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at OZTeK March 17-16 2007
What
a great weekend for HDS SEAP. The NSW members have certainly set a VERY
high standard for future HDS SEAP displays, congratulations lads and a
very special thanks to Dave Thomas for taking on the role of project organiser
for us, as he is certainly cool under pressure. Our stand was excellent,
with a variety of mostly Australian made diving equipment fromáthe
fantastic collections of Dave, Mel Brown, Tony Gregory and Allan Kessler.
There was a large focus on PORPOISE equipment, to educate Australians about
the fantastic contribution to diving made by Ted Eldred all those years
ago. Stanley provided a Chinese helmet and some of the display tables and
dressing. There were plenty of members on hand to rotate in shifts, so
others could attend some of the lectures, we worked very well as a team
and the interest from the public was brilliant. Visitors to the stand varied
from one chap who still dives with twin hose scuba, right over to a 10
year old lad who had recently passed his dive ticket in Vanuatu and was
captivated with the historical diving gear on display. Special appreciation
goes to Andy Andrew and Geoff Reed who did a stint on the stand and we
werenÆt even expecting them at OZTeK.
It
is safe to say (immodestly) that we contributed to the quality of the OZTeK
event as well, as the diving publicálearned a lot more about the
HDS SEAP and our wonderful Australian diving heritage and it is a testiment
to the quality of our display and staff, that so many people came to the
stand for quality time. Good old SEAHUNT was certainly a drawcard and attracted
the baby-boomers like flies to honey. Just the first few notes of the SEAHUNT
'intro tune' had them flocking to the stand.
 
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