• Boat Specialty Instructor
• Dry Suit Specialty Instructor
• Project Aware Specialty Instructor
• EFR instructor
• DSAT Gas Blender Instructor
• TDI Advanced Nitrox
• TDI Decompression Procedures
• TDI Nitrox Instructor
• General Purpose Deck-hand

Favorite Dive Sites: Galava, Jew Grounds, Entrance Bommies

'Real' Job: um... living the dream?!

Tim Pickett - Master Scuba Diver Trainer

Nickname: Timbo, Picko

Age: Mentally 15, Chronologically 29

Learnt to dive: 1996

Certifications:

• Open water Scuba Instructor
• Nitrox Specialty Instructor
• Deep Specialty Instructor
• Dry Suit Specialty Instructor
• Digital Underwater Photography Specialty Instructor
• Wreck Specialty Instructor
• Search & Recovery Specialty Instructor
• AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Instructor
• Project Aware Specialty Instructor
• Master Scuba Diver Trainer
• DSAT Gas Blender
• DSAT Tec level 1
• TDI Advanced Nitrox
• TDI Decompression Procedures
• TDI Nitrox Instructor

Favorite Dive Sites: Kiama, Foggies, Skillion Cave

'Real' Job: School Teacher/Uni Student

Michael Faulkner - Open Water Scuba Instructor

Nickname: Mikey, Mr Miagi

Age: 36

Learnt to dive: When I was very young, I would free dive in the lagoons at the local golf course looking for golf balls. The lagoons were full of turtles, which I had to wrestle with, for the golf balls. The little buggers can bite! Open water certified 1999, Certifiable in 2009.

Certifications:

• Open Water Scuba Instructor
• Night Speciality
• Drift Speciality
• Multilevel Speciality
• Peak Performance Buoyancy Speciality
• Deep Speciality
• Search and Recovery Speciality
• Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) Speciality
• Boat Speciality
• Underwater Navigator Speciality
• Equipment Speciality
• Project Aware Speciality
• Nitrox Speciality
• DSAT Gas Blender in training
• TDI Advanced Nitrox
• TDI Decompression Procedures
• TDI Gas blender
• Local Turtle Tamer.

Favorite Dive Sites: The Platform, Fiji, Seal rocks, any where I can get wet!

'Real' Job: Full time Dealer of used offset printing equipment, part-time smart arse (looking for a full time position.)

Other qualifications: Electronic Engineer, Printing Engineering Consultant.

Ivan Millington - Dive Instructor / Coxswain

Age: 64

Certifications:

• Qualified British Sub-Aqua Club Diver 1966
• British Sub-Aqua club Instructor (Reg: #315) 1971
• CMAS Instructor (Premier Degree 0 GB-M1-007) 1973

Diving Experience: Dives 3000+, member of Royal Air Force Near East Underwater salvage Team 1970 - 1972. Led Royal Air Force expedition as Diving Officer to Scapa Flow Wrecks 1972. Dived; UK Waters, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, South China Sea, Papua new Guinea, Australian Barrier Reef and NSW waters. Founded Terrigal underwater Group Dive Club 1976 (Live member). Australian Underwater Videographer of the Year 1994.

Related Qualifications: New South Wales Coxswain. Reg# 520009. Current First Aid Certificate of Competency.

Related Interests: Underwater Photography and Videography.

Lisa Sheppard - Dive Master

Nickname: Shep, Little Leese, Hey you

Learnt to dive: With Dive Imports Australia back in 2004 when I was a poor uni student. Ian did me a good deal... like always!

Certifications:

• Open Water (Obviously)
• Advanced Open Water
• Deep Diver
• Wreck Diver
• Enriched Air Diver
• DSAT Gas Blender
• Rescue Diver
• Dive Master

Favorite Dive Sites: Locally on the Central Coast I love First Point at Avoca and The Entrance Bommies.

'Real Job': I work in local government as a project officer managing the environmental aspects of captital and rolling works projects in the Open Space and Recreation section. I have a degree in Marine Science and Zoology and a Post Graduate Certification in Environmental Management.